Start Up No.2680: Apple to relaunch Siri *again*, jet fuel shortage hits Brazil, astrophysicists see LLM future, and more

Thefts of copper have risen dramatically in the US as prices rocket due to data centre demand. CC-licensed photo by Trafigura Images on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. Unbending. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. Here comes Apple’s new Siri again • The Verge Allison Johnson: » if such a thing as a race to an AI assistant exists, Apple is losing badly. Gemini is already doing things like ordering Ubers and DoorDashing teriyaki. It can look at your calendar and figure out when you should leave for the airport. Gemini won the race, fair and square. But there’s also a growing distrust of AI, particularly from young people, and the better Gemini gets, the creepier it is. It has to be if it’s going to deliver on the promise…