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In email to X staff, Musk says “user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we're barely breaking even”; sources: banks plan to sell their debt in X — Banks are hoping to sell the X debt at around 90 to 95 cents on the dollar — Wall Street banks are getting ready …
More: The Verge, The Economic Times, TechCrunch, Futurism, Bloomberg, Reuters, Benzinga, and The Wrap
Bluesky: @kegman83, @johngage1, @mmasnick, @anthropicscholar, @razastwart, @pecunium, @ammy, @cachiporra, @raisinguptown, @ecostarr, @popolvuzh, @wukko.me, @pabably, @ldldn, @robchilver, @sarcasticdad, @valkyrie.hacker.gf, @hereforfun, @ketameanie, @rufus-hickok, @leftsedfred …, @ilikesportsmostly, @revjulieh, @thurstoncounty, @kevinwglass, @thetypist, @thegrimrecapper, @cannibalpinata, @crunk1977, @tttomblue, @whizzo, @peark.es, @bft.wtf, @bankuei, @gonzarro, @cavskermit, @maxkennerly, @docnickie, @bdplayer81, @ratelimitexceeder, @ironbound, @schoenen, @pithypacky, @harrisj, @grantmooney, @sspence3, @johnxuandou, @reckless, @mtelm, @rss.coffee, @wattasecond, @ccxkingxcc, @asherlangton, @prietschka, @barrybergman, @1stamericanhoodlum, @mercygrimm, @saileshpatel, @mattrigg, @maxkennerly, @seanokane, @usspcrichardandson, @margarita, @bartsmith, @nypinta, @benloggedon, @brendelbored, @chrismsf, @studuncan, @koleross, @borisbadenov, @alwayserked, @labuzamovies.com, @esghound.com, @neiltypewriter, @ailurouge, @joelhs, @celicilorena, @tyleraking.com, @skeetownhobbit, @mrshiddeddoodoo, @mstefan, @behrbones, @petergratton, @m3talgearz, @southsidetrekkie, @1stamericanhoodlum, @juditpetho, @gwollman, @lukethomas, @dougdirt24, @davidjwbailey, @garyrockrose, @turnerjoy, @pelops, @robairone, @brianhough.com, @bigbeandotgov, @grudgie, @thetwinewinder, @imnotahrhitter, @nystateofmind, @matthiasplappert.com, @ironsquirrel, @noahseligman, @chrisdoll, @nowhere, @sportzagato, @thereallari, @dcharlie, @litigaytor, @keithdonovan, @salfranzaya, @gregred, and @phoul. Mastodon: @joy@mastodon.social
Threads: @vishwanathsarangkeller, @chrismaydev, @parkert, and @documentingmeta
X: @wholemarsblog, @asharma, and @parismarx
Forums: r/Twitter, r/economicCollapse, r/technology, and r/news
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Yann LeCun says DeepSeek “profited from open research and open source” like Meta's Llama and is proof that open source models are surpassing proprietary ones — If you hadn't heard, there's a new AI star in town: DeepSeek, the subsidiary of Hong Kong-based quantitative analysis …
More: Latent Space. Threads: @documentingmeta, @vishvanands, @bilawal.ai, @luokai, @sfscottp, @sgulsach, and @benedictevans
X: @pmarca, @nealkhosla, @tszzl, @emollick, @davidsholz, @samfbiddle, @ylecun, @kimmonismus, @emostaque, @hamandcheese, @yacinemtb, @packym, @pmarca, @rnaudbertrand, @thestalwart, @samfbiddle, @adamjohnsonchi, @samfbiddle, @tanayj, @emostaque, @schuldensuehner, @avichal, @francoisfleuret, @firstadopter, @avischiffmann, @mrbcyber, @yacinemtb, @samfbiddle, @geiger_capital, @signulll, @burkov, and @yacinemtb
LinkedIn: Yann LeCun, Omar Tawakol, and Matt Marshall
Forums: Blind, r/OpenAI, and r/singularity
| Financial Times: |
Industry insiders say DeepSeek's focus on research makes it a dangerous competitor as it's willing to share breakthroughs rather than protect them for profits — Hedge fund billionaire Liang Wenfeng builds model on tight budget despite US attempt to halt China's high-tech ambitions
More: MIT Technology Review, Moneycontrol, VentureBeat, Nature, Neowin, and Big Technology
| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is planning to invest $60B to $65B in capex in 2025, will end the year with 1.3M+ GPUs, and plans to grow its AI teams “significantly” — Meta Platforms (META.O) will invest $60 billion to $65 billion in capital expenditure in 2025, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Friday.
More: The Verge, Benzinga, TechCrunch, Livemint, New York Times, The Indian Express, South China Morning Post, TweakTown, NewsBytes, The News International, Maginative, The Register, iPhone in Canada Blog, The National Pulse, The Information, PYMNTS.com, The Real Deal, Sherwood News, PCMag, Fox Business, NBC News, Yahoo Finance, Fortune, Constellation Research, and Wall Street Journal
Bluesky: @loblaws-balrog, @carlquintanilla, @peark.es, @tkb24, @texasrunaway, @kurtwagner, and @kurtwagner
Threads: @benedictevans, @jensscherbl, @sung.kim.mw, @kurtwag8, @supremebagholder, @lessin, @tomgara, and @benedictevans
X: @natolambert, @matthewstoller, @mikeisaac, @kevinroose, @nabeelqu, @morqon, @nabeelqu, @morqon, @supbagholder, @nearcyan, @matthewstoller, @richlightshed, @munster_gene, @nabeelqu, @morqon, @nabeelqu, @object_zero_, @ai_for_success, @supbagholder, and @mikeisaac. Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
Forums: r/worldnews, r/artificial, and Slashdot
| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Zuckerberg says Meta is building an AI engineer that will “start contributing increasing amounts of code to our R&D efforts” and is planning a 2GW+ data center — Social-media giant to spend between $60 billion and $65 billion, Zuckerberg says| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta begins a “limited, early test” of ads in Threads in the US and Japan, with the goal of making the ads “as interesting as organic content” — Meta's X rival Threads said Friday that it is now testing ads with select brands in the U.S. and Japan.
More: Facebook, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Moneycontrol, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Yahoo Finance, Ad Age, Pocket-lint, Android Headlines, TipRanks Financial, Search Engine Journal, CNBC, PhoneArena, Neowin, Search Engine Land, Thurrott, calgaryherald, Engadget, and Bloomberg
Threads: @mosseri, @kurtwag8, @noahkalina, @jampacksam, @cult_papa, @crumbler, @zaccomode, @parkerortolani, and @stevepsyd. X: @mikeisaac
LinkedIn: Samantha Stetson, Simon Whitcombe, and Nick Baughan
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple moved Kim Vorrath, a company veteran known for fixing troubled products, to its AI group to help improve Siri and Apple Intelligence — - Kim Vorrath previously worked on Vision Pro, iPhone software — The company is racing to catch up in artificial intelligence
More: The Verge, Financial Express, 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, iDownloadBlog.com, Tom's Guide, Seeking Alpha, PYMNTS.com, iThinkDifferent, BGR, iClarified, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, and MacRumors
Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
UnitedHealth says the ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit in February 2024 affected ~190M people, nearly double its previous estimate of 100M — UnitedHealth has confirmed the ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit last February affected around 190 million people in America — nearly double previous estimates.| The Guardian: |
An investigation reveals how the Israeli military's reliance on Microsoft's cloud and AI systems surged during the most intensive phase of the Israel-Hamas war — Leaked documents shed light on how Israel integrated the US tech giant into its war effort to meet growing demand for cloud and AI tools
More: Drop Site News and +972 Magazine
Bluesky: @wnstnsmith. Mastodon: @ramsey@phpc.social. Forums: r/Palestine, r/JewsOfConscience, r/InternationalNews, and r/anime_titties
| New York Times: |
The TikTok ban forced a dilemma on US tech companies: risk alienating a mercurial president or risk breaking federal law and face up to billions in penalties — The federal law banning TikTok has revealed a major schism among American tech companies: Some are willing to flout the law — and some, including Apple and Google, are not.| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
More: Politico. Bluesky: @karaswisher and @drewharwell.com. Threads: @drewharwell
X: @anupamchander, @aaronblake, and @washingtonpost
| Rolling Stone: |
Sources: Trump's team members don't buy Zuckerberg's right-wing conversion as entirely genuine; one senior official says he has a “lot more ass-kissing” to do — Trump's aides and allies aren't ready to buy the Facebook chief's right-wing conversion. “He can't just snap his fingers and make the past not happen”
More: Raw Story and Wired
Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @willoremus.com, @carterd, @quinnypig.com, @followtheh, @thinkyparts, @taumuyi, @mexiconews, @thepoptart, @zidan, @lbdoyle, @chiefwit, and @chaztrees. Threads: @vishesh92. Forums: r/politics
| Catherine McGrath / Fortune: |
White House crypto czar David Sacks says NFTs and memecoins are neither securities nor commodities, but collectibles that people buy to “commemorate something” — Non-fungible tokens and memecoins are neither securities nor commodities, according to White House crypto czar David Sacks.
More: Fox Business on YouTube and CryptoPotato
Bluesky: @janusroberts, @kellblog, @frydawolff, @seanwince, and @paleofuture
| Bloomberg: |
Trump's EO to protect the dollar bars any further work on a CBDC and aligns the government's interests with those of stablecoin issuers like Tether and Circle — - US crypto czar sees potential for extending dollar dominance — USDT, USDC account for almost 90% of total stablecoin value| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
More: The White House, Citation Needed, New York Times, The Block, Blockworks, Deseret News, Blockchain News, The Daily Hodl, Motley Fool, Yahoo Finance, RTÉ, CoinDesk, Benzinga, Watcher Guru, Decrypt, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @judah-grunstein and @carnage4life
X: @davidsacks, @katie_haun, @adamkovac, @jason, @chrisfralic, @eleanorterrett, @mdudas, @davidsacks, @jason, @atrupar, @cdixon, @cdixon, and @jenniferjjacobs
LinkedIn: Shailee Adinolfi and Renato Mariotti
Forums: r/FluentInFinance, r/MSTR, and r/Buttcoin
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
The US SEC revokes SAB 121, a controversial accounting rule added in 2022 that forced banks to treat BTC and other tokens as a liability on their balance sheets — After years of lobbying by the crypto industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rescinded an accounting rule …
More: US Securities …, Axios, Bitcoin Insider, Blockworks, NewsBTC, Barron's Online, The Information, and ZyCrypto
Bluesky: @midwest2, @jimobx, @cdouglaslay, @val415, @darrencohen.me, and @saltcreekbrews
X: @senlummis, @saylor, @scottiepippen, and @davidfbailey
LinkedIn: Amy Zhang and Samuel Leichman
| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
OpenAI updates ChatGPT's Canvas feature with o1 model support and HTML and React code rendering, making it a direct competitor to Claude's Artifacts — OpenAI Canvas gets a huge upgrade. Canvas is the ChatGPT feature where ChatGPT can open up a shared editing environment and collaborate …
More: Seeking Alpha. X: @openai, @karinanguyen_, @kevinweil, @leeerob, @simonw, @karinanguyen_, @omarsar0, @openai, @latentmoss, @ai_for_success, @openai, @romainhuet, @edwinarbus, @simonw, and @sulmanrc
| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
An interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on why he doesn't believe we will have AGI in 2025, putting Google's assistants in smart glasses, and more — Q&A with the Google AI head and Nobel laureate on the state of artificial intelligence today, and where it's heading.| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
Source: Lightspeed has invested a total of $2.2B in AI deals, excluding the $2B Anthropic funding round it is leading, and is close to raising a $7B fund — The 25-year-old venture capital firm is embracing tech's new era of enormous artificial intelligence deals
More: Crunchbase News
| Reuters: |
Uber denies setting fares based on phone models in India, after a government body alleged Uber and Ola use differential pricing for Android and iOS users — Uber (UBER.N) said it does not set ride prices based on a user's phone model, shortly after an Indian government body alleged … | Jiahui Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese self-driving company WeRide aims to make more inroads overseas in 2025; WeRide operates in nine countries and secured new deals in Switzerland and Japan — WeRide already operates driverless vehicles in 30 cities across nine countries — Chinese autonomous-driving company WeRide …
Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars
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