I did NOT have on my bingo card Apple turning to Google to power its first big foray into modern AI on its hardware. Even while a new Apple AI model might be pointing to breakthroughs in AI reasoning. One of the biggest e-sports competitions in the world has been hacked by cheaters. And some pretty bearish news for the VR industry.Links:Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features (Bloomberg)Apple researchers achieve breakthroughs in multimodal AI as company ramps up investments (VentureBeat)xAI open-sources base model of Grok, but without any training code (TechCrunch)Musk’s Grok AI goes open source (VentureBeat)Massive ‘Apex Legends’ Hack Disrupts NA Finals, Raises Serious Security Concerns (Forbes)Sony Hits Pause on PSVR2 Production as Unsold Inventory Piles Up (Bloomberg)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.