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I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.

1 Elon Musk has unveiled his new startup, xAI
But his chances of overtaking OpenAI any time soon are slim. (Wired $)
+ The new company will rely on Tesla for a lot of its resources. (WP $)
+ Anthropic’s new chatbot is here. (The Guardian)

2 What the James Webb Space Telescope has taught us

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