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Get started for free 📱 Big Tech & Startups It's Known as 'The List'—and It's a Secret File of AI Geniuses (15 minute read) 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) 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. 🚀 Science & Futuristic Technology Scientists Launch Wild New Project to Build a Human Genome From Scratch (4 minute read) 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) 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. 💻 Programming, Design & Data Science Cut out the 60-hour compliance busywork BS (Sponsor) You need a simple UX, clear pricing, and 1:1 Slack support. 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Its current limitations include data size limitations, row count limitations, data type coverage, operator coverage, and a lack of support for partially NULL columns. 🎁 Miscellaneous OpenAI reportedly 'recalibrating' compensation in response to Meta hires (1 minute read) 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) 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. ⚡ Quick Links The software engineering "squeeze" (5 minute read) 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) 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) 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) 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 — no more products or branding in your everyday life (3 minute read) A software engineer has created an augmented reality app for Snap's fifth-generation AR Spectacles that identifies and blocks out advertisements, billboards, and product branding in real life. Community is Motivation on Tap (3 minute read) A good community can have a tremendous influence on motivation. Love TLDR? Tell your friends and get rewards! Share your referral link below with friends to get free TLDR swag! https://refer.tldr.tech/7c97ce4b/ Track your referrals here. 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