Stephanie Palazzolo
@steph_palazzolo
Writing AI Agenda @theinformation, texan, & horror movie aficionado // reach me at stephanie@theinformation.com or on Signal at 979-599-8091
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Lilian Weng, the Thinking Machines cofounder who announced her departure earlier this week, citing startup-related stress and illness, is rejoining OpenAI.
She'll be working on using AI to develop new models (recursive self-improvement).
w/ @amir
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going to seoul for ICML next week! would love to meet up with researchers/devs/founders and attend any meet-ups :)
In this morning's AI Agenda, I get into why the White House clampdown on frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic could prove beneficial for open-source AI.
Scoop: The Anthropic-White House blowup has created a messy situation for AI companies seeking to launch new models, including for Anthropic's chief rival: OpenAI.
Lots of details in this new piece with @steph_palazzolo and @amir:
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NEW:
Trump admin asks OpenAI to stagger GPT-5.6 release over cyber concerns. Will approve "access customer by customer during this preview period”
What a time we are in...
New w/ @leomschwartz @amir:
The Trump admin has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT-5.6 over security concerns.
On Thursday, CEO Sam Altman told staff that the government will be approving access to GPT-5.6 customer by customer, a highly unusual approach.
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Cloud startup Runpod is trying to differentiate itself from rivals by offering compute powered by non-Nvidia chips.
It's 2x'd its rev to ~$240m in the last 5 months and just raised at a $1b valuation. It's also turned down M&A offers at $500m+.
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In this morning's AI Agenda, I get into Hermes, an OpenClaw alternative that's catching on with developers.
In this morning's AI Agenda, we compare the reactions from AI researchers to Anthropic's latest tussle w/ the Trump admin compared to the Pentagon debacle earlier this year.
Plus, AGI House alums have raised $25m for a new AI-focused fund!
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The scoops don't stop!
Qualcomm has been in talks to acquire AI chip startup Tenstorrent. A price b/w $8-$10b has been floated in convos, which would represent a big premium to the $3.2b Tenstorrent was trying to raise at in November.
w/ @validapau
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ppl talking abt fable being used for hacking and bio weapons… meanwhile im just sad i cant use it anymore to vibecode the skiing video game i was making for my bf featuring our foster dogs lol
SCOOP: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among the tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks in Anthropic’s most advanced models
W/ @steph_palazzolo, @catherineperlo1, and @coryweinberg
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Wondering why Figma CEO Dylan Field joked at an event that Anthropic was “not consistently candid in their communications" when it came to Claude Design?
Anthropic is wielding its newfound power over partners and customers, they say.
W/ @amir
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New: We got the memo OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and chief scientist Jakub Pachocki sent to staff earlier this week on IPO timing, the possibility of recursive self-improvement and OpenAI's upcoming model.
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Starting the week w a scoop! which develops inference chips for the edge, is raising at a ~$1.4B valuation.
w/ @anissagardizy8
