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SpaceX registers to take rocket maker public in blockbuster IPO, source says reuters.com/business/aeros…

AI 書的誕生 Marc Andreessen 分享了一個連結，只寫了五個字：「Birth of the AI book.」（AI 書的誕生） 他說的是經濟學家 Tyler Cowen 推出的一種新形態出版物，叫「Generative Book」（生成式書籍）。第一本叫《The Marginal Revolution》，談邊際主義經濟學的興衰，以及當 AI 能「看到人類看不到的轉角」時，經濟學框架會怎麼改變。完全免費。 有趣的地方在於，書的文字 100% 是 Tyler Cowen 本人寫的，AI 沒有參與寫作。但整本書的設計方式鼓勵你「用 AI 來讀」。 你可以傳統地從頭讀到尾，但它更期待你邊讀邊用 ChatGPT 或 Claude 提問、深挖、延伸探索。書變成了一個起點，AI 變成了你的伴讀。 Tyler Cowen 是喬治梅森大學的經濟學教授，也是全球最有影響力的經濟學部落格 Marginal Revolution 的作者，在經濟學圈和科技圈都有很高的知名度。 這個概念如果往下想會很有意思，傳統書籍是一個封閉的、線性的閱讀體驗，作者寫完、讀者讀完。生成式書籍把這個模式打開了：作者提供核心論述，讀者用 AI 去探索自己感興趣的分支。每個人讀同一本書，但延伸出去的路徑完全不同。 Marc Andreessen 願意只用五個字來分享這件事，說明他認為這是一個新類別的誕生。 --- 📷 Threads / Facebook / 電子報「狐說八道」 #AIBook #TylerCowen #MarcAndreessen #生成式書籍 #AI #經濟學

“I feel like I’m a cheerleader for the underdog, and I hope I have served as a role model,” she says. “Hopefully they’re seeing that a girl who grew up in a cow town in northern Illinois could help Elon Musk change the world. We’re making strides, but not fast enough.”

China has restricted two co-founders of Manus from leaving the country as regulators review whether Meta’s $2bn acquisition of the AI agent company violates Beijing’s investment rules. Manus’s chief executive Xiao Hong and chief scientist Ji Yichao were summoned to a meeting in Beijing with the National Development and Reform Commission this month, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. They said Xiao and Ji were questioned on potential violations of foreign direct investment rules related to its onshore Chinese entities. After the meeting, the Singapore-based executives were told they were not allowed to leave China because of a regulatory review, while they remain free to travel within the country, two of the people said. ft.com/content/d9123d…

How the shadow fleet is capitalising on the chaos of war ig.ft.com/shadow-fleet via @FT

🚨🚨NEW: @realBobWoodward tells me that because some LONGTIME TOP SOURCES have died, he can reveal surprising new stories in his long-awaited memoir, "Secrets," out 9/29 Woodward told me: "Some of the best sources are deceased, and I can tell those stories now" 👇More backstory

China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say would be crucial for waging submarine warfare against the United States and its allies. In one example, the Dong Fang Hong 3, a research vessel operated by Ocean University of China, spent 2024 and 2025 sailing back and forth in the seas near Taiwan and the U.S. stronghold of Guam, and around strategic stretches of the Indian Ocean, ship-tracking data reviewed by Reuters shows. In October 2024, it checked on a set of powerful Chinese ocean sensors capable of identifying undersea objects near Japan, according to Ocean University, and visited the same area again last May. And in March 2025, it criss-crossed the waters between Sri Lanka and Indonesia, covering approaches to the Malacca Strait, a critical chokepoint for maritime commerce. reuters.com/investigations…

Here's my conversation with Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, the most valuable & one of the most influential companies in the history of human civilization. It is the engine powering the AI revolution. This was a fascinating & inspiring conversation, in parts super-technical on engineering of every part of the AI stack, memory, power, supply chain (TSMC, ASML, etc), in parts about leadership & psychology, and in parts personal & philosophical about life, consciousness, mortality, and human nature. It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment). Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:33 - Extreme co-design and rack-scale engineering 3:18 - How Jensen runs NVIDIA 22:40 - AI scaling laws 37:40 - Biggest blockers to AI scaling laws 39:23 - Supply chain 41:18 - Memory 47:24 - Power 52:43 - Elon and Colossus 56:11 - Jensen's approach to engineering and leadership 1:01:37 - China 1:09:50 - TSMC and Taiwan 1:15:04 - NVIDIA's moat 1:20:41 - AI data centers in space 1:24:30 - Will NVIDIA be worth $10 trillion? 1:34:39 - Leadership under pressure 1:48:25 - Video games 1:55:16 - AGI timeline 1:57:29 - Future of programming 2:11:01 - Consciousness 2:17:22 - Mortality

Exclusive: Pentagon to adopt Palantir AI as core US military system, memo says reuters.com/technology/pen…

A special CNN investigation reveals the depth of Iran’s military hideouts, a vast network of so-called “missile cities” built deep underground. Tamara Qiblawi reports.

A growing cohort of self-defense zealots has embraced the Taiwan government’s mission to get everyone on the island ready for a Chinese attack wsj.com/world/asia/tai… via @WSJ

Iran, as it fights the US and Israel, has flooded the skies with its cheap Shahed drones to overwhelm air defences and strike high-value targets. John Reed explains why this unassuming weapon may just be the future of warfare. ft.trib.al/ARp0BXU?

@taiwandotmd taiwan. md 網站要為台灣打造一份開源的「README」，它採用對人類與 AI 友善的格式，建立由台灣人自主定義的知識起點，在 AI 時代掌握國家敘事權。

在 AI 時代，資料的結構就是話語權。taiwan.md 用 Markdown 打造台灣的知識底稿，讓國家敘事可被人與機器共同理解與持續維護。不是取代資訊，而是建立一個由台灣自己整理、定義的知識起點。 ift.tt/UzhEOQy

【《八九一代》海外发行 学运参与者重建记忆】 多位1989年学生运动的参与者发起筹办的《八九一代》季刊杂志，经过近半年的筹备，近日在美国洛杉矶正式出版发行，并已在当地“六四纪念馆”书店上架。该刊发起人与编委成员多为当年在北京及各地参与学运的学生，现分布在美国及其他国家。杂志初步定位为季刊，内容涵盖个人回忆、时事观察及历史记录，并面向社会开放投稿。 reurl.cc/9Wr2mj #八九一代 #学运 #八九六四 #六四纪念馆 #王丹 #胡平

Taiwan says large-scale Chinese military flights return after unusual absence reut.rs/40sU6fB reut.rs/40sU6fB

A sandstorm swept through Gaza's tent camps, destroying shelters and sending belongings flying, as thousands of displaced Palestinians struggled to secure their makeshift homes against the strong winds

台灣現在把自己定位為「非紅」（non-red）無人機（即不含中國零件）的供應商，對象是美國及其盟友，以及其他擔心中國間諜活動與供應鏈壟斷的國家。2024年台灣無人機產量約1萬架，2025年暴增為12倍以上。去年出口量成長超過35倍，達到約12.3萬台，幾乎所有產出全數外銷。 捷克是最大的買家，波蘭緊隨其後。業內人士透露，這些採購大多轉向烏克蘭戰場，在那裡的實戰表現提供了寶貴的回饋。2026年無人機出口預計將再創新高，僅今年前兩個月的出口量就已達8.55萬架。 台灣在觀察烏克蘭對該技術的運用後，啟動了無人機計劃。首要目標是為台灣自家軍隊增添裝備。當時台灣僅有數百架無人機，而中國則擁有數萬架。台灣隨後承諾在2026年底前打造完全「非紅」的無人機產業鏈，並計劃於2028年達到18萬架的年產量。去年，政府亦承諾在2033年前為國軍採購超過20萬架無人機。 部分台灣無人機已百分百去紅化。2016年開始生產農用無人機的坤暐科技，過去約有40％的零件（含電池、馬達、螺旋槳）來自中國，現在則全部由台灣本土供應或從日本等友邦進口。儘管成本上升，劉俊毅估計其產品價格仍僅約全日產或全韓產無人機的一半。隨著全球對中疑慮加深，新市場正向台灣敞開雙臂：坤暐科技去年談成合作，將在印度生產軍用與商用無人機。 其他台廠亦持續擴大版圖。雷虎科技正洽談在波蘭設廠，並銷往東南亞。總經理蘇聖傑表示，首要目標是龐大的美國市場。雷虎計劃今年在俄亥俄州生產無人機馬達，並已向入選五角大廈「平價單向攻擊無人機」計劃（Replicator）的部分廠商供應零組件。 雖然台灣擁有領先全球的半導體技術，但據政府智庫科技、民主與社會研究中心的研究，台灣在專用於無人機的飛控、定位、通訊晶片以及相關軟體開發上仍不足。政府已撥款14億美元試圖填補這些缺口，並設立目標要在2029年前自行生產所需的半數稀土磁鐵。 cw.com.tw/article/5140100