Tech Brew Ride Home Jeff Bezos To Be A CEO Again
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Nov 17, 2025 Jeff Bezos is set to reclaim a CEO role with a new AI startup focused on engineering. Apple may soon see Tim Cook step down, raising questions about succession. There's a stir around the release strategy of iPhones, hinting at multiple launches in a year. Uh-oh, AI toys aren’t all fun and games, as some give troubling safety advice. Lastly, visions of data centers in space are discussed, exploring ambitious tech innovations and their economic feasibility.
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Bezos Returns As CEO At Project Prometheus
- Jeff Bezos is stepping back into an operational CEO role at Project Prometheus after leaving Amazon in 2021.
- The startup raised $6.2 billion and hired researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind, and Meta to apply AI to physical engineering and manufacturing.
AI Models Learning From Physical Experiments
- New AI startups focus on linking models to the physical world to accelerate scientific discovery and manufacturing.
- Robots running large-scale experiments enable AI systems to learn from real trial-and-error, not just text data.
Apple Readies Succession As Stock Peaks
- Tim Cook may retire soon and Apple is intensifying succession planning amid strong financial performance.
- John Ternus is viewed as the likely successor while Cook could become an executive chairman focusing on politics and geopolitics.