Subj : Meta "acquires" Scale AI ¨, OpenAI o3-pro ¨, Android 16 ¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Wed Jun 11 2025 10:45:25 --lL8tvQlo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Meta is finalizing a deal to invest $14 billion into Scale AI, a company = that helps AI startups prepare data to train cutting-edge AI models=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR = =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Vanta] [4] TLDR 2025-06-11 FOUNDER TO FO= UNDER: THE GUIDE TO BUILDING A BREAKOUT STARTUP IN THE AI AGE (SPONSOR) [= 4]=20 Here's your chance to get actionable frameworks and hard-earned= lessons you won't find in traditional playbooks. Join Christina Cac= ioppo (CEO and Co-Founder of Vanta) and Mario Gabriele (CEO and Founder o= f The Generalist) for a tactical discussion on building standout startups= in the AI era.=C2=A0 [4] TUNE INTO THEIR LIVE FIRESIDE CHAT ON JUNE 2= 6TH [4] TO LEARN ABOUT:=C2=A0 =09* Accelerating product-market fit = =09* Leveraging AI for early startup momentum =09* Choosing tools to 10= x your business =09* Building competitive moats=E2=80=94without brand re= cognition or funding. Save your spot. [4] =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG = TECH & STARTUPS A FRUSTRATED ZUCKERBERG MAKES HIS BIGGEST AI BET AS M= ETA NEARS $14 BILLION STAKE IN SCALE AI, HIRES FOUNDER WANG (6 MINUTE REA= D) [5]=20 Meta is finalizing a deal to invest $14 billion into Scale AI= , a company that helps AI startups prepare data to train cutting-edge AI= models. Meta is one of Scale AI's biggest customers. The social media = giant appears to be taking a similar strategy as other tech companies lik= e Google and Microsoft which are taking large stakes in prominent leaders= in AI rather than buying them outright - Meta is currently on trial for = antitrust claims and it doesn't want to further upset regulators by acqui= ring Scale AI. It will take a 49% stake in Scale AI, and Scale AI's CEO w= ill help lead a new AI research lab within Meta.=20 OPENAI RELEASES O= 3-PRO, A SOUPED-UP VERSION OF ITS O3 AI REASONING MODEL (3 MINUTE READ) [= 6]=20 OpenAI has launched o3-pro, an advanced reasoning model, to ChatG= PT Pro and Team users, as well as on OpenAI's developer API. Enterprise= and Edu users will get access to the model next week. o3-pro is priced= at $20 per million input tokens and $80 per million output tokens on t= he API. The model has access to tools and can search the web, analyze fil= es, reason about visual inputs, use Python, personalize its responses usi= ng memory, and more. It can not generate images or use Canvas and its res= ponses typically take longer than o1-pro to complete.=20 =F0=9F=9A= =80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY IBM NOW DESCRIBING ITS FIRS= T ERROR-RESISTANT QUANTUM COMPUTE SYSTEM (8 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 IBM h= as released plans for a quantum compute system that can perform 100 milli= on operations without errors on a collection of 200 logical qubits. The h= ardware, which will be called Starling, will be available for use in 2029= .. While the system will be able to handle some problems, it will not be e= nough to perform the complex algorithms needed to do things like break en= cryptions - that would require waiting for IBM's Blue Jay, a system with = 2,000 logical qubits the company expects to build by 2033.=20 SNAP TO= LAUNCH SMALLER, LIGHTER AUGMENTED REALITY SPECS SMARTGLASSES IN 2026 (2 = MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Snap plans to release a sixth generation of its aug= mented reality glasses in 2026. The next-generation glasses will be calle= d Specs and use AR technology to let people see and interact with digital= imagery overlaid over the physical world. It will run on Snap OS. Develo= pers will be able to incorporate Google's Gemini AI models and OpenAI's G= PT family of AI models into programs they develop for the smart glasses.= The most recent version of Snap's augmented reality glass was released= in September 2024 to developers who had to pay $99 a month for a full = year under a leasing model.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & = DATA SCIENCE HOW DELVE GENERATED $1M IN PIPELINE FROM JUST 4 TLDR NEW= SLETTER ADS (SPONSOR) [9]=20 Delve ran 4 placements across 2 TLDR new= sletters and brought in 66 leads, with a meaningful chunk from enterprise= .. The result: $1M in attributed pipeline and a 52x ROI. The case stu= dy breaks down their strategy, results, and example ads. Read the Delv= e case study. 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Paws-on-MCP features HackerNews and GitHub API integratio= ns with AI-powered analysis through advanced MCP sampling.=20 = =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS REFLECTIONS FROM SAM ALTMAN (8 MINUT= E READ) [12]=20 OpenAI started almost nine years ago with the goal of b= uilding the most impactful technology in human history: artificial genera= l intelligence (AGI). The launch of ChatGPT on November 30, 2022, kicked= off the current AI revolution. Over the past two years, the company ha= d to build almost from scratch around this new technology, which was a di= fficult and messy process. Sam Altman considers these years to be the mos= t rewarding, fun, best, interesting, exhausting, stressful, and unpleasan= t years of his life so far. He is confident that OpenAI now knows how to = build AGI and believes that the first AI agents will join the workforce t= his year and materially change the output of companies. 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A frustrated Zuckerberg mak= es his biggest AI bet as Meta nears $14 billion stake in Scale AI, hires fo= under Wang (6 minute read)

Meta is finalizing a deal to invest $14= billion into Scale AI, a company that helps AI startups prepare data to tr= ain cutting-edge AI models. Meta is one of Scale AI's biggest customers. Th= e social media giant appears to be taking a similar strategy as other tech = companies like Google and Microsoft which are taking large stakes in promin= ent leaders in AI rather than buying them outright - Meta is currently on t= rial for antitrust claims and it doesn't want to further upset regulators b= y acquiring Scale AI. It will take a 49% stake in Scale AI, and Scale AI's = CEO will help lead a new AI research lab within Meta.
OpenAI releases o3-pro, a s= ouped-up version of its o3 AI reasoning model (3 minute read)

OpenAI has launched o3-pro, an advanced= reasoning model, to ChatGPT Pro and Team users, as well as on OpenAI's dev= eloper API. Enterprise and Edu users will get access to the model next week= .. o3-pro is priced at $20 per million input tokens and $80 per million outp= ut tokens on the API. The model has access to tools and can search the web,= analyze files, reason about visual inputs, use Python, personalize its res= ponses using memory, and more. It can not generate images or use Canvas and= its responses typically take longer than o1-pro to complete.
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IBM now describing its firs= t error-resistant quantum compute system (8 minute read)

IBM has released plans for a quantum co= mpute system that can perform 100 million operations without errors on a co= llection of 200 logical qubits. The hardware, which will be called Starling= , will be available for use in 2029. While the system will be able to handl= e some problems, it will not be enough to perform the complex algorithms ne= eded to do things like break encryptions - that would require waiting for I= BM's Blue Jay, a system with 2,000 logical qubits the company expects to bu= ild by 2033.
Snap to launch smaller, lig= hter augmented reality Specs smartglasses in 2026 (2 minute read)

Snap plans to release a sixth generatio= n of its augmented reality glasses in 2026. The next-generation glasses wil= l be called Specs and use AR technology to let people see and interact with= digital imagery overlaid over the physical world. It will run on Snap OS. = Developers will be able to incorporate Google's Gemini AI models and OpenAI= 's GPT family of AI models into programs they develop for the smart glasses= .. The most recent version of Snap's augmented reality glass was released in= September 2024 to developers who had to pay $99 a month for a full year un= der a leasing model.
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Android 16 is here (15 minu= te read)

Android 16 is now available on most sup= ported Pixel devices. This release will be the only release in 2025 to incl= ude planned app-impacting behavior changes. There is another planned releas= e for Q4 that will include new developer APIs, feature updates, optimizatio= ns, and bug fixes. The Android team plans to release updates quarterly. Thi= s post details some of the changes in Android 16, including changes to impr= ove the consistency and visual appearance of apps, Android apps that adapt = to any screen and window size, consistent progress notifications, and custo= m AGSL graphical effects.
Paws-on-MCP (GitHub Repo)

Paws-on-MCP is a comprehensive Model Co= ntext Protocol (MCP) server that implements the latest specification. It de= monstrates production-ready adherence to the MCP 2025-03-26 specification. = Paws-on-MCP features HackerNews and GitHub API integrations with AI-powered= analysis through advanced MCP sampling.
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Reflections from Sam Altman= (8 minute read)

OpenAI started almost nine years ago wi= th the goal of building the most impactful technology in human history: art= ificial general intelligence (AGI). The launch of ChatGPT on November 30, 2= 022, kicked off the current AI revolution. Over the past two years, the com= pany had to build almost from scratch around this new technology, which was= a difficult and messy process. Sam Altman considers these years to be the = most rewarding, fun, best, interesting, exhausting, stressful, and unpleasa= nt years of his life so far. He is confident that OpenAI now knows how to b= uild AGI and believes that the first AI agents will join the workforce this= year and materially change the output of companies.
Google offers buyouts to em= ployees across the company, including Search (5 minute read)

Google has offered buyouts to employees= across several of its divisions in an effort to reduce headcount. The 'vol= untary exit program' applies to US-based employees. The buyout announcement= comes along with a demand for employees to return to the office - workers = who live within 50 miles of an office will be expected to assume a hybrid w= ork schedule. Google has done multiple buyout offers in a few units this ye= ar.
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Traffic for publishers is plummeting as= chatbots are replacing Google searches.
Partial Keyframes (9 minute= read)

It's possible to write CSS keyframe ani= mations without specifying either a starting or ending point - this trick u= nlocks a capability within keyframe animations that makes them dynamic and = composable.
OpenAI announces 80% price = drop for o3, its most powerful reasoning model (4 minute read)

OpenAI has slashed prices on o3 by 80% = for both input and output tokens, making the model more accessible for deve= lopers seeking advanced reasoning capabilities.
How AI Saved My Company Fro= m a 2-Year Litigation Nightmare (23 minute read)

Contracts are language, and large langu= age models are exceptionally good at reviewing and creating them.
Apple Retreats (29 minute r= ead)

Apple appears to be retreating to safet= y and focusing on its core competencies.
God is hungry for Context: = First thoughts on o3 pro (4 minute read)

OpenAI's o3-pro is very smart, but it n= eeds a lot of context in order to work well.

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