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Elon Musk files for an injunction to halt OpenAI's for-profit transition, alleging that OpenAI is discouraging investors from backing rivals like xAI, and more — Attorneys for tech billionaire Elon Musk have filed for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI, several of its co-founders …
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Forums: r/law, r/OpenAI, r/aiwars, r/singularity, and r/ChatGPT
| Financial Times: |
OpenAI says it plans to build data centers in parts of the US Midwest and Southwest; sources: OpenAI is spending $5B+ a year and is “not close to breaking even” — ChatGPT-maker aims for big boost from new AI products, Apple partnership and infrastructure investment| Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg: |
A look at Death Clock, an app that claims to predict the user's likely date of death by using an AI model trained on a dataset of 1,200+ life expectancy studies — - Model trained on longevity studies is popular on fitness app — Technology may have wider applications in economics, finance
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce says online Black Friday sales grew 5% YoY to $74.4B globally, including $17.5B in the US, up 7% YoY; Adobe: US online sales grew 10.2% YoY to $10.8B — The momentum of Thanksgiving — which saw consumers spend a record $33.6 billion spent globally online on the day — looks like it continued into Black Friday, with a bang.
More: VICE, Digital Journal, PCMag, Retail Dive, New York Post, Barron's Online, Scripps News, Reuters, Bloomberg, WWD, Digital Commerce 360, and CNN
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
| Financial Times: |
Some UK policymakers worry whether Elon Musk will complicate UK-US ties, as his diatribes against the Labour government extend well beyond tech and free speech — A London-based VC has connected Boris Johnson and the Tesla chief, who Tony Blair has praised as ‘an extraordinary innovator’
More: Breitbart. Bluesky: @pickardje, @edwardluce, and @bondhack
X: @elonmusk, @maxtempers, @xdaily, @newstatesman, @sophyridgesky, @supertyler, @edwardgluce, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, and @ianbirrell. Forums: r/ukpolitics
| Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark on Nokia's failure in mobile phones, moving from mobile and fixed networks into data centers and defense, 5G, and more — Pekka Lundmark sees opportunities for the Finnish communications company to grow in defense and data centers.
X: @business
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
A profile of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who made a highly risky bet to acquire debt-ridden Hynix in 2012 to form SK Hynix, which is now valued at ~$80B — The race to win the AI chip market is akin to Squid Game, quipped an industry insider during a lunch meeting recently. It's intense.
X: @business
| Iris Kim / NBC News: |
How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve Native American languages, building speech recognition models for over 200 endangered Indigenous languages — Indigenous languages are rapidly disappearing, and AI could help preserve them, according to Indigenous technologists.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Bluesky now requires parody or fan accounts to label themselves as such after a researcher found 44% of its 100 most-followed accounts have a doppelganger — Parody and fan accounts will have to clearly label their profiles. — Bluesky has updated its impersonation policy to be …
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| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
Ethereum is grappling with uncertainties as its reliance on Layer-2 blockchains grows, leading to lower fee collection, while rivals like Solana gain ground — - The blockchain has seen fees slide after technical upgrades — Criticisms have weighed on Ether, which has underperformed
More: Unchained, Cryptopolitan, The Block, CoinDesk, and Cointelegraph
X: @balajis, @viktorbunin, @naval, @koeppelmann, @iamdcinvestor, @blockgraze, @laurashin, @jessepollak, @koeppelmann, @justintrimble, @lowbeta_, @joemccann, @jihoz_axie, @divine_economy, @jswihart, @phtevenstrong, @laurashin, @divine_economy, @ercwl, @jihoz_axie, @iamdcinvestor, @iamdcinvestor, @hosseeb, @theblockpro__, @ayyyeandy, @trungtphan, @cwgoes, @axel_bitblaze69, @iamdcinvestor, @theblockpro__, and @jesincomments. Forums: r/ethtrader
| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
Meta will require advertisers to be verified before they can run ads targeting Australian users with financial services, starting in early February 2025 — Exclusive: Businesses to require financial services license number to post Facebook ads, while individuals will need government-issued ID
More: Reuters, AdNews News, Australian Financial Review, Money magazine, Mediaweek, and The Canberra Times. Forums: r/technology
| Jack Coleman / TheGamer: |
Star Citizen, a video game in development since 2012, has now raised $750M+ in crowdfunding, and its single-player spin-off Squadron 42 won't be out until 2026 — - Star Citizen has eclipsed $750 million in crowdfunding. — There is no release date in sight for Star Citizen.Sponsor Posts
Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Zoho:
10 ways you can transform your retail business with Zoho Workplace — According to Vantage Market Research, the size of the global retail market may reach a staggering $40 trillion by 2030. That's trillion with a T, followed by thirteen zeros.
10 ways you can transform your retail business with Zoho Workplace — According to Vantage Market Research, the size of the global retail market may reach a staggering $40 trillion by 2030. That's trillion with a T, followed by thirteen zeros.
Hamming:
Make AI Voice Agents trustworthy — Hamming AI automatically tests AI voice agents and continuously monitors them in production.
Make AI Voice Agents trustworthy — Hamming AI automatically tests AI voice agents and continuously monitors them in production.Who's Hiring In Tech?
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