Subj : Zuckerberg AI recruiting ¨, OpenAI device details ¨, Python + Mojo ¨¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Tue Jun 24 2025 10:45:01 --vUCzlXqu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark Zuckerberg has personally reached out to hundreds of researchers, sc= ientists, infrastructure engineers, product stars, and entrepreneurs= =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= =20 TLDR 2025-06-24 =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS ZU= CKERBERG LEADS AI RECRUITMENT BLITZ ARMED WITH $100 MILLION PAY PACKAGES = (8 MINUTE READ) [4]=20 Mark Zuckerberg has personally reached out to hu= ndreds of researchers, scientists, infrastructure engineers, product star= s, and entrepreneurs to try to get them to join a new Superintelligence l= ab. He is offering them hundreds of millions of dollars and in at least= one case discussed buying a startup outright. Despite the financial in= centives, some potential candidates have been hesitant to join Meta. It i= s unclear how successful Zuckerberg's efforts will ultimately be - OpenAI= has given counteroffers to people Meta has tried to poach.=20 COURT FI= LINGS REVEAL OPENAI AND IO'S EARLY WORK ON AN AI DEVICE (5 MINUTE READ) [= 5]=20 Legal filings submitted as part of a trademark dispute reveal det= ails about OpenAI and io's efforts to build a mass-market AI hardware d= evice. The companies have been vigorously researching in-ear hardware dev= ices. However, io's chief hardware officer said in court that the prototy= pe OpenAI CEO Sam Altman missioned in io's launch video was not an in-ear= device nor a wearable device. The design of the prototype has not yet be= en finalized and the product is at least a year away from being advertise= d or offered for sale.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNO= LOGY NEW YORK TO BUILD ONE OF FIRST U.S. NUCLEAR-POWER PLANTS IN GE= NERATION (7 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 New York plans to build a large nuclear= power facility to add at least 1 gigawatt of energy, enough to power abo= ut a million homes. The New York Power Authority will find a site in upst= ate New York and determine the reactor's design. It may pursue the projec= t alone or in partnership with private entities. The US nuclear industry = has struggled for more than three decades to do much more than manage e= xisting plants because of safety concerns, huge cost overruns, and a perm= itting process that moves at a glacial pace. This project could help jump= -start a new era of US nuclear reactor construction.=20 A PRIMER ON THE= CURRENT STATE OF LONGEVITY RESEARCH (24 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 This pos= t looks at the state of affairs in aging research. It offers some basic b= ackground knowledge for each topic covered. Longevity-focused research ha= sn't led to anything significant yet, but the field is still very young. = Scientific discovery works in strange ways - research from longevity coul= d end up impacting other fields, leading to unexpected returns.=20 = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE BIGPICTURE ENTE= RPRISE FOR JIRA: OKRS, BUDGETS, PRIORITIZATION, AND RISK MANAGEMENT FOR L= ARGE-SCALE PORTFOLIOS (SPONSOR) [8]=20 Managing an enterprise software = pipeline is a whole different ballgame - one that requires you to effecti= vely control finances, risks, priorities, and objectives. See how you can= align strategy, business outcomes, and execution [8] across your portfol= io with BigPicture Enterprise. Take the interactive tour [8]=20 PICKA= XE (GITHUB REPO) [9]=20 Pickaxe is a TypeScript library for building fa= ult-tolerant and scalable AI agents. It handles the complexities of durab= le execution, queuing, and scheduling so that developers can focus on wri= ting core business logic. Pickaxe enables developers to build agents that= call tools, other agents, or any other functions they define. A video de= mo is available.=20 PYTHON CAN RUN MOJO NOW (6 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 = Python can call Mojo code now. The setup is pretty simple - this post= walks through how to set it up and provides some examples of how to us= e it. Development on the stack is still early, so it's not yet production= -ready. Mojo is a lot easier to learn than Rust while still providing a m= eaningful function speedup.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS CH= ECKING IN ON AI AND THE BIG FIVE (27 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 This post eva= luates the state of AI's biggest players, primarily through the lens of t= he Big Five: Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon. It looks at each= company's infrastructure, models, partners, data, distribution, core bus= iness, scarcity risk, and more and analyzes its position in the industry.= The post also looks at model makers like OpenAI and Anthropic and discus= ses the elephant in the room: China.=20 THE AI LIFESTYLE SUBSIDY IS G= OING TO END (7 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 Venture capital and zero-interest-r= ate policy supplied a ton of money to startups, allowing them to grow eve= n if they were selling customers services at a loss. Today, investor mone= y is going straight into subsidizing the costs of AI products. AI product= s will likely soon start showing ads to monetize. 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Big Tech & Startups

Zuckerberg Leads AI Recruit= ment Blitz Armed With $100 Million Pay Packages (8 minute read)

Mark Zuckerberg has personally reached = out to hundreds of researchers, scientists, infrastructure engineers, produ= ct stars, and entrepreneurs to try to get them to join a new Superintellige= nce lab. He is offering them hundreds of millions of dollars and in at leas= t one case discussed buying a startup outright. Despite the financial incen= tives, some potential candidates have been hesitant to join Meta. It is unc= lear how successful Zuckerberg's efforts will ultimately be - OpenAI has gi= ven counteroffers to people Meta has tried to poach.
Court filings reveal OpenAI= and io's early work on an AI device (5 minute read)

Legal filings submitted as part of a tr= ademark dispute reveal details about OpenAI and io's efforts to build a mas= s-market AI hardware device. The companies have been vigorously researching= in-ear hardware devices. However, io's chief hardware officer said in cour= t that the prototype OpenAI CEO Sam Altman missioned in io's launch video w= as not an in-ear device nor a wearable device. The design of the prototype = has not yet been finalized and the product is at least a year away from bei= ng advertised or offered for sale.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

New York to Build One of Fi= rst U.S. Nuclear-Power Plants in Generation (7 minute read)

New York plans to build a large nuclear= power facility to add at least 1 gigawatt of energy, enough to power about= a million homes. The New York Power Authority will find a site in upstate = New York and determine the reactor's design. It may pursue the project alon= e or in partnership with private entities. The US nuclear industry has stru= ggled for more than three decades to do much more than manage existing plan= ts because of safety concerns, huge cost overruns, and a permitting process= that moves at a glacial pace. This project could help jump-start a new era= of US nuclear reactor construction.
A primer on the current sta= te of longevity research (24 minute read)

This post looks at the state of affairs= in aging research. It offers some basic background knowledge for each topi= c covered. Longevity-focused research hasn't led to anything significant ye= t, but the field is still very young. Scientific discovery works in strange= ways - research from longevity could end up impacting other fields, leadin= g to unexpected returns.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

BigPicture Enterprise for J= ira: OKRs, budgets, prioritization, and risk management for large-scale por= tfolios (Sponsor)

Managing an enterprise software pipelin= e is a whole different ballgame - one that requires you to effectively cont= rol finances, risks, priorities, and objectives. See how you can align strategy, business outcomes, and execution across your portfolio with BigPicture Enterprise. <= span>Take the interactive tour
Pickaxe (GitHub Repo)

Pickaxe is a TypeScript library for bui= lding fault-tolerant and scalable AI agents. It handles the complexities of= durable execution, queuing, and scheduling so that developers can focus on= writing core business logic. Pickaxe enables developers to build agents th= at call tools, other agents, or any other functions they define. A video de= mo is available.
Python can run Mojo now (6 = minute read)

Python can call Mojo code now. The setu= p is pretty simple - this post walks through how to set it up and provides = some examples of how to use it. Development on the stack is still early, so= it's not yet production-ready. Mojo is a lot easier to learn than Rust whi= le still providing a meaningful function speedup.
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Miscellaneous

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Checking In on AI and the B= ig Five (27 minute read)

This post evaluates the state of AI's b= iggest players, primarily through the lens of the Big Five: Apple, Google, = Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon. It looks at each company's infrastructure, mod= els, partners, data, distribution, core business, scarcity risk, and more a= nd analyzes its position in the industry. The post also looks at model make= rs like OpenAI and Anthropic and discusses the elephant in the room: China.
The AI lifestyle subsidy is= going to end (7 minute read)

Venture capital and zero-interest-rate = policy supplied a ton of money to startups, allowing them to grow even if t= hey were selling customers services at a loss. Today, investor money is goi= ng straight into subsidizing the costs of AI products. AI products will lik= ely soon start showing ads to monetize. AI serves its users for now, but in= the near future, AI will serve ads.
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Quick Links

Apple heard your complaints= about the Liquid Glass Control Center (2 minute read)

Apple has updated the Liquid Glass Cont= rol Center to be a bit more opaque in the second iOS 26 developer beta - a = comparison is available in the article.
LogTape (GitHub Repo)

LogTape is a logging library for JavaSc= ript and TypeScript that provides a simple and flexible logging system.
Sam Altman open to ads on C= hatGPT, calls Instagram ads =E2=80=98kinda cool' (3 minute read)

Sam Altman previously described adverti= sing as a last resort for OpenAI, but his stance has since softened.
Disney and NBCUniversal's M= idjourney Lawsuit Isn't About Money =E2=80=94 It's About Setting AI Precede= nt (6 minute read)

The Midjourney suit has the potential t= o set a precedent around artificial intelligence and how AI companies can o= perate or train their models - it will have an impact on all creatives.
Google brings new Gemini fe= atures to Chromebooks, debuts first on-device AI (3 minute read)

Newer, more powerful Chromebooks will s= oon have image generation, text summarization, and more built into the OS.
Apple to Announce More App = Store Concessions for the EU (3 minute read)

Apple is preparing to offer new concess= ions primarily related to its steering rules ahead of a June 26 deadline, a= fter which the European Commission can impose escalating daily fines of up = to 5% of Apple's average global turnover.

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