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What happens in AI. Every Monday the week at a glance, and single posts in between when a topic needs more room.
UBS now asks applicants for AI skills
The week of 31 August to 6 September. Anyone joining the bank in 2027 has to be able to work with AI. Plus a record number of job cuts and a machine-checked proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
Kickstart Monday31 August 20264 minMeta calls off its rebuild into an AI company
The week of 24 to 30 August. Zuckerberg halts the plan to shrink departments by up to 60 percent. Plus the Sony and Warner lawsuit and ChatGPT advertising, now in Europe too.
Kickstart Monday24 August 20264 minFirst dismissal on an AI's recommendation
The week of 17 to 23 August. AI software runs a shop in San Francisco and recommends letting an employee go. Plus Bosch, robots and a sprint faster than Usain Bolt.
Kickstart Monday17 August 20264 minInvestors rein in Nvidia's guarantee for OpenAI
The week of 10 to 16 August. 250 billion dollars for a data centre turn into less than half. Plus a watermark in every Claude text that nobody can check yet.
Kickstart Monday10 August 20264 minOpenAI slows itself down
The week of 3 to 9 August. OpenAI holds a model back because it breaks into other people's systems too well. British evaluators catch AI agents lying.
Guide5 August 20268 minThe AI Act applies: five situations from the working day
The transparency rules of the EU AI Act have applied since 2 August. Five cases from everyday business, each with a clear instruction.
Analysis3 August 20264 minFive platforms move against pure AI content
The tools stay allowed, mass production does not. At Deezer more than half the uploads come from an AI.
Analysis30 July 20263 minMicrosoft folds four Copilot tools into one app
Chat, code, Cowork and agents in one application. What already works today and how billing is handled.
Analysis28 July 20263 minMoonshot gives away the strongest open AI model in the world
Kimi K3 is free to download. 1.56 terabytes and a licence with revenue thresholds.
From the workshop20 July 20266 minbemailed: the newsletter tool I developed
Servers in Frankfurt, a data processing agreement in every plan, including the free one. Why I developed it myself.
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