The Brutalist Report

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• "Super Intelligence systems" are black boxes that shouldn't be trusted by companies, and strong deterministic systems are needed around their deployment (Satya Nadella/@satyanadella) [27d]
• Hundreds of AI-decompiled or vibe-coded clones of games appeared in recent weeks, ported to run in browsers; some big titles like GTA: Vice City, Halo play well (Lewis Parker/Kotaku) [27d]
• Sources: Nvidia is in talks to acquire or invest more into US open-weights AI startup Reflection AI; the deal may be an acquihire to avoid antitrust scrutiny (Financial Times) [27d]
• IDC: Shenzhen-based DJI and Insta360, accounting for 73% and 20% of global smart camera market in Q2, are vying for the top spot as GoPro's share drops to 3% (William Langley/Financial Times) [27d]
• A look at a 1,700-member Slack run by Medicare agency CMS where Microsoft, OpenAI, and other companies help shape policy on AI apps and medical records access (CBS News) [27d]
• A profile of Zach Frankel, a secretive and unusually hands-on solo investor who wrote the first checks to startups like Ramp, Cognition, and Applied Compute (Jemima McEvoy/The Information) [27d]
• How Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown used GOP ties to end a June standoff over model safety and win over Musk, brokering a $1.25B/month SpaceX compute deal (Wall Street Journal) [27d]
• Dozens of staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette: without author consent, publishers are quietly using AI to make back-cover copy, cover art, more (Adam Morgan/Wired) [27d]