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• Scaling threat models with AI.

• Apple faces lawsuits from their Intelligence delay.

• Trump’s Czar has thoughts on AI.

• AI companions: Weird or Creepy?

• Addiction to AI?

• 10 MCP servers, open source.

• MCP is hot but will it win?

• QVQ Max, Qwen’s powerful visual model.

• Physical AI lenses.

• Chinese Manus seeks to raise money.

• $40b Softbank investment for OpenAI.

• Anthropic now tracks the bizarre behavior of LLMs.

• 5 things AI won’t change.

• Creativity is premium in leadership around GenAI.

• Developing transformational vision for AI.

And that’s it friends! Have a great day!

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— Summer