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Open-Source AI Battle, Google Throttles Meta, Micron Margins Moon | Edward Coristine & Tai Groot, Chad Rigetti, Pim de Witte, Yadin Soffer, Jack Morris, Neil Movva, Jakob Diepenbrock, Chris Altchek

Jun 29, 2026 · 2h 21m

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(02:21) - Open-Source AI Battle (14:33) - GLM-5.2 Review (21:38) - Google Throttles Meta (27:20) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (34:38) - Micron Margins Moon (38:48) - Comcast Splits in Two (43:04) - Europe Meets Suburbia (48:18) - Edward Gorberstein, head of engineering at the National Design Studio, discusses the launch of Ramparts, a local-first privacy model that allows users to control the data they share with AI by keeping personal information on their devices. He explains that existing AI models are too large to run in browsers, preventing in-browser PII removal, and emphasizes that Ramparts is open-source, with weights available on Hugging Face, enabling technical users to create custom…