Show Notes
OpenAI closes a historic $30B funding round at a $1.4 trillion valuation — the largest private raise ever — while launching 'Dots' persistent agents and the cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol model. • Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 arrives 30% faster, but users are already crowdsourcing a 'LiveNerf' tracker to watch for post-launch capability downgrades. • Trump renames AI 'Super Intelligence' by executive order and major labs sign a White House self-regulation safety deal — with no enforcement mechanism attached. • AI insiders go public: current and former researchers at OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic say extinction risk is 'a coin flip,' marking an unprecedented break from corporate messaging. • Tech and semi ETFs rebounded today as bond yields eased — VGT led at +1.00%, with Micron earnings after the close set to move the semiconductor trade tonight.
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