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FOR THE STUDENTS, BY THE STUDENTS 12 JUNE 2025

BIG TECH & STARTUPS BIG TECH & STARTUPS SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC
TECHNOLOGY
A frustrated Zuckerberg OpenAI releases o3-pro, a
makes his biggest AI bet as souped-up version of its o3 IBM now describing its first
Meta nears $14 billion AI reasoning model (3 error-resistant quantum
stake in Scale AI, hires minute read) compute system (8 minute
founder Wang (6 minute read)
OpenAI has launched o3-pro, an
read) advanced reasoning model, to IBM has released plans for a
ChatGPT Pro and Team users, as quantum compute system that
Meta is finalizing a deal to invest can perform 100 million
$14 billion into Scale AI, a well as on OpenAI's developer
API. Enterprise and Edu users will operations without errors on a
company that helps AI startups collection of 200 logical qubits.
prepare data to train cutting- get access to the model next
week. o3-pro is priced at $20 per The hardware, which will be
edge AI models. Meta is one of called Starling, will be available
Scale AI's biggest customers. The million input tokens and $80 per
million output tokens on the API. for use in 2029. While the system
social media giant appears to be will be able to handle some
taking a similar strategy as other The model has access to tools
and can search the web, analyze problems, it will not be enough to
tech companies like Google and perform the complex algorithms
Microsoft which are taking large files, reason about visual inputs,
use Python, personalize its needed to do things like break
stakes in prominent leaders in AI encryptions - that would require
rather than buying them outright responses using memory, and
more. It can not generate images waiting for IBM's Blue Jay, a
- Meta is currently on trial for system with 2,000 logical qubits
antitrust claims and it doesn't or use Canvas and its responses
typically take longer than o1-pro the company expects to build by
want to further upset regulators 2033.
by acquiring Scale AI. It will take to complete.
a 49% stake in Scale AI, and CLICK TO READ MORE CLICK TO READ MORE
Scale AI's CEO will help lead a
new AI research lab within Meta.
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PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA
SCIENCE SCIENCE

Android 16 is here (15 Paws-on-MCP (GitHub

SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC Repo)
TECHNOLOGY
minute read)
Android 16 is now available on Paws-on-MCP is a comprehensive
Snap to launch smaller, most supported Pixel devices. Model Context Protocol (MCP)
lighter augmented reality This release will be the only server that implements the latest
Specs smartglasses in 2026 release in 2025 to include specification. It demonstrates
(2 minute read) planned app-impacting behavior production-ready adherence to
changes. There is another the MCP 2025-03-26 specification.
Snap plans to release a sixth planned release for Q4 that will Paws-on-MCP features
generation of its augmented include new developer APIs, HackerNews and GitHub API
reality glasses in 2026. The next- feature updates, optimizations, integrations with AI-powered
generation glasses will be called and bug fixes. The Android team analysis through advanced MCP
Specs and use AR technology to plans to release updates sampling.
let people see and interact with quarterly. This post details some CLICK TO READ MORE
digital imagery overlaid over the of the changes in Android 16,
physical world. It will run on Snap including changes to improve the
OS. Developers will be able to consistency and visual
incorporate Google's Gemini AI appearance of apps, Android QUICK LINKS
models and OpenAI's GPT family apps that adapt to any screen
of AI models into programs they and window size, consistent Partial Keyframes (9 minute
develop for the smart glasses. progress notifications, and read)
The most recent version of Snap's custom AGSL graphical effects.
augmented reality glass was It's possible to write CSS
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released in September 2024 to keyframe animations without
developers who had to pay $99 a specifying either a starting or
month for a full year under a ending point - this trick unlocks a
leasing model. MISCELLANEOUS
capability within keyframe
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animations that makes them
Reflections from Sam dynamic and composable.
Altman (8 minute read) CLICK TO READ MORE

MISCELLANEOUS OpenAI started almost nine

years ago with the goal of
Google offers buyouts to building the most impactful QUICK LINKS
employees across the technology in human history:
company, including Search artificial general intelligence How AI Saved My
(5 minute read) (AGI). The launch of ChatGPT on Company From a 2-Year
November 30, 2022, kicked off Litigation Nightmare (23
Google has offered buyouts to the current AI revolution. Over minute read)
employees across several of its the past two years, the company
divisions in an effort to reduce had to build almost from scratch Contracts are language, and
headcount. The 'voluntary exit around this new technology, large language models are
program' applies to US-based which was a difficult and messy exceptionally good at reviewing
employees. The buyout process. Sam Altman considers and creating them.
announcement comes along with these years to be the most
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a demand for employees to rewarding, fun, best, interesting,
return to the office - workers who exhausting, stressful, and
live within 50 miles of an office unpleasant years of his life so far.
will be expected to assume a He is confident that OpenAI now
hybrid work schedule. Google has knows how to build AGI and
done multiple buyout offers in a believes that the first AI agents
few units this year. will join the workforce this year
and materially change the output
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of companies.
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Apple Retreats (29 minute QUICK LINKS

read)
News Sites Are Getting
Apple appears to be retreating Crushed by Google's New
to safety and focusing on its core AI Tools (5 minute read)
competencies.
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Traffic for publishers is
plummeting as chatbots are
replacing Google searches.
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OpenAI announces 80%

price drop for o3, its most QUICK LINKS
powerful reasoning model
God is hungry for Context:
(4 minute read)
First thoughts on o3 pro (4
OpenAI has slashed prices on o3 minute read)
by 80% for both input and output
tokens, making the model more OpenAI's o3-pro is very smart,
accessible for developers seeking but it needs a lot of context in
advanced reasoning capabilities. order to work well.
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