Episode Sources: Tech Daily: May 12, 2026 - 08 AM
Three things in AI to watch, according to a Nobel-winning economist
Source: www.technologyreview.com
The Download: a Nobel winner on AI, and the case for fixing everything
Source: www.technologyreview.com
Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks
Source: techcrunch.com
AI is turning connected cars into pothole-finding machines
Source: techcrunch.com
Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools
Source: arstechnica.com
Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water, and nobody noticed for months
Source: arstechnica.com
GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills
Source: techcrunch.com
Digg tries again, this time as an AI news aggregator
Source: techcrunch.com
AI voice startup Vapi hits $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring over 40 rivals
Source: techcrunch.com
If AI writes your code, why use Python?
Source: medium.com
Interaction Models
Source: thinkingmachines.ai
Through the looking glass of benchmark hacking
Source: poolside.ai
I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night
Source: martin.sh
Text Blaze (YC W21) Is Hiring for a No-AI Summer Internship
Source: www.ycombinator.com
Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted
Source: techcrunch.com
iOS, macOS, and iPadOS 26.5 updates arrive with encrypted RCS messaging and more
Source: arstechnica.com
Instructure strikes deal with hackers who breached it twice
Source: techcrunch.com
After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029
Source: arstechnica.com
Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeks
Source: arstechnica.com
Waymo issues recall to deal with a flooding problem
Source: techcrunch.com
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