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Welcome back to Week in Review ! Tons of stuff for you today , including Nintendo ’s Switch 2 ; capacity issues at OpenAI ; a story that deserves the Hollywood handling ; and much , much more . allow ’s go !
It ’s ultimately ( almost ) here : After almost 10 twelvemonth , Nintendo finally publish its Switch replacement , the Switch 2 . harmonize to TechCrunch ’s Amanda Silberling , the $ 450 arrangement “ essay to take a console that ’s already beloved andsimply just make it good . ” I ’m into that ! Unfortunately , preorders in the U.S. might be delayedin reception to Trump ’s tariffs .
holdup , delay : OpenAI ’s Sam Altman say in a series of posts on X that the party ’s unexampled image - generating toolcould cause unspecified intersection hold . “ Working as fast [ as ] we can to really get clobber humming , ” Altman publish . The companypromises it ’ll free o3(after effectively canceling the consumer release back in February ) .
The old college endeavour : Zach Yadegari , who build up the viral Cal AI app , compose on twitter that even though he has a 4.0 GPA and a $ 30 million ARR troupe , he stillwasn’t accepted into 15 top university .
News
Oh no : The Trump administrationfired the head of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command , as well as the NSA ’s lieutenant film director , who served as the agency ’s top civilian drawing card . It ’s not clear who is currently overseeing the NSA and Cyber Command following the firing .
Do my shopping for me , please : Amazon on Mondayunveiled Nova Act , a ecumenical - purpose AI agentive role that can take control of a internet browser app and independently execute some simple actions . Amazon is testing a feature it calls “ Buy for Me ” — powered by its Nova AI model — which shows user third - party sites that have products they may desire . They can then buy thing off those other sites , without forget Amazon ’s site . Pretty nifty !
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Yikes : One nefarious use for ChatGPT ’s new image generator : faking gross . masses are already using it to bring forth false restaurant reception , potentially tote up another tool to the already - extensive toolkit of AI deepfakes used by fraudsters . The receipts generated can even let in intellectual nourishment and deep brown stain to make them look more authentic . Great !
A taradiddle of two companies : ripple announced in March that it was suing rival Deel for alleged spying , andthis week unblock the affidavitof the Rippling employee who attest that he was working as a spy . It ’s pay off some juicy item , like multitude representing Deel allegedly telling him to smash up his “ old phone with an ax . ” Hollywood , are you listening ?
head fingers : Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeneycalled out Apple and Googlefor their “ mobster - vogue ” occupation recitation . You might remember that his company sued both Apple and Google for monopolistic practices over their various app storage . Epic won its typesetter’s case with Google but not with Apple .
We hardly knew ye : Zelle , which facilitate somebody - to - someone requital , said Tuesday thatit ’s keep out down its app . But do n’t be alarmed : Of the 150 million people who utilize Zelle , only 2 % of dealings were made via the stand - alone app , rather than via the bank . OK , that makes sense , then .
Speaking of cant : Plaid , which connects savings bank accounts to fiscal applications , sold about $ 575 million Charles Frederick Worth of vernacular stock ata $ 6.1 billion post - money valuation . The valuation is about less than half of the $ 13.4 billion that San Francisco - based Plaid was valued at when it advance a $ 425 million Series D in April 2021 .
top executive hungry : New and expatiate data point nitty-gritty are expected to double the AI sphere ’s major power demand by 2029 . As a result , developer and tech society have been working extra time to lock in content . Andthat ’s where the sun comes in .
Analysis
Backsliding : Elon Musk ’s thrust into politics — specifically his conjunction with President Trump and activities within the federal government — has draw Tesla into uncertainty . For proof , just seem at the company ’s dissatisfactory first - quarter livery numbers . The question now is whether the Tesla stain can recover .
