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/Dispatch #104
Twenty-six ex-Meta staff say AI systems, not managers, picked who got cut from 8,000 layoffs, scoring people on metrics nobody on medical leave could earn. One was selected two days before giving birth. Meta denies it.
Apple's 41-page suit accuses OpenAI of coaching Apple staff to bring batteries and logic boards to interviews, and names hardware chief Tang Tan. Over 400 ex-Apple employees now work there. Apple calls it the tip of the iceberg and wants an injunction.
+61Microsoft's CEO warns that every prompt and correction teaches a frontier lab your institutional knowledge, so you pay in cash and in secrets. He also notes the labs claim fair use on the open web while forbidding anyone from distilling them.
+9New York became the first state to pause permits for hyperscale data centers, freezing 12 gigawatts of pending applications for up to a year. Gallup finds 71% of Americans oppose one nearby, more than oppose a nuclear plant. Fourteen states are weighing the same.
+29AI race shifts from biggest models to cost efficiency as enterprises demand cheaper solutions
Tl;dr: Nobody's buying the biggest model anymore.
Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora demands 90% drop in AI token costs for mass enterprise adoption
Tl;dr: Per-token prices fell 98%. The bills tripled.
US Companies Ditch Expensive AI for Chinese Models, Reshaping the US-China AI Competition
Tl;dr: Half of US AI traffic now runs on Chinese models.
