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Stratechery's Sharp Tech podcast is now available on video for the first time, with three ways to watch: YouTube, Spotify, and Stratechery itself. The episode's title lists Anthropic's S-1 and what it means for Meta and Muse, a segment called "You Can See Everything," and the Brewers. The excerpt is brief, so the details of each discussion are not covered here.

OpenAI says it will honor a shared robots.txt signal that lets website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers. The signal is meant to give site owners a common way to state those preferences.

Tel Aviv University researchers presented 'Watch and Crack,' a paper showing that passwords can be inferred from finger movements recorded by smart glasses. The shoulder-surfing attack films from across the table with Meta Ray-Ban glasses to read smartphone passwords.

SoftBank-backed SB Intuitions has announced Sarashina3.2 mini thinking, the first reasoning model in its from-scratch Japanese Sarashina LLM series. It spends more time on output to improve accuracy, offers better tool calling and web search, and is available via API.

OpenAI has launched a benefit giving ChatGPT subscribers on $100, $200 or $500 monthly plans an equivalent amount of API credits to apply to an API organization. It mirrors the deal Anthropic announced earlier this month for Max and Team subscribers. The author subscribes to both and may build public demos now that credits are covered.

A Qualcomm-sponsored piece says consumers want AI that helps with daily life rather than generic tools. It argues context-aware wearables are shifting from passive notification accessories to proactive companions, with the AI itself becoming the interface and the smartphone no longer the center.