Why is Apple asking me to pay more for Big Tech’s AI obsession?
Tim Cook points to AI-driven component stress as a key reason for Apple’s recent price hikes, framing them as “unavoidable” even as critics call them “unsustainable.” With products like the 16-inch MacBook Pro, 11-inch iPad Air, and HomePod Mini all seeing higher MSRPs, the argument lands on AI workload demand amplifying existing hardware bottlenecks like memory scarcity.
Anthropic’s Mythos 5 is back
After a two-week negotiation shuffle with the Trump administration, Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model is reportedly active again for a limited set of organizations, but the public-facing “Fable 5” version still appears stuck without a clear timeline. A June 26 letter from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick signals the license conditions that had slowed rollout are now changing, but access remains uneven.
Margaret Atwood says the problem with AI is ‘garbage in, garbage out’
In a blunt take at the Babell Literary and Cultural Festival, Margaret Atwood says she tested an AI chatbot only once and walked away unimpressed when it produced incorrect or misleading answers. Her core complaint mirrors “garbage in, garbage out” logic – large language models can confidently return errors because they don’t reason like humans or verify what they output.