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Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks — Also: Company ramps up work on turning AirPods into a health device.
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Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP — Incoming president Donald Trump has confirmed reports that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January — Consortium likely to include Elon Musk's SpaceX in move to grab a bigger slice of $850bn US defence budget
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Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms — We will appeal the Court's decision but the process requires that we first file proposed remedies. This is a case about contracts.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan says AI spending frenzy will continue until the decade's end, and downplays an Intel bid, saying he had his “hands very full” in AI chips — CEO said Big Tech groups are ‘investing full tilt’ as US chipmaker soars to more than $1tn valuation
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| Michael Peel / Financial Times: |
A look at new tech-based mental health treatments like the Tetris method and Avatar therapy that are offering promising early results and possibilities — From video games to personal avatars, researchers are looking to develop a new generation of digital tools that do not involve taking a drug or therapy| The Linux Foundation: |
A survey of 501 organizations globally estimates organizations contribute $7.7B annually to open source software and 86% of contribution value is employee labor — We've long understood that people are the engine that powers open source. Prior research has found different ways to measure the value … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son has recently become singularly obsessed with how to build the next Nvidia and wants competitive AI chips ready to ship by 2026 — The billionaire SoftBank founder promises to invest $100 billion in the US as part of a sweeping redemption plan.
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A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime — Disney and Netflix are expanding in the popular Japanese cartoon genre — At first glance, Sony Group Corp.'s $1.2 billion acquisition …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
A look at Amazon's revamped drone delivery program near Phoenix, Arizona, where the company's new MK-30 drones deliver dozens of packages a day to customers — A recent visit to the company's overhauled drone delivery program in Arizona left me impressed by the drones, but skeptical that the public will welcome them.| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI details “deliberative alignment”, a new method it used to make o1 and o3 “think” about its safety policy before responding, to improve overall alignment — OpenAI announced a new family of AI reasoning models on Friday, o3, which the startup claims to be more advanced … | Wall Street Journal: |
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing — Investment, more than export controls, will keep the U.S. ahead of Beijing, Commerce secretary says
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