Mark Zuckerberg has spent months putting together a list of the most
talented engineers and researchers in artificial
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IT'S KNOWN AS `THE LIST'ÄAND IT'S A SECRET FILE OF AI GENIUSES
(15 MINUTE READ) [5]

Mark Zuckerberg has spent months putting together a list of the most
talented engineers and researchers in artificial intelligence.
Recruits on the list typically have PhDs from elite schools and work
experience at places like OpenAI and Google DeepMind. Their
specialized knowledge is the key to cashing in on the artificial
intelligence revolution. Many of the candidates have taken meetings at Zuckerberg's homes in Palo Alto and Lake Tahoe. This article looks at
some of the people on the list.

TESLA SAYS IT MADE ITS FIRST DRIVERLESS DELIVERY OF A NEW CAR TO A
CUSTOMER (8 MINUTE READ) [6]

Tesla routed a Model Y SUV from its Austin, Texas, Gigafactory to an
apartment building in the area on June 27 - its first driverless
delivery of a new car to a customer. The vehicle transversed public
roads, including highways, without a human in the driver's seat or
front passenger seat. Tesla did not say which version of its software
and hardware the vehicle had, but the company's Head of AI said that
the vehicle was exactly the same as every Model Y produced in the
Tesla factory. A video of the Model Y completing the delivery is
available in the article.

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

SCIENTISTS LAUNCH WILD NEW PROJECT TO BUILD A HUMAN GENOME FROM
SCRATCH (4 MINUTE READ) [7]

The Synthetic Human Genome Project aims to write artificial human DNA
from scratch - the scientists behind the project are hoping that it
will answer fundamental questions about the human genome and transform
our understanding of health and disease. The technology could be used
to create new medical treatments like designer cell-based therapies
and virus-resistant tissue transplantation. The research team hopes to
be able to create the foundational tools, technologies, and methods to
allow researchers to create genomes from scratch over the next
half-decade. The project runs along a parallel research effort into
the social and ethical issues of creating human genomes in a lab.

7 PEOPLE NOW HAVE ELON MUSK'S NEURALINK BRAIN IMPLANT (6 MINUTE READ)
[8]

Neuralink has increased the number of patients with its N1 brain
implant to seven. The implant allows those with cervical spinal cord
injuries or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to control a computer
with their thoughts. Six of the seven are participating in a study
aimed at proving that the N1 implant, R1 surgical robot, and N1 User
App are safe and effective. The implant has enabled some of the
patients to work to help provide for themselves and their families
financially.

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MISCELLANEOUS

OPENAI REPORTEDLY `RECALIBRATING' COMPENSATION IN RESPONSE TO META
HIRES (1 MINUTE READ) [12]

OpenAI's leaders have been working around the clock to talk to
employees who have received offers from Meta. Meta has successfully
poached a number of OpenAI's senior researchers. Eight researchers
have departed OpenAI for Meta over the past week. OpenAI has
recalibrated its compensation and is looking for creative ways to
recognize and reward top talent.

TRUMP SAYS HE HAS 'A GROUP OF VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE' TO BUY TIKTOK (2
MINUTE READ) [13]

President Donald Trump says he has a group of buyers willing to
acquire TikTok. A sale would need approval from the Chinese
government, but Trump has told the media that President Xi Jinping
'will probably do it'. It is unclear whether the current buyer is the
same as the one from three months ago - the deal fell apart in April
due to a disagreement on tariffs. The US Congress passed a law forcing
TikTok's sale in April last year, but the deadline for the sale has
been repeatedly delayed.

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THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING "SQUEEZE" (5 MINUTE READ) [14]

There's no place for 'coasting' in software engineering anymore, but
there is a lot of space for ambitious engineers, even if they're fresh graduates.

MCP: AN (ACCIDENTALLY) UNIVERSAL PLUGIN SYSTEM (6 MINUTE READ) [15]

If you remove the 'AI' aspect of MCP (Model Context Protocol), it
becomes a standardized way to connect literally anything to different
data sources and tools.

APPLE'S M5 CHIP LAUNCHES THIS FALL, AND THESE NEW PRODUCTS GET IT
FIRST (2 MINUTE READ) [16]

The M5 chip will come to the MacBook Pro and iPad Pro this fall.

I MADE MY VM THINK IT HAS A CPU FAN SO THE MALWARE WOULD FINALLY SHUT
UP AND RUN (8 MINUTE READ) [17]

One of the common checks that malware programs perform to determine
whether they are running on a virtual machine is to look for the
presence of certain hardware components, like a CPU fan.

ENGINEER CREATES AD-BLOCK FOR THE REAL WORLD WITH AUGMENTED REALITY
GLASSES Ä NO MORE PRODUCTS OR BRANDING IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE (3
MINUTE READ) [18]

A software engineer has created an augmented reality app for Snap's fifth-generation AR Spectacles that identifies and blocks out
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