The Daily Index — Wednesday, August 20, 2025 · TLDR Index

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GENAI FOMO HAS SPURRED BUSINESSES TO LIGHT NEARLY $40 BILLION ON FIRE

US companies have invested between $35 to $40 billion in generative AI initiatives, and so far have almost nothing to show for it. Only 5% of organizations have successfully integrated AI tools into production at scale. Confidence in AI initiatives is declining among corporate leaders. The divide is due to the inability of AI systems to retain data, adapt, and learn over time, rather than insufficient infrastructure, learning, or talent.

theregister.com · 5 min

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SAM ALTMAN ON GPT-6: ‘PEOPLE WANT MEMORY'

Sam Altman told reporters in San Francisco last week that GPT-6 will arrive faster than the gap between GPT-4 and GPT-5. The model will adapt to users, allowing people to create chatbots that mirror personal tastes. Altman says he sees memory as the key to making ChatGPT truly personal. OpenAI has been working closely with psychologists to help shape the product.

cnbc.com · 4 min

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HOW LOW CAN COLO GO, ASKS JLL, AS DATACENTER VACANCY RATES NEAR ZERO

Co-location capacity in North American datacenters has dropped to a record low.

theregister.com · 4 min

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THE GREAT SSL CERTIFICATE PANIC

New SSL/TLS certificates will expire every 47 days by 2029 - companies that adopt early will gain competitive advantages through more robust, automated infrastructure.

redmonk.com · 18 min

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COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATES FACE WORST JOB MARKET IN DECADES

Computer science graduates are facing 6.1% unemployment in 2025 - computing engineering majors are faring even worse at 7.5% unemployment.

finalroundai.com · 5 min

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WHY DO VIDEO GAMES USE KERNEL-MODE ANTI-CHEATS?

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vx-api.gitbook.io · 11 min

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WYOMING'S 'FRONTIER' STABLECOIN DEBUTS ON ETHEREUM, SOLANA, AND AVALANCHE

Wyoming's stablecoin, issued in partnership with LayerZero, will operate across Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche, along with Ethereum scaling networks Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base.

decrypt.co · 3 min

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ANALYSIS OF THE GFW'S UNCONDITIONAL PORT 443 BLOCK ON AUGUST 20, 2025

The Great Firewall of China exhibited anomalous behavior between approximately 00:34 and 01:48 Beijing Time on August 20 that caused massive disruption of the Internet connections between China and the rest of the world.

gfw.report · 16 min