EP-90 Openai 🤖 & Condé Nast Partnership, Waymo’s Robotaxi Surge 🚖, X Financial Woes 💸

i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for wednesday, august 21.

• openai & condé nast partnership: integration of content from vogue, the new yorker, and vanity fair into chatgpt and searchgpt to provide reliable and timely information.
• waymo's robotaxi growth: doubling of weekly paid rides to 100,000 since may, expansion in san francisco and phoenix, and introduction of the “generation 6” self-driving system.
• amazon-backed anthropic lawsuit: class-action lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement involving pirated books, following a previous lawsuit from universal music.
• elon musk’s $13b loan for x: classified as one of the worst merger-finance deals since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, causing significant financial burdens for major banks.
• cisco layoffs: second round of layoffs this year, affecting 7% of its workforce following a 45% drop in net income and a 10% decrease in revenue.

that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow.