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🚨 OpenAI declares 'code red' to counter Google Gemini 3
🍎 Apple AI chief steps down amid Siri struggles
🤖 Amazon unveils new AI chip to challenge Nvidia
📦 Amazon is testing 30-minute deliveries
💰 Trump administration takes $150 million stake in a chip startup
🏢 Instagram mandates full return to office in 2026
🎁 + 15 other news you might like
🧰 + 6 trending tools
📚 + 1 trending papers
🚨 OpenAI declares 'code red' to counter Google Gemini 3 LINK
Sam Altman issued an internal memo declaring a "code red" to accelerate ChatGPT improvements after Gemini 3 beat the chatbot on benchmark tests and sent Google stock soaring to a record high.
The urgent move forces the company to delay introducing other products like AI agents so employees can dedicate resources to fighting off competition from rival developers such as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5.
OpenAI faces pressure to meet aggressive revenue goals of $200 billion by 2030 as prominent customers like Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff say they are ditching the platform for Google's latest model.
🍎 Apple AI chief steps down amid Siri struggles LINK
Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down to become an advisor until spring 2026, a move that happens as the tech giant struggles to get an AI-powered Siri back on track.
Former Google Gemini veteran Amar Subramanya will serve as the new vice president of AI to oversee machine learning research and safety evaluation while answering to software SVP Craig Federighi.
CEO Tim Cook confirmed the company expects to release an upgraded version of Siri next year, following news that Vision Pro leader Mike Rockwell was tapped to help lead the delayed project.
🤖 Amazon unveils new AI chip to challenge Nvidia LINK
AWS formally launched the Trainium3 UltraServer, a system using 3 nanometer chips that provides four times the speed and memory of the previous generation while linking up to one million processors.
This new hardware is 40 percent more energy efficient than prior models, helping customers like Anthropic significantly cut their inference costs when running demanding AI apps on the cloud provider’s platform.
Amazon also teased Trainium4, a future product that supports Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion interconnect technology so its lower-cost server racks can interoperate with the GPUs that currently dominate major AI apps.
📦 Amazon is testing 30-minute deliveries LINK
Customers in Seattle and Philadelphia can now buy household essentials and fresh groceries through Amazon Now, a new ultra-fast service that dispatches from specialized facilities to reach doorsteps in about 30 minutes.
The operation runs 24 hours a day with Amazon Flex drivers, who grab goods from back-of-house stockrooms and are expected to leave the site with a package within roughly two minutes.
Prime members pay delivery fees starting at $3.99 per purchase, while non-Prime customers are charged $13.99, plus shoppers face a small basket fee for any carts totaling under $15.
💰 Trump administration takes $150 million stake in a chip startup LINK
The Trump administration signed a nonbinding letter of intent to invest up to $150 million in xLight, taking direct ownership through equity funded by the CHIPS and Science Act to support domestic manufacturing.
This company is developing free-electron laser technology as an alternative light source for extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, aiming to enhance systems produced exclusively by Dutch firm ASML to reduce operating expenses.
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger chairs the startup, which secured this deal from the Commerce Department to help Washington regain leadership in chipmaking against foreign rivals like TSMC and Samsung.
🏢 Instagram mandates full return to office in 2026 LINK
Instagram leader Adam Mosseri told staff that beginning February 2, US employees with assigned desks must work in person five days a week, marking a shift from the previous hybrid approach.
The internal memo warns that 2026 is going to be tough but explicitly notes that people can still work remotely when they need to, trusting staff to use their best judgment.
To make the social media company more nimble, executives plan to cancel recurring meetings every six months unless absolutely necessary and want teams to build prototypes of product overviews rather than decks.
Other news you might like
- Nvidia announces new open AI models and tools for autonomous driving researchLINK
- Samsung reveals Galaxy Z TriFold, confirms US launch in early 2026LINK
- Shopify crashes during Cyber Monday peak, merchants locked outLINK
- Apple to refuse Indian government order to pre-install state security app on iPhonesLINK
- AI Agents Find Smart Contract ExploitsLINK
- Kalshi makes move to court crypto traders with tokenized betting contractsLINK
- Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035LINK
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai says we’re just a decade away from a new normal of extraterrestrial data centersLINK
- Space CEO explains why he believes private space stations are a viable businessLINK
- Accenture rebrands its staff as “reinventors” amid shift to AILINK
- Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul DocumentLINK
- YouTube introduces its own version of Spotify Wrapped for videosLINK
- Apple Glasses could be next year’s most attention-grabbing productLINK
🧰 Trending tools
X-Design 2.0: an AI agent that generates complete brand identities with logos, guidelines, and editable assets in multiple formats for quick iteration and deployment.LINK
Once UI 1.5: a React component library with ready-made visual effects like weather and particles, plus real-time charts for building distinctive, animated interfaces quickly.LINK
Hyvor Post: a privacy-first newsletter platform that eliminates tracking and data collection, letting creators send emails without monitoring opens, clicks, or subscriber behavior.LINK
Vibecode DB: a type-safe database abstraction layer that lets you switch between SQLite, Postgres, Supabase, and REST APIs without rewriting application code.LINK
Buglet: a lightweight widget that lets users submit visual bug reports directly from your site without coding, streamlining feedback collection and issue tracking.LINK
RFC Hub: a platform for managing technical proposals with structured metadata, review tracking, consensus detection, and notifications to prevent documentation workflow issues.LINK
📚 Trending papers
3D scene reconstruction without camera positions: researchers created a method that builds photorealistic 3D models from photos without needing to know where cameras were positioned.LINK
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