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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 …
More: OpenAI, TechCrunch, Engadget, Associated Press, The Verge, Reuters, Android Headlines, Crypto Briefing, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Yahoo Finance, Benzinga, The Information, TechCrunch, WinBuzzer, and CNBC
Bluesky: @marypcbuk, @brijsingh, @marypcbuk, @laurengoode, and @quinnypig.com
| Wall Street Journal: |
Letter: Meta urges California's AG to stop OpenAI's for-profit transition, says Musk is “qualified” to “represent the interests of Californians in this matter” — Meta Urges California Attorney General to Stop OpenAI From Becoming For-Profit Mark Zuckerberg's company …
More: The Verge, Livemint, The Information, Reuters, Business Insider, The Economic Times, CryptoSlate, and Fox Business
X: @alexeheath, @autismcapital, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @thedataroom, @benfritz, and @meghanbobrowsky. Forums: Slashdot
| 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 …
More: The Economic Times, PCMag, Reuters, CNBC, The Register, Axios, Benzinga, Inc, The Indian Express, ZeroHedge News, Ars Technica, New York Post, Quartz, The Hill, The Guardian, UPI, Crowdfund Insider, Washington Post, Cryptopolitan, RedState, and CNN
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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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| 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 … | Jakob Rodgers / Mercury News: |
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher who accused the company of copyright violations in October, was found dead by suicide on November 26 in San Francisco — SAN FRANCISCO — A former OpenAI researcher known for whistleblowing the blockbuster artificial intelligence company facing …
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| 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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| 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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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
How Anthropic's Claude became the chatbot of choice for AI industry insiders, who say its responses feel more creative and empathetic and less gratingly robotic — A.I. insiders are falling for Claude, a chatbot from Anthropic. Is it a passing fad, or a preview of artificial relationships to come?
Bluesky: @mattr644, @andrewhinton, @jaredm.dev, and @edzitron.com. X: @kevinroose. LinkedIn: Elizabeth Bowling Aldorsson. Forums: r/ClaudeAI
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
More: Anthropic, Simon Willison's Weblog, WinBuzzer, Anthropic, and Anthropic on YouTube
Threads: @renee.diresta and @crumbler
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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
During his NeurIPS talk, Ilya Sutskever says “Pre-training as we know it will end”, as “we've achieved peak data and there'll be no more” — OpenAI's cofounder and former chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, made headlines earlier this year after he left start …
X: @kyliebytes, @tsarnick, @johnrushx, @tsarnick, @chrisoffner3d, @doomie, and @kyliebytes
| 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.
More: OpenAI on YouTube, The Verge, Seeking Alpha, VentureBeat, Android Police, Mashable, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, TestingCatalog, Maginative, ZDNET, and TechCrunch
X: @zach__johnston, @koltregaskes, @edkrassen, @openai, @sama, and @kimmonismus
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Sources: ServiceTitan's IPO brought big windfalls for early investors, including returns of $1B+ for Iconiq Growth and $800M+ for Bessemer Venture Partners — - Venture firms are celebrating reprieve from IPO drought — Bessemer also said to reap over $800 million on the bet
More: PitchBook, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, Los Angeles Business Journal, TechCrunch, The Information, and Axios
X: @brendanfwallace and @twistartups
| 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 … | 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
More: RetailWire. Bluesky: @ohiohawkeye. Threads: @carnage4life, @pkedrosky, and @parkert. X: @chris_ciaccia
Forums: r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
xAI begins rolling out an upgraded version of Grok-2 that is “three times faster” to all X users, adds a “Grok button” to X posts, and reduces API pricing — XAI, Elon Musk's AI company, may be embroiled in an escalating lawsuit with OpenAI.| 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 …
More: The Register, The Hacker News, Infosecurity, NK News, and ITPro
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Shutterstock launches a “research license” for AI companies, starting with Lightricks, which will train its video model LTXV on Shutterstock's video library — Shutterstock is reshaping how AI companies access training data through a novel “research license” approach … Sponsor Posts
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