AI writes 30% of Google’s code

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More than 30% of the code written at Google is now created with help from AI, CEO Sundar Pichai said during Alphabet’s recent Q1 2025 earnings call. This means developers are accepting AI-generated suggestions in nearly one out of every three code changes.

Last October, it was 25%.

What happens at 50%?

In other news: According to Sam, 4o got an update.

OK let’s keep going ↓

Here’s what you should know:

• Meta’s open source AI model is heading into orbit

  Llama, is going to space. Imagine telling your grandkids this story.

• Workers could save 122 hours a year by adopting AI in admin tasks

  According to Google.

• AI helps unravel a cause of Alzheimer’s disease

  Led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego.

• Microsoft makes delayed AI Recall feature available

  Do you trust AI to take snapshots of everything on your laptop?

• Researchers are using AI to understand what animals are saying

  Finally, AI will be replacing Aquaman by 2026.

The numbers:

• Elon Musk’s xAI is reportedly seeking up to $25 billion to fund Colossus 2, a $35 billion supercomputer expected to run 1 million NVIDIA GPUs.

• Butterfly Effect, the Chinese startup behind Manus AI, raised $75 million in a round led by Benchmark, boosting its valuation to nearly $500 million.

• Windfall, a provider of AI-driven people intelligence, raised $65 million in a Series B led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, pushing its total funding past $100 million since launching in 2016.

Thought starters:

• Israel’s A.I. Experiments in Gaza War Raise Ethical Concerns

• The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III (Palmer Luckey, TED Talk)

• If A.I. Systems Become Conscious, Should They Have Rights?

Quick screenshot from the above article…imagine being so insufferable even AI refuses to talk to you:

(btw Kyle Fish is Anthropic’s “A.I. welfare researcher”)

Meme of the day:

Thanks for reading,

Eddie

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