{"slug": "everyones-talking-to-their-phones-again", "title": "Everyone’s talking to their phones again", "summary": "OpenAI has developed a new AI inference chip, reportedly named 'Jalapeno,' that outperforms Nvidia's offerings, according to a SemiAnalysis report. The chip is part of OpenAI's effort to reduce dependence on Nvidia and cut costs for running AI models. Bill Gates also published a 6,000-word essay outlining divergent futures for AI, ranging from optimistic to cautionary scenarios.", "body_md": "Good morning and happy Thursday. Today I’m donating to Dolly Parton’s [Imagination Library](https://imaginationlibrary.com/) in her honor, reading about [OpenAI’s incredibly powerful new AI inference chip](https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/openai-jalapeno-better-than-nvidia), pretending to read [Bill Gates’ 6,000-word essay](https://www.gatesnotes.com/a-turbulent-ai-era-and-critical-choices-to-make) about AI’s diverging futures, and actually watching this [2-hour deep dive of the upcoming Thief: The Dark Project Remastered](https://youtu.be/Fce_5U4BPbw) instead.\n\nAs a reminder, *Inbox* is the tech newsletter that goes beyond the news cycle. We cover the most important 9to5Google stories from the last couple of days along with a few highlights from around the web. We publish every Tuesday and Thursday, and if you like what you read, [please subscribe](https://9to5google.beehiiv.com/subscribe).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/everyones-talking-to-their-phones-again", "canonical_source": "https://9to5google.com/2026/08/27/everyones-talking-to-their-phones-again/", "published_at": "2026-08-27 11:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 11:21:53.910549+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-chips", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Nvidia", "Bill Gates", "SemiAnalysis", "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/everyones-talking-to-their-phones-again", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/everyones-talking-to-their-phones-again.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/everyones-talking-to-their-phones-again.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/everyones-talking-to-their-phones-again.jsonld"}}