Good morning. It’s Monday, May 19. Today we are covering:
Why Apple Still Hasn't Cracked AI
Coming to a Brain Near You: A Tiny Computer
NVIDIA Powers Humanoid Robot Industry With Cloud-to-Robot Computing Platforms for Physical AI
How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes
Big tech lawyers for Apple and others 'actively encouraging lawlessness
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Why Apple Still Hasn't Cracked AI
By Mark Gurman via Bloomberg
In 2018, Apple made a high-profile move by hiring John Giannandrea, the former head of Google's AI and search divisions, aiming to transform itself into an AI powerhouse.
Despite this, Apple’s flagship AI product, Siri, has consistently lagged behind competitors like Google and Amazon, struggling with even basic comprehension and commands.
While rivals advanced rapidly in areas like voice assistants and integrated AI technologies, Apple’s efforts have remained fragmented and less impactful, failing to reclaim its early lead.
𝕏: NEW: Why Apple Hasn’t Cracked AI — The inside story of Apple’s generative AI and Siri failures, setbacks that threaten everything from the iPhone's dominance to plans for future products. - Mark Gurman (@markgurman)
Coming to a Brain Near You: A Tiny Computer
By Christopher Mims via Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk’s Neuralink is advancing brain-computer interfaces, aiming to implant tiny computers directly into the human brain.
These implants target critical medical conditions like ALS and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), with the promise of restoring lost functions.
The technology raises profound ethical and regulatory questions as it moves closer to mainstream medical use.
𝕏: Elites rolling out brain interfaces and the Mark of the Beast in a big way the next few months. Do not comply and be alert. They will use every sales tactic in the books to woo innocent victims. Promises of cancer cures and super human abilities. - Christopher Greene (@amtvmedia)
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NVIDIA Powers Humanoid Robot Industry With Cloud-to-Robot Computing Platforms for Physical AI
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NVIDIA unveiled the Isaac GR00T N1.5 foundation model and GR00T-Dreams blueprint, enabling rapid training of humanoid robots using synthetic data and significantly reducing development time from months to hours.
Industry leaders like Boston Dynamics, Foxconn, and NEURA Robotics are adopting NVIDIA Isaac technologies, with simulation platforms like Isaac Sim 5.0 and Isaac Lab 2.2 accelerating robot intelligence and deployment.
New RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell workstations and GB200 NVL72 supercomputers deliver up to 18x faster data processing, while the upcoming Jetson Thor platform promises on-robot AI model deployment for real-time performance.
How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes
By Micah Lee via WIRED
Mike Waltz, then national security adviser, was caught using a Signal clone called TeleMessage (TM SGNL) during a cabinet meeting; this app archives all messages, compromising encryption and violating its own security claims.
An anonymous hacker breached TeleMessage’s servers in under 20 minutes by exploiting weak password hashing (MD5) and a publicly accessible /heapdump endpoint, exposing government and corporate credentials, including data from US Customs and Border Protection and Coinbase.
The hack revealed that TeleMessage stored unencrypted messages and sensitive data like passwords, usernames, and chat logs on misconfigured servers, contradicting its public claims of end-to-end encryption and highlighting severe security negligence.
Big tech lawyers for Apple and others 'actively encouraging lawlessness
By Ben Lovejoy via 9to5Mac
A WSJ investigation alleges that lawyers for Apple, Amazon, and Google are not just failing to advise their clients ethically but are actively encouraging lawlessness, notably by misusing legal privilege to hide internal documents.
In the Epic Games lawsuit, Apple was accused of defying a court ruling, lying under oath, and withholding thousands of documents under false claims of privilege, leading to a criminal investigation of a senior executive.
Experts argue that these legal abuses stem from lawyers earning enormous fees and facing minimal consequences, fostering a culture of impunity among major tech companies.
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