AI Reading for Wednesday July 2

Top news sites suffer drastic drop in web traffic since Google added AI search — with some plunging 40% - New York Post

Google's AI Mode Is Changing How You Search. So What Is It? - CNET

Google at a Crossroads in AI-Driven Future: Is It the New Yahoo? - PYMNTS.com

How AI bots are threatening your favorite websites - The Washington Post

Websites are redesigning 404 not found pages to help AI navigate and correct websurfing mistakes - Fast Company

Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping - TechCrunch

Everyone is redesigning their APIs for a future where AI agents, rather than humans, will directly interact with them. - VentureBeat

OpenAI tests Google TPUs, Oracle, and CoreWeave while developing its own AI chip for cost and performance gains. - The Register

Want to work at OpenAI? Curiosity and grit matter more than a Ph.D, the head of ChatGPT says - Business Insider

Mark Zuckerberg offered top tier research talent pay packages of up to $300 million over four years, with more than $100 million in total compensation for the first year. - WIRED

He offered someone a 'chief scientist' job, but doesn't he already have one?

Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’ - WIRED

In Silicon Valley, it is the summer of FOMO as Meta and OpenAI offer tens of millions of dollars to lure top AI talent. - Business Insider

AI talent wars lead to superstar salaries for top tech staff - Financial Times

State AI regulations safe after Senate strips moratorium from ‘big, beautiful bill’ - The Markup

Defeat of a 10-Year Ban on State A.I. Laws Is a Blow to Tech Industry - The New York Times

Texas Takes a Shot at AI Regulation With ‘Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act’ - Ogletree

Why we should all pay attention to what lawyers, auditors, and accountants are doing with AI - Fortune

Managers are using AI to assess raises, promotions, even layoffs: New study - Axios

No one likes meetings. They’re sending their AI note takers instead. - The Washington Post

Businesses are scrambling to keep themselves safe against AI's evolving threats - Business Insider

Build an AI Agent That Out-Researches Your Competitors - Hacker Noon

Why Agentic AI Isn't Pure Hype (And What Skeptics Aren't Seeing Yet) - KDnuggets

AGI is a one-way decision - Forbes

Stuart Russell: "I think it's bizarre. The press keeps characterising these [existential AI] risks as fringe... but if you look at the top five CEOs or top five AI researchers in the world, with the exception of Yann LeCun, every single one says: No, this is real." - Euractiv

We used ChatGPT as a stylist, and it generated custom lookbooks and color palettes. Human stylists had some thoughts. - Business Insider

Can the music industry make AI the next Napster? - The Verge

AI breakthrough detects brain tumors the size of a pinhead with 97% accuracy - The Brighter Side of News

Microsoft says AI can diagnose tough medical cases better than physicians - Fast Company

Swedish no-code AI developer platform start-up Lovable nears \$2bn valuation - Financial Times

Figma IPO filing mentions AI more than 150 times - The Register

How Oracle Is Winning the AI Compute Market - SemiAnalysis

Sources: Intel is considering ending marketing of its 18A process to new clients and writing off investments, focusing instead on 14A to compete with TSMC - Reuters

Big ouch.

Lawsuit says AI targeted teen with viral subway-surfing videos, he climbed onto a moving train to make a video, was then struck in the head by an overhead beam, fell and died. - Ars Technica

X is piloting a program that lets AI chatbots generate Community Notes - TechCrunch

sorry what - WIRED

Super racist AI-generated videos are going viral.

Apple claims San Jose Vision Pro engineer stole trade secrets, took them to Snap - Silicon Valley

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