Indústria Móvel Notícias: 11 Setembro 2025

October 27, 2025, 6:22 AM EDT. At OpenAI's DevDay, Sam Altman argued that many jobs that vanish in the age of AI may not be real work. In a live chat, he suggested a farmer from 50 years ago might view today's work as not real work, a claim that drew condemnation and memes. The comparison echoes David Graeber's idea of bullshit jobs, though data show only a minority feel their work is meaningless: about 5% in Europe and ~20% in the US, with culture and management at fault more than the job itself. The piece notes that LLMs are already good at game-playing tasks - compliance checklists, overlong reports, email summaries - that could be automated away. Altman's point, while controversial, hints at a future where automation targets such tasks, not every role.

October 27, 2025, 6:20 AM EDT. Opinion: The October 20 AWS outage exposed how the cloud's promise of ubiquity rests on a fragile chain of dependencies. A DNS hiccup cascaded into a core database failure and a control plane breakdown that disrupted load balancing, taking banking, gaming, messaging, and even IoT services offline for hours. The episode echoed warnings that talent migration can erode institutional wisdom, leaving teams to grope toward the big picture. It also asks the central question: how to prevent this kind of failure from repeating? True safeguards will require rethinking dependencies and architecture, not just patching holes. Resilience may lie in edge services, local compute on devices, and tiered failover that keeps critical functions running even if the parent company falters.

October 27, 2025, 6:18 AM EDT. An editor laments the relentless AI chorus that greets every beat, from conferences to casual chats. The author explains how constant questions about AI have overshadowed other work, and how the push to publish an AI manifesto feels like being drowned in hype. While noting that Generative AI is useful in some contexts, the piece insists it is not a monolith and that the technology is not inherently revolutionary. It highlights that AI remains expensive and resource-intensive to train and deploy, with cycles of data, models, promises, warnings, and more hype. The author argues this moment is less about a new invention and more about marketing from leaders like Sam Altman and Dario Amodei. The takeaway: separate fascination from evidence and approach AI with measured skepticism, not blind zeal.

October 27, 2025, 6:16 AM EDT. SpaceX's Starlink internet, crucial for Ukraine's on-field robotics, is hitting bandwidth bottlenecks that curb the speed and reliability of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). Some front-line terminals struggle with as little as 10 Mbps, undermining the video feeds needed to control fast-moving robots. Experts say a 30 fps video stream is essential for safe navigation; with limited frames, robots risk misjudging mines, trees, or terrain. Ukraine has deployed thousands of robots to deliver supplies, evacuate the wounded, and even engage in combat, but Starlink's heavy demand - with tens of thousands of active terminals - reduces potential speeds to around 10 km/h (6 mph) for UGVs. Engineers are seeking alternative solutions to boost range, latency, and resilience amid weather, canopy, and terrain challenges.

October 27, 2025, 6:06 AM EDT. Samsung is sticking to its January Unpacked cadence as it prepares to unveil the Galaxy S26 Ultra alongside the rest of the Galaxy S26 family. The schedule hints at a potential February release if production delays persist, with mass production reportedly starting only in mid-January. The lineup may drop the S26 Edge after poor S25 sales and could rebrand the entry model as the Galaxy S26 Pro. Expect traditional spec bumps-camera improvements, battery life, and a chipset choice between Snapdragon and Exynos-as well as continued emphasis on AI features across the line. The event will likely precede Mobile World Congress press cycles, letting Samsung steer conversations around hardware and software advances.