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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
In a blog post, OpenAI says “You can't sue your way to AGI”, and publishes emails from Elon Musk showing he wanted to own OpenAI and run it as a for-profit — Musk is also the founder of xAI, an OpenAI rival. — The current suit, filed in August, is the successor …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
In a letter, Meta urges California's AG to block OpenAI's planned conversion to a for-profit company, saying “OpenAI's conduct could have seismic implications” — Meta Urges California Attorney General to Stop OpenAI From Becoming For-Profit Mark Zuckerberg's company is siding … | Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
Elon Musk says the US SEC sent him a “settlement demand” after its Twitter buyout probe, asking him to agree to a fine within 48 hours or face numerous charges — The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing “numerous counts” against Elon Musk, according to a letter …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google rolls out interactive Audio Overviews in NotebookLM, an “experimental feature” that lets users talk to the AI “hosts” of the podcast-like overviews — Google's NotebookLM and its podcast-like Audio Overviews have been a surprise hit this year …
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| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
| Kristen Altus / Fox Business: |
OpenAI confirms that Sam Altman plans to personally donate $1M to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund, as opposed to having OpenAI send the gift — The tech titan says he's ‘eager to support’ Trump's efforts to lead US into ‘the age of AI’ — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is joining …
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| Devan Cole / CNN: |
A US appeals court declines to temporarily block a ban on TikTok; TikTok had indicated it would ask SCOTUS to step in on an emergency basis to block the law — A federal appeals court on Friday declined to temporarily block a ban on TikTok, teeing up a showdown at the Supreme Court over whether …
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| Graham Fraser / BBC: |
The BBC complains to Apple after Apple Intelligence's notification summary falsely suggested the BBC had published an article saying Luigi Mangione shot himself — The BBC has complained to Apple after the tech giant's new iPhone feature generated a false headline about a high-profile murder in the United States.
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| Eric Hal Schwartz / TechRadar: |
OpenAI launches Projects, a ChatGPT feature to organize files and chats into folders, now available to Plus, Pro, and Team users and “soon” to free users — When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. … - This new ChatGPT feature helps organize interactions with the AI chatbot.
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
The US DOJ indicts 14 North Korean nationals for allegedly making $88M+ via fraud by working as remote IT workers for US companies from April 2017 to March 2023 — Fourteen North Korean nationals have been indicted for their role in a long-running scam where they stole the identities …
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
A look at Anthropic's Clio, an internal AI tool to identify new threats, disrupt coordinated abuse of the company's systems, and generate Claude usage insights — PLUS: Exclusive data on how people are using Anthropic's chatbot — The company didn't know it yet, but Anthropic had a spam problem.
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Broadcom's stock closes up 24.43%+ a day after the company reported Q4 results with strong AI revenue growth, pushing its market cap over $1T for the first time — Shares of Broadcom closed up more than 24% Friday, pushing the company's market cap beyond $1 trillion for the first time.| Bloomberg: |
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski says Klarna's investment in AI let it stop hiring a year ago and its headcount fell 22% to 3,500, mostly due to attrition — - Company has promised workers higher salaries in age of AI — Klarna would like to become a bank in the US one day, CEO says
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| Bloomberg: |
Liquid, which is building “liquid foundation models” inspired by the architecture of worm brains, raised a $250M Series A led by AMD at a $2.3B valuation — The funding round values the startup at more than $2 billion. — Liquid AI, a startup designing artificial intelligence systems inspired … | Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal: |
The UK CMA opens a formal probe into BlackRock's acquisition of UK data provider Preqin over concerns that the £2.55B deal could stifle competition in the UK — A decision is due by Feb. 12 on whether the deal warrants an in-depth investigation — U.K. antitrust officials …
More: Silicon Republic and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple will begin producing AirPods in India for the first time around Q1 2025; a Foxconn unit is already making AirPods on a trial basis in Hyderabad — - Partner Foxconn to begin making the product near Hyderabad — Apple is diversifying its manufacturing network beyond China| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Walmart is leading a $300M+ round alongside Ribbit Capital for Walmart-majority-owned fintech venture, One, giving it a $2.5B pre-money valuation — - Retailer and Ribbit lead funding round for standalone company … The world's largest retailer is leading a funding round … | Leslie Picker / CNBC: |
Private-credit firm Sixth Street commits $4B in capital upfront for Affirm to underwrite four- to six-month installment loans, a source says starting in 2025 — Two trendy areas in finance - fintech and private credit — are coming together in a new multi-billion dollar joint venture.Sponsor Posts
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