OpenAI is losing its people again. Fidji Simo—the CEO of AGI Deployment—is walking away. So is Johannes Heidecke, the safety chief. They’re leaving while the company tries to merge research with safety, which feels like a contradiction in motion. What’s the endgame here?
Apple is suing them, too.
Hardware secrets. That’s the allegation. OpenAI allegedly told poached engineers to bring over confidential slides, secret prototypes, the whole kit and caboodle. Supplier details. Apple wants justice, or at least money. It’s messy.
“Poaching employees, not just ideas.”
Meanwhile, Microsoft reports a 25% jump in emissions. The data centers are hungry. Electricity consumption is up. Carbon pollution is following right behind. The cloud costs more than just money now.
Science, Space, and Stress
China’s Tianwen-2 probe just shook hands with Earth’s quasi-moon, asteroid Kamo’oalewa. First pictures sent. Next step? Landing on it. Digging up samples. Sending them back to Earth.
On the other end of the spectrum, a study tracked hundreds of soccer fans leading up to a tournament final. The results were physiological chaos. Stress levels spiked. Heart rates jumped. Watching sports isn’t just mental torture—it’s physical strain too. Who needs the gym?
Dogs, Drones, and Daily Life
My Skylight touchscreen calendar finally got everyone on the same page. Kids gained agency over our schedule. I gained peace of mind. It works.
Speaking of household matters—more people are cooking for their dogs. When mine got sick, I joined the club. We make nice food for ourselves. Why not share that love? It’s not just kibble anymore.
Outside, things are breaking. El Niño is messing with Pacific fisheries. Warm water surges east. Some industries are suffering, sure—but others? Windfalls. Winners and losers in the climate lottery.
The Pentagon is training amateurs for a hacker army. Meanwhile, a Flock license plate error had cops surrounding a car reviewer. Technology is powerful, but sometimes it’s just clumsy.
And then there’s AI finding a bug in Linux. A root bug. Hidden for 15 years. Humans missed it. AI found it. The machine sees what we don’t.
The Next Battery War
China dominates solid-state battery production. But there’s a startup trying to knock on that door. Solid-state tech is safer. More capable. But it’s harder to make at scale. An opportunity for non-Chinese players? Maybe. Or maybe just another hard climb.
Jay-Z wrapped up New York’s wildest summer with a show at Yankee Stadium. Thirty years since Reasonable Doubt. Beyoncé showed up. Nas did too. Alicia Keys as well. Surprise after surprise. The cultural machinery keeps grinding, regardless of who’s suing whom.
