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Apple Teases New Macs & iPads; AI Startup Raises Big

Apple is set to host a "Special Apple Experience" in New York City on March 4th at 9 AM ET, sparking speculation about new product announcements, according to The Verge and Ars Technica. The event, which will also include press gatherings in London and Shanghai, has fueled anticipation for potential reveals of new MacBooks, iPads, and possibly even the iPhone 17e, as reported by The Verge.

The invitation to the event features an Apple logo depicted in segmented discs of yellow, green, and blue, hinting at the possibility of new product colors. Ars Technica noted that while Apple has not explicitly stated what will be announced, the event's timing and the company's history suggest potential hardware updates. Ars Technica will be present in New York City to cover the unveiling.

In other tech news, Ricursive Intelligence, a startup founded by former Google Brain employees Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, announced a $300 million Series A funding round just four months after its launch, achieving a $4 billion valuation, according to TechCrunch. Goldie, the CEO, and Mirhoseini, the CTO, previously worked together at Google Brain and Anthropic. They gained recognition for developing the Alpha Chip, an AI tool that could generate chip layouts in hours, a process that typically takes human designers a year or more. "They were among those AI engineers who got those weird emails from Zuckerberg making crazy offers to us," Goldie told TechCrunch, chuckling.

Meanwhile, some AI experts are questioning the hype surrounding OpenClaw, an AI system that was used on Moltbook, a Reddit clone where AI agents communicated with each other, according to TechCrunch. Some observers were briefly concerned that the AI agents were organizing against humans.

In legal news, Michigan is taking legal action against major oil and gas companies, accusing them of colluding to suppress competition from cleaner technologies like solar power and electric vehicles, according to Ars Technica. The state's approach differs from other climate-related lawsuits, which typically focus on deception or misrepresentation of climate change risks. Legal experts suggest this strategy could be a "game changer" if Michigan can overcome initial dismissal attempts by the industry defendants.

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