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A look at the Silicon Valley billionaires and millionaires steering Trump's transition by shaping hiring decisions and conducting senior-level job interviews — The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.
More: TechCrunch, The Economic Times, CIO Dive, and Politico
| Bloomberg: |
David Sacks, Trump's AI and crypto czar, lacks deep ties to either industry but is a longtime critic of tech regulation, which investors view as more important — David Sacks, the VC and staunch Trump supporter, hasn't been a key player in either crypto or AI until now.
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| Matteo Wong / The Atlantic: |
OpenAI's o1 is a notable departure from older models, representing the industry's shift to reasoning models to overcome the limits of prediction-based AI — This week, openai launched what its chief executive, Sam Altman, called “the smartest model in the world”—a generative-AI program whose capabilities …
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| Kelvin Chan / Associated Press: |
The EU sends TikTok an urgent request for information on Russia's role in Romanian election turmoil, a day after ordering it to retain all election-related data — The European Union said Friday it sent TikTok an urgent request for more information about Romanian intelligence files suggesting …
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
MLCommons, a nonprofit that helps companies measure their AI systems' performance, debuts the AILuminate benchmark featuring 12K+ prompts to assess LLMs' safety — MLCommons provides benchmarks that test the abilities of AI systems. It wants to measure the bad side of AI next.
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| Chris Miller / Financial Times: |
A look at the uncertainties for the chip industry under Donald Trump, including tariffs, the CHIPS Act, demand for AI chips, competition with China, and more — From tariffs to AI demand, US companies are pondering what comes next — What does the return of Donald Trump imply for the global chip war?
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| Rami Ayyub / Reuters: |
The CFPB issues an order establishing supervisory authority over Google Payment; Google says it's challenging the decision in court — The US watchdog for consumer finance on Friday announced it was ordering federal supervision of Google Payment Corp., the internet giant's (GOOGL.O) …
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| Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal: |
Palantir and Anduril announce a partnership to advance AI capabilities for US national security, focusing on data readiness and processing data at scale — The companies said they wish to ultimately expand the partnership to other industry partners — Palantir Technologies is partnering …
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| Dave Lee / Bloomberg: |
TikTok users shouldn't count on Trump to save the app, as his stance has been inconsistent and the app's existence brings little upside for him post-election — One of Trump's first important decisions could be to deprive Gen Z of its favorite app. — A federal appeals court ruling …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Paytm sells its stake in Japanese payments firm PayPay to SoftBank for $279.2M, ending Paytm's ties with SoftBank, which sold its remaining Paytm shares in June — Paytm has agreed to sell its stake in Japanese payments firm PayPay to SoftBank for $279.2 million, as the Indian firm sheds …
More: Times of India, YourStory.com, Times of India, Inc42 Media, and Tech in Asia
| Vincent Manancourt / Politico: |
How the UK has come to play a key role in the global regulation of AI after Sam Altman played a deepfake of Rishi Sunak on a 2023 call with the then PM — LONDON — In February 2023 Sam Altman dialed into a video call with Britain's then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.| Bloomberg: |
Galaxy Research: crypto lending via DeFi apps and centralized providers grew ~3x YoY to $36.8B in the first nine months of 2024; DeFi lender apps handled ~$31B — - Market rally, increased leverage are driving the demand — Decentralized finance applications leading the way this time| Anisha Sircar / Rest of World: |
A look at Uber Shuttle, the shared bus service that has rolled out in over 20 cities and completed ~30M trips globally, as Uber awaits approval in Bengaluru — Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon.Sponsor Posts
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Year in review: Zoho People in 2024 — As 2024 comes to a close, this is an amazing opportunity to reflect upon the remarkable year we've had at Zoho People. This year was significant for us as we launched Zoho People 5.0 …
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