This week Jay and Karl unpack a strange collision of AI ambition, existential risk, gaming uncertainty, and new hardware. Anthropic's IPO pitch reportedly comes with an extraordinary warning about human extinction, while OpenAI appears to be taking a more cautious route by delaying its own IPO over AI safety concerns.
Elsewhere, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma insists the business isn't for sale despite Microsoft's restructuring and layoffs, Apple explains how it plans to tackle one of the biggest problems with foldable phones on the iPhone Duo, and fresh rumours suggest AMD's new Gainsborough APU could be the chip at the heart of the long-awaited Steam Deck 2.
News
- Anthropic's IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction
Anthropic's pitch to investors reportedly includes an unusually stark warning about the potential existential risks of advanced AI. - OpenAI delays IPO over AI safety concerns
OpenAI reportedly puts its public-market ambitions on hold amid concerns about the safety implications of increasingly capable AI. - "Xbox is not for sale" despite Microsoft's layoffs and restructuring
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma pushes back against speculation about the future of Microsoft's gaming business. - Apple says iPhone Duo has a 'replaceable' folding display layer to minimise the crease
Apple reveals an unusual approach to reducing one of the most persistent problems with foldable displays.
Rumours
- AMD's new 'Gainsborough' APU rumoured to power the long-awaited Steam Deck 2
AMD's next-generation mobile silicon could provide our first real glimpse at the hardware inside Valve's eventual Steam Deck successor.
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