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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 6h

Amazon has won OpenAI's business.

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a seven-year deal in which OpenAI will pay AWS $38 billion for AI compute, including training its models and processing ChatGPT queries using Amazon's data centers and using Amazon’s CPUs to power agentic AI.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 3d

Disney-owned channels have disappeared from YouTube TV.

After Disney and Google failed to reach a new carriage deal, about 10 million YouTube TV subscribers lost access to over 20 channels overnight, including ABC, ESPN, and FX.

That means no college and pro sports nor sitcoms and dramas.

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, come on, Jassy. Your own memo said it was due to AI.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 3d

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the 14,000-person layoffs were due to "culture" and "removing layers" from its internal structure, not really AI or financial factors (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 4d

AI has come for YouTube’s employees.

You wouldn’t be able to tell from Alphabet’s Q3 2025 earnings report yesterday, which noted revenue up 16% YoY, Cloud revenue up 34% YoY, and net income up 33% YoY: www.linkedin.com/posts/emilpr...

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 5d

5 things you need to know from Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025:

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 6d

Microsoft has survived OpenAI’s restructuring.

OpenAI says it has “completed our recapitalization”, which means that the nonprofit entity continues to control and now holds equity in the for-profit corporation currently valued at approximately $130 billion: openai.com/index/built-...

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 6d

Amazon’s AI layoffs have begun.

Amazon plans to eliminate approximately 14,000 jobs: www.aboutamazon.com/news/company...

As of June 30, Amazon employed about 1.55 million people globally, but only about 350,000 are corporate employees, meaning that the 14,000 represents 4% of that headcount.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 7d

AI is now helping fake expenses.

Employees are increasingly using generative AI to create fake receipts and claim reimbursement for nonexistent expenses: www.ft.com/content/0849...

It seems like some employees have taken their companies’ “AI-first” messaging a little too literally.

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 10d

Anthropic is doubling down on Google Cloud.

Anthropic and Google have announced an expanded cloud partnership worth tens of billions of dollars, giving Anthropic access to up to 1 million TPUs for over 1 gigawatt of AI compute capacity.

Those aren't quite OpenAI-scale numbers, but they’re big.

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 11d

A writing one, I hope?

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 11d

Reddit has sued Perplexity.

This is after Reddit set a trap for Perplexity, and Perplexity fell for it.

Reddit created a post that could only be crawled by Google, and “within hours,” Perplexity allegedly “produced the contents” of that post.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 11d

The nondeterministic browser

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 12d

Robots are going to steal Amazon jobs.

According to internal Amazon documents, however, the company’s automation team believes Amazon can avoid hiring more than 160,000 people in the US it would otherwise need by 2027 and more than 600,000 people by 2033.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 12d

Would you use a browser from OpenAI?

The world’s biggest startup has launched ChatGPT Atlas, its web browser available now for macOS and “coming soon” for Windows, iOS, and Android.

Atlas has an opt-in browser memories feature that lets ChatGPT remember key details from webpages you browse.

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 17d

Would you buy a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen?

Apple is reportedly preparing to launch a slimmer MacBook Pro with an M6 chip and an OLED touch display in late 2026 or early 2027.

This is the second time we're hearing about this OLED MacBook Pro with a touchscreen.

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 18d

Would you listen to AI-generated music on Spotify?

Well, buckle up, because it’s coming.

Spotify has partnered with Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group to develop “responsible” AI products.

The company is even building a state-of-the-art generative AI research lab.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 18d

Think of all the crypto companies that do this but don't fess up, or don't even think it's an issue.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 18d

Paxos says it "mistakenly minted" $300T worth of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin on Wednesday and "burned" the tokens a little over 20 minutes later (Ryan S. Gladwin/Decrypt)

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 19d

Would you trust Apple with your home security?

Apple wants to release at least three new types of devices, including a home security camera for the end of 2026, a home hub display with a 7-inch screen for $350 that has been delayed to spring 2026, and a tabletop robot with a 9-inch screen for 2027.

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 20d

OpenAI wants to build its own chips.

OpenAI and Broadcom have agreed to co-develop and deploy 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips to run OpenAI's models over four years.

The AI boom has turned Broadcom into a $1 trillion company.

For OpenAI, this is more than just getting access to more chips.

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 21d

Should Apple kill the Vision Pro?

Apple is reportedly planning on unveiling M5 versions of the iPad Pro, the MacBook Pro, and the Vision Pro this week: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

In addition to the faster chip, the Vision Pro will get an improved strap, but that’s about it.

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 24d

After the long weekend, it will be Tuesday. And then, TACO time!

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 24d

Trump says the US would impose an extra 100% tariff on imports from China and export controls on "any and all critical software" from November 1 (Dan Mangan/CNBC)

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 24d

Would you watch Instagram on your TV?

Meta is exploring building a dedicated Instagram app for TVs as part of a deeper push into video, but Instagram chief Adam Mosseri says he isn't interested in licensing live sports or Hollywood content.

In other words, Instagram wants to take on YouTube.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 24d

That's one way to get off the US entity list: get an American to acquire your company.

The US government and some US companies already use NSO Group's spyware, but now its TAM isn't limited by US laws!

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 24d

A group of American investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has agreed to acquire NSO Group in a deal valued at "several tens of millions of dollars" (Omer Kabir/CTech)

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 25d

Would you play Netflix games on your TV?

Netflix is making multiplayer video games available on smart TVs and streaming devices for the first time.

Gamers will use their phones as controllers, but much of the play is on the big screen, meaning that Netflix is effectively going after Jackbox Games.

Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 26d

Do you hate loud TV ads?

I’m talking about commercials that clearly play louder than what you’re currently watching.

If you're in California, you're in luck, and frankly even if you don't live in the US state, you may benefit, eventually.