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November 15, 2024, 8:30 PM

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Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
Musk v. Altman: email shows Brockman and Sutskever had concerns about Altman in 2017, Musk claims Altman proposed OpenAI sell its own cryptocurrency, and more  —  New emails released as part of Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI reveal that the company's fondness of drama is hardly new.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
In his amended lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk names new defendants including Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, and ex-OpenAI board member and Microsoft VP Dee Templeton  —  Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI accusing the company of abandoning its nonprofit mission was withdrawn in July, only to be revived in August.
Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia:
Biden admin finalizes its $6.6B CHIPS Act grant to TSMC; money will be disbursed in stages and TSMC is expected to receive at least $1B by the end of 2024  —  LIMA, Peru — The Biden administration has finalized its $6.6 billion CHIPS Act grant to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised  —  Carrier joins growing list of known victims, including AT&T and Verizon, of the major Chinese spying operation
Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+  —  Billionaire's rocket builder plots huge share sale while AI start-up closes in on $5bn funding round
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content  —  ‘We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.’
Ari Levy / CNBC:
Palantir stock jumps 9% after announcing a move from the NYSE to the Nasdaq; its stock is up 50%+ since reporting better-than-expected earnings on November 4  —  Palantir shares continued their torrid run on Friday, soaring 11% to a record, after the developer of software for the military announced plans …
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
A senior SDNY prosecutor says the office will devote fewer resources to policing crypto crimes after securing several major convictions, including that of SBF  —  The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan will devote fewer resources to policing cryptocurrency crimes after securing several major convictions …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds  —  Threads is testing a way to create custom feeds for certain profiles or topics, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Apple removes RFE/RL's Svoboda app from the Russian App Store at the demand of Roskomnadzor; Apple also removed recent podcasts by Ekho Moskvy and others  —  U.S. technology giant Apple has notified RFE/RL that it has removed several of its apps following a request from Russia's media regulator, Roskomnadzor.
Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC:

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