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MacRumors interviewed AI critic Ed Zitron, author of the Where's Your Ed At newsletter and host of the Better Offline podcast, about what could happen to Apple if the costly AI infrastructure boom collapses. Zitron argued that Apple is relatively well insulated because it has spent far less on data centers than rivals such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. He said the company could use the downturn to make selective acquisitions, though it might simply continue operating largely as before. "I think they will sit on the sidelines and watch everything burn," Zitron said. Here's an excerpt from the report: If the bubble deflates the way you expect (write-downs, too much compute supply, possibly OpenAI cratering), can you walk us through what that would actually look like for Apple? Does anything break for iPhone users, or does Apple mostly watch it happen from the sidelines? Could it even benefit Apple?
I think things would look much the same for Apple. I think they will sit on the sidelines and watch everything burn. I could see them doing some choice acquisitions as things begin to collapse, but I could also see them do nothing.
I think Apple is in a very weird place at the moment. The Vision Pro was a dud, but it was also the most interesting and future-forward thing I've seen anyone put out in a while. If they were smart, they'd tread water and sink as much money into making that as small as humanely possible -- no matter how long it takes -- because the entire AI bubble is a result of everybody running out of hypergrowth ideas, mostly because we're flat out of new interfaces.
I want to be clear that what they want to do with the Vision Pro requires it to basically be weightless and invisible and never need adjustments. When it works, it's genuinely awesome. But that's a load-bearing when. One slight movement means the whole thing goes out of focus. I can't even use mine anymore because it needs an update that requires you to wear the thing the whole time. So much promise, released too early, shoved out the door by a CEO on his way out.
I think things would look much the same for Apple. I think they will sit on the sidelines and watch everything burn. I could see them doing some choice acquisitions as things begin to collapse, but I could also see them do nothing.
I think Apple is in a very weird place at the moment. The Vision Pro was a dud, but it was also the most interesting and future-forward thing I've seen anyone put out in a while. If they were smart, they'd tread water and sink as much money into making that as small as humanely possible -- no matter how long it takes -- because the entire AI bubble is a result of everybody running out of hypergrowth ideas, mostly because we're flat out of new interfaces.
I want to be clear that what they want to do with the Vision Pro requires it to basically be weightless and invisible and never need adjustments. When it works, it's genuinely awesome. But that's a load-bearing when. One slight movement means the whole thing goes out of focus. I can't even use mine anymore because it needs an update that requires you to wear the thing the whole time. So much promise, released too early, shoved out the door by a CEO on his way out.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Nvidia is in talks to provide roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI as part of a massive data center project, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The backstop from Nvidia would help the ChatGPT maker lease a 10-gigawatt project that SoftBank's energy subsidiary is developing in southern Ohio, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter. For OpenAI, a deal would be the first step toward controlling its own infrastructure instead of renting it from Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle, while for Nvidia, it would guarantee demand for its chips for years to come.
The project is expected to cost more than $500 billion in total, including the chips inside the data center, according to the WSJ. The $250 billion guarantee covers the data center lease and debt financing, but would not cover the Nvidia chips inside the center, the WSJ said, adding that the chipmaker was also discussing financing OpenAI's chip purchases worth up to $350 billion. Nvidia's backing would support financing vehicles aimed at reassuring lenders about the project's funding, the report added. The first phase of the project is expected to be finished in 2028, with around 800 megawatts of power, the Journal said. The report notes that the U.S. government will control access to the power, while Japan will fund it separately under a trade agreement tied to Tokyo's $33 billion investment in a natural gas plant. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will reportedly help determine who receives access.
The project is expected to cost more than $500 billion in total, including the chips inside the data center, according to the WSJ. The $250 billion guarantee covers the data center lease and debt financing, but would not cover the Nvidia chips inside the center, the WSJ said, adding that the chipmaker was also discussing financing OpenAI's chip purchases worth up to $350 billion. Nvidia's backing would support financing vehicles aimed at reassuring lenders about the project's funding, the report added. The first phase of the project is expected to be finished in 2028, with around 800 megawatts of power, the Journal said. The report notes that the U.S. government will control access to the power, while Japan will fund it separately under a trade agreement tied to Tokyo's $33 billion investment in a natural gas plant. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will reportedly help determine who receives access.
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European misinformation researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta are obstructing access to platform data required under the EU's Digital Services Act through rejections, restrictive quotas, costly APIs, and burdensome security demands. Although regulators have fined X and pushed platforms to improve access, researchers remain skeptical that the changes will provide reliable, reproducible data at scale. Ars Technica reports: In recent years, social media companies shut down public access tools like Meta's CrowdTangle and replaced them with content libraries, or, like X, paywalled their API data, forcing academics to pay "hundreds of dollars a month," said Duncan Allen, a research officer at Democracy Reporting International (DRI) in Germany. Researchers say that without API access, what Iamnitchi describes as the "black holes" in what society knows about how these platforms recommend content or handle reports regarding sensitive content will only grow. Others, like TikTok, cap how many posts any researcher account can pull each day, which Allen said can make it "impossible to study anything at scale."
The DSA was meant to solve this by allowing vetted researchers at credible institutions to have access to API data if they could show it would help in studying systemic risks, from illegal content to threats to fundamental rights. But two years after the law took effect, researchers say they struggle to meet its security requirements and face narrow interpretations from platforms of what qualifies as a systemic risk. Application forms differ by platform, but most require data to be stored on infrastructure that cannot be compromised -- such as a machine physically disconnected from the Internet -- a resource most universities lack, [said Adriana Iamnitchi, chair of computational social sciences at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, who leads research into online disinformation campaigns.]
Even for researchers who secure approval, "there's no guarantee that the data is good," said L. K. Seiling, coordinator of the DSA40 Collaboratory, a German initiative that tracks 46 DSA applications. API data is often difficult for a colleague to reproduce, so a researcher's work cannot be checked for errors, which Iamnitchi said is a "basic requirement of science." DSA40 data shows that of 46 tracked applications, 20 were approved and 14 rejected. But approval rates vary widely: TikTok approved 11 of 13 applications, while X rejected 11 of 23. The true rejection rate is likely higher because the tracker relies on voluntary reporting, Seiling said. "There's no structured advantage for researchers to use this pathway," Seiling said. "Data access as it's set up right now tries to disincentivize researchers."
The DSA was meant to solve this by allowing vetted researchers at credible institutions to have access to API data if they could show it would help in studying systemic risks, from illegal content to threats to fundamental rights. But two years after the law took effect, researchers say they struggle to meet its security requirements and face narrow interpretations from platforms of what qualifies as a systemic risk. Application forms differ by platform, but most require data to be stored on infrastructure that cannot be compromised -- such as a machine physically disconnected from the Internet -- a resource most universities lack, [said Adriana Iamnitchi, chair of computational social sciences at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, who leads research into online disinformation campaigns.]
Even for researchers who secure approval, "there's no guarantee that the data is good," said L. K. Seiling, coordinator of the DSA40 Collaboratory, a German initiative that tracks 46 DSA applications. API data is often difficult for a colleague to reproduce, so a researcher's work cannot be checked for errors, which Iamnitchi said is a "basic requirement of science." DSA40 data shows that of 46 tracked applications, 20 were approved and 14 rejected. But approval rates vary widely: TikTok approved 11 of 13 applications, while X rejected 11 of 23. The true rejection rate is likely higher because the tracker relies on voluntary reporting, Seiling said. "There's no structured advantage for researchers to use this pathway," Seiling said. "Data access as it's set up right now tries to disincentivize researchers."
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FOTO (ANP) - Tom Waes op zijn zeiljacht 'Tethys', tijdens de bootshow Hiswa te Water. De Vlaamse presentator en acteur kocht de zeilboot vorig jaar om er duurzame televisieprogramma’s mee te kunnen maken.
Dit is leuk. Vroeger was iedereen, waaronder Angela de Jong, boos op Tom Waes omdat hij stomdronken achter het stuur van zijn Porsche kroop en die in de prak reed, maar nu is er nog een veel betere reden om boos te zijn op Tom Waes: hij schijnt een kwart miljoen euro te verdienen als NPO-presentator terwijl hij ondertussen meer dan 7 ton per jaar pakt in België en voor de NPO eigenlijk niet veel meer doet dan programma's maken die hij ook al in België maakte. En de NPO, betaald met belastinggeld, weigert uitleg aan de T. over hoe dat belastinggeld wordt uitgegeven. "De zegsman van de NPO wil niet ingaan op vragen over ’kosten op programmaniveau of individuele presentatoren’. Wel zegt hij: „De samenwerking met VRT en Tom Waes voldoet aan de honoreringsafspraken binnen de publieke omroep.”"
En dat is nou net het probleem met de NPO. Dat loopt daar in Hilversum (en dus in België kennelijk ook) honderden miljoenen per jaar te verbrassen, gaat op de achterste benen staan als het een onsje minder moet, bijvoorbeeld omdat er in dit land geen geld is om de bruggen een beetje fatsoenlijk te onderhouden, lobbyt in Den Haag er 50 miljoen bij, maar zodra er dan verantwoording moet worden afgelegd is het 'ja we voldoen aan de regels'.
'Voldoen aan de regels' is een prima standaard voor commerciële bedrijven die commerciële dingen doen in een commerciële wereld. Patjepeeërs die zich aan een salarisnorm houden door allemaal het maximale salaris te verdienen en dan te beroerd zijn om openheid te geven over schimmige constructies die de KRO-NCRV (directeur: deze joker) afspreekt met de Drankrijder des Vlaanderlands zijn gewoon staatsruifdieven die ogenblikkelijk door minister Letschert tot de orde zouden moeten worden geroepen, maar ja, die heeft net haar partijgenootje en een burgerhater aangesteld als toezichthouders.
Begrijp ons niet verkeerd hè, het mag allemaal bestaan hoor: het gegniffel van Sven Kockelmann en Mats Akkerman, het zelfvoldane gezwam van Twan Huijs, de intense middelmatigheid van Chris Kijne, het fenomeen Eus, de tweedehandsscootmobielverkooppraatjes van Jan Slagter, de colaverslaving van Raisa Blommestijn, Jelle Brandt Corstius die weer eens ergens helemaal van slag door is geraakt, Cornaldje Maas die maar op blijft duiken, hulphond Diederik Ebbinge, de domheid van Roos Moggré, de gluiperigheid van Yvon Jaspers, het is allemaal prima. Maar betaal het dan gewoon allemaal zelf.
BORDEAUX (ANP) - De Franse president Emmanuel Macron verwacht dat de komende weken "zwaar" zullen zijn voor de inwoners van het zuidwestelijke departement Gironde. Macron bracht maandag een bezoek aan het gebied dat is getroffen door grote natuurbranden.
"We moeten volhouden", zei Macron in Gironde, de regio rond Bordeaux. Hij noemde de branden "compleet ongekend" en zei dat er straks als het vuur geblust is een heel nieuw bos zal moeten worden geplant.
Er is al meer dan 42.000 hectare in vlammen opgegaan. Tienduizenden mensen zijn vanwege het vuur geëvacueerd.
