Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder who defected to OpenAI, is now at Google

Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.

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It's August 2001 Again, And We're Watching Sharks

Julie Roginsky came on Tequila Talk with a story almost nobody in U.S. media would touch: for most of the week, NATO's been massing serious force near Kaliningrad, and no one will explain why. CIA Director Ratcliffe has suddenly flown to Moscow for an emergency meeting. What's going on? We may be the closest to a hot war with Russia we've been in a long time.

NATO just flew a U.S.-led air exercise on Russia's doorstep—AWACS, electronic warfare, dozens of aircraft over Poland and the Baltic—as Russian drones cross NATO lines and a frigate with hypersonic missiles prowls the Baltic Sea. Cliff and Joe Walsh pour one out and ask a question most are avoiding: what happens if testing stops being a test?

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CIA Director Takes Covert Trip To Moscow: What Are They Hiding?

The CIA Director from the United States made a secret trip to Russia. This morning, a military plane landed just outside Moscow, and a diplomatic motorcade was seen driving through the city center. According to CBS News, CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Russia on a military transport plane for meetings in Moscow today.

Sources shared the following information about Trump’s CIA Chief with CBS News:

"It appears to be Ratcliffe's first known trip to Russia as CIA director, though he has maintained contact with Russian intelligence counterparts."

Totally normal, nothing to worry about, right?

The media outlet pointed out that it is unusual for a CIA chief to visit Moscow:

“Former CIA Director William Burns traveled to Moscow in November 2021, when he met with senior Russian officials and spoke directly with President Vladimir Putin to warn him against invading Ukraine.”

Why Did CIA Director Go to Moscow?

News came out this morning about a C-17 military cargo plane landing in Russia. The Kremlin said it had "no knowledge" of the plane. The plane America's CIA Director used is unusual.

The UK media outlet iNews reported:

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X sends cease-and-desist to open-source project Nitter over alleged scraping

X has sent cease-and-desist letters to Nitter, the open source project behind privacy-friendly X frontends, demanding its instances and code repository be taken down over alleged scraping.

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Stability AI, maker of image generator Stable Diffusion, raises $76 million in fresh funding

The company's new fundraising total now stands at $232 million.

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'I've Had Enough': Trump And Melania's Heated Clash At Indy Race Decoded By Lip Reader

A professional lip reader decoded a heated exchange between President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at Sunday's race, capturing the president reportedly saying he had "had enough."

The exchange took place at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the first IndyCar street race ever held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Professional lip reader Nicola Hickling, speaking to Metro, described the conversation as "intense."

The first lady was seen leaning over to speak in the president's ear before the two began talking over each other and she raised her hand, according to Metro.

"That is private and valuable text," Melania Trump reportedly told her husband.

"Was it enough?" Donald Trump replied, according to the lip reader.

Melania Trump answered: "I don't know."

"Then I need to see it," Donald Trump continued.

"Donald, listen, I'm gonna go," Melania Trump said, the lip reader determined.

"It's bad news, but it's a bad timing Melania," Donald Trump said as the exchange grew more pointed, according to Hickling.

"That's crazy," Melania Trump was said to have replied.

Melania Trump then whispered in the president's ear, according to Hickling.

"I've had enough of her," Donald Trump shot back, Hickling reported

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Tells Trump To Put His Money Where His Mouth Is

Sen. Bernie Sanders whacked Trump on social media for his ridiculous statement that everyone should be willing to have one of these massive data centers in their backyard.

The issue of data centers is one that's been crossing partisan lines for some time now, but apparently Trump hasn't gotten the memo yet on stories like this one: Republicans Are Learning the Hard Way That Many Americans Don’t Want Data Centers:

A surge in public opposition to artificial intelligence infrastructure is transforming localized land-use disputes into major national political liabilities.

The rapid nationwide expansion of artificial intelligence facilities has encountered an unexpected wave of voter resistance across traditional party lines. Once promoted as clean economic drivers, modern hyperscale data centers face mounting criticism over rising residential utility bills, severe water usage, and industrial noise pollution.

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