Bezos's AI Learns World, Not Just Words
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People Mentioned
- Bill Ackman (Hedge Fund Billionaire) - Offered dating advice to young single men via an X post.
- Marcus Rush (CEO of AQC Traffic Control) - Discussed the increase in job applications for traffic control positions.
- Jan LeCun (Godfather of AI, previously at Meta) - Mentioned for distancing himself from LLMs and pursuing a world model startup.
- Peter Thiel - Referenced for his Lord of the Rings themed companies.
- Tiger Woods - Expected to dine with MBS and Trump.
- Elon Musk - Expected to dine with MBS and Trump, and potentially broker a LIV Golf and PGA Tour merger.
- Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) - Made an uncharacteristically bullish move by investing in Alphabet.
- Andy Jassy - Took over as CEO of Amazon from Jeff Bezos four years ago.
- Mark Zuckerberg - Coined the "era of efficiency" for tech CEOs.
Organizations & Institutions
- Georgia Department of Corrections - Noted for a significant increase in job applications.
- Waste Management - Reported an all-time company low in turnover for driver and technician roles.
- AQC Traffic Control - A company experiencing a boom in applications for traffic flagging jobs.
- Berkshire Hathaway - Disclosed a multi-billion dollar stake in Alphabet.
- Geico Auto Insurance - One of Google's first major advertisers, owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
- Victoria Prisons (Australia) - The location of the vegemite ban being challenged in court.
Research & Studies
- Bloomberg Report - Highlighted that physically demanding, low-paying roles are receiving a surge in job applications.
- Government Data on Unemployment - Indicated that over a quarter of unemployed workers have been out of work for more than six months.
- Rezi Data on Communal Seating - Showed that 90% of Gen Z diners enjoy communal seating, compared to 60% of boomers, and provided statistics on meeting people through this dining style.
- Rezi Report on Table Captains - Found that 72% of diners like to try new restaurants with a table captain and 60% said it improves the experience.
- Polymarket Prediction Market - Showed a 91% chance of Google releasing its newest large language model, Gemini 3, this week.
Articles & Papers
- "Communal Seating is All the Rage in Restaurant Design" (Nation's Restaurant News, 2014) - Indicated a previous trend of communal tables.
Other Resources
- Project Prometheus - Jeff Bezos's new AI startup focused on building AI for engineering and other physical world domains, aiming to develop "world models" rather than chatbots.
- Two-Pizza Rule (Jeff Bezos) - Management strategy stipulating that teams should be small enough to be fed with two pizzas.
- Gemini 3 - Google's newest large language model, expected to be released this week.
- Vegemite - A salty, yeast-based spread, central to a court case in Australia regarding a prison ban.