📦 Trump tariffs cause chaos on eBay

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What’s happening:

• 📈 Nvidia beats expectations with huge AI chip sales

• 🤖 Microsoft launches its first in-house AI models

• 📦 Trump tariffs cause chaos on eBay

• 🌮 Taco Bell AI fails with weird water order

• 🧠 Anthropic to train AI on your chats by default

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📈 Nvidia beats expectations with huge AI chip sales ↗️LINK

• What: Nvidia posted $46.7B in Q2 revenue, topping estimates and growing 56% YoY. Despite warnings of an AI bubble, the chip giant continues to outperform expectations, riding the AI wave sparked by ChatGPT in 2022.

• Why: Nvidia’s dominance in AI chip supply and soaring global demand have fueled rapid expansion. A new deal with the Trump administration lets it resume sales to China in exchange for 15% of export revenue.

• Impact: Nvidia’s strong results defy bubble fears, reinforcing AI’s role as a key driver of U.S. economic and stock market growth—even as top voices caution the sector may be overheated.

🤖 Microsoft launches its first in-house AI models ↗️LINK

• What: Microsoft has launched its first fully homegrown AI models: MAI-Voice-1, a speech generator already in Copilot apps, and MAI-1-preview, a text model for general tasks. This marks a major step away from relying solely on OpenAI tech.

• Why: By building its own models, Microsoft gains independence and deeper control over its AI stack amid a complex partnership with OpenAI. CEO Mustafa Suleyman claims MAI-1 rivals top models, though benchmarks are still pending.

• Impact: This shift could redefine Microsoft’s AI strategy, giving it leverage in the competitive AI space and potentially reducing reliance on external partners.

📦 Trump tariffs cause chaos on eBay ↗️LINK

• What: The Trump administration ended the de-minimis exemption, which allowed Americans to import items under $800 without paying tariffs. This change makes hobbies like film photography, retro gaming, skincare, and more significantly more expensive and complicated. Buyers and sellers on eBay, especially those sourcing from Japan, are feeling the effects.

• Why: The policy targets foreign imports but has caused confusion, higher fees, and delays. Many global postal carriers are halting shipments to the US, leaving only costly options like FedEx and UPS.

• Impact: Prices are rising, shipping is slower, and access to international goods is shrinking. Hobbyists and small sellers are hit hardest.

🥤 Taco Bell AI lets man order 18,000 waters ↗️LINK

• What: Taco Bell is rethinking its AI drive-through system after a customer ordered 18,000 water cups and the system didn’t stop him. Other videos show the AI repeating questions or confusing simple orders.

• Why: The AI was added to over 500 locations to speed up service, but it caused more problems than it solved. Many frustrated customers posted their experiences online.

• Impact: Taco Bell says it will now limit where and when AI is used. Staff will step in during busy times—following the lead of McDonald’s, which also pulled back on AI after similar issues.

🧠 Anthropic to train AI on your chats by default ↗️LINK

• What: Anthropic will start using user chats and coding sessions to train its AI models, unless users opt out. The change affects all Claude consumer plans and extends data retention to five years. Only future or resumed chats will be used.

• Why: This update helps improve Claude’s capabilities but raises privacy concerns. The default setting is opt-in, and the opt-out toggle is easy to miss when clicking "Accept" on the updated terms.

• Impact: Users who don’t adjust settings may unknowingly allow data training. Opting out is possible via settings, but any shared data before doing so stays in the system. Deadline to decide: September 28.

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