In 1951, Bing Crosby was denied a room at a Vancouver hotel for wearing too much denim. 

Gossip spread to Levi Strauss, who built Bing a custom denim suit. The piece included a leather tag that mocked people who judged others by their jeans. 

So one snobby hotelier led to the creation of the Canadian tuxedo.

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AI SAFETY

Anthropic says it blocked attempts to build bio-weapons

“These are chilling examples of state-sponsored biological weapons developers tapping into the rapidly advancing capabilities.”

That might seem like a sentence from a sci-fi movie pitch. But it’s actually how Andrew Weber, a senior fellow on the Council on Strategic Risks, described Anthropic’s new threat report… before the company released it to the public.

Anthropic claimed to have blocked multiple accounts from using their tools to develop bio-weapons. The company broke down five specific cases that involved AI-assisted inquiries into infectious diseases, toxins, and bio-threats like bird flu.

Now here’s the deal. The users behind this activity may have been legit scientists. They could’ve been conducting genuine research or even pressure-testing Claude’s safeguards. Who knows? The point is, Anthropic has no way of telling if these queries were ill-intended. And that’s the tricky part. 

While AI can speed up life-saving research, it also has the power to expedite R&D behind biological warfare. Oof.

What Anthropic found:

Ethically ambiguous

Former CDC director, Susan Monarez, reviewed Anthropic’s findings and she didn’t mince words.

Advanced AI increases the opportunities to “let bad actors hide in plain sight, using seemingly legitimate research to create pathogens we may not see coming and may not be able to stop once released.”

Anthropic didn’t deny the danger. The company has strengthened its safeguards on newer models, and is asking other AI labs to do the same.

Because this era’s mad scientist doesn’t have an evil laugh. Just a VPN and really specific questions about immune evasion. 

I’m not ready for another pandemic. - TL

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NVIDIA

Jensen Huang says Nvidia will grow 70%. He’s not wrong.

Jensen Huang is a founder, CEO, and (apparently) psychic. 

Last week, Huang took the stage at Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference to make a bold claim. Nvidia’s revenue would grow 70% next year, bringing the company’s top line to $680 billion.

Now, it’s common practice to gas up your brand in the land of Silicon Valley. But that’s not what’s happening here. Huang gave those same numbers to his investors last month. And he’s got the receipts to back it up.

Why Huang’s betting big:

The shovel seller's advantage

All the major AI labs (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google) currently rely on Nvidia, even as some race to build their own chips. So Huang's claims of industry domination aren't that far off.

Plus Neoclouds, OEMs, hyperscalers, and AI-native startups all funnel data back to the company. This gives Nvidia a real-time map of where AI money and infrastructure are actually flowing. 

So yes, critics call his investment deals circular. But Huang shrugs them off. 

Haters will always hate the guy selling shovels in the AI gold rush.

Dang. Okay, that’s a flex. -TL

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