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| Torsten Slok / Apollo Global Management: |
Outside of tech there has been no financial payoff to US companies for using AI, now viewed as a margin-hurting cost center, as VC-backed firms burn more tokens — Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech.
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Source: Replit recently moved most AI spend from Anthropic to OpenAI, which gave 30%+ off in a deal worth $100M+/year, after Anthropic discontinued its discount — OpenAI's efforts to undercut Anthropic on price are producing some results. — For instance, in May, Anthropic models powered 57% … | Wall Street Journal: |
Ukraine says Starshield was working normally again on Saturday morning; US officials said Trump asked Elon Musk to restore the service — Speed restrictions imposed by Elon Musk's SpaceX have hampered Ukraine's drone forces since Oct. 14 — KYIV—Ukraine's military Starlink system …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Block unveils Dessa, a “true speech-to-speech” AI model trained on “nothing but human conversation” that it says runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or newer — You have got to listen to these conversations with Block's new Dessa AI model.
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Kimi K3.1 Pro's debut draws scrutiny over allegations that influencers were asked to promote the model without disclosing a commercial relationship to Moonshot — That's because Kimi K3.1 Pro scores so high on third-party benchmarks — according to both Moonshot and third-party AI model …
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| Dominic Chopping / Wall Street Journal: |
LSEG agrees to acquire Octus, an NY-based provider of credit intelligence, data, and workflow software, from Permira and Octus' management for $3.54B in cash — The group said the acquisition would transform its presence in credit and private markets data — London Stock Exchange Group …
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| Shimul Sood / Android Authority: |
Google updates its privacy policy to clarify it could use data shared via Personal Intelligence from connected apps, including Gmail and Photos, to target ads — Your inbox has secrets, and Google's ads might want in. — • … TL;DR — Google updated its privacy policy …
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| Bloomberg: |
How a Blackstone-led $2.3B private credit loan to CoreWeave in 2023 became a blueprint for chip-backed debt, which is on track to become a $1T market — “What is a GPU?” Blackstone Inc. executives asked CoreWeave Inc.'s leadership. Also: “Is AI real?” — These were entirely logical queries …
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| Toby Sterling / Reuters: |
The PHP Foundation, which coordinated fixes for two critical PHP flaws, operates on a shoestring budget with one full-time staff member and 14 contractors — The discovery of two serious flaws in PHP this week set off a global scramble to keep websites safe from hackers …
More: PHP and The Hacker News
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| Dana Goldstein / New York Times: |
A look at Alpha School, a network of private schools that claims to teach kids 2x as fast using AI; data shows ~50% of K-8 students missed this goal in math — Alpha School, a private network, is spreading into public education. While its students' test scores are high, some parents and educators say it doesn't live up to the hype.| Ryan Lawler / Axios: |
CapitalOS, which helps vertical software platforms offer spend management, cards, and bill payment tools to SMB customers, raised a $21.9M Series A led by LGVP — CapitalOS, which helps vertical software platforms offer cards and bill-pay tools to their SMB customers, has raised $21.9 million …
More: WebWire, CapitalOS, FinSMEs, FinTech Global, and Dealroom.co
| Augusta Saraiva / Bloomberg: |
A look at Meta's role in Brazil's runoff, where Lula da Silva alleges Meta restricts his content and a court ordered it not to interfere; Meta cites glitches — A new villain is emerging in the closing stretch of Brazil's bitterly contested presidential election: Meta Platforms Inc.| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Instagram launches an Apple TV app for watching Reels, longer videos, and live shows; the app previously launched on Fire TV, Google TV, and Samsung smart TVs — Instagram is now available on the Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows via the platform to Apple's streaming device for the first time.
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| Cailey Gleeson / Fierce Healthcare: |
Baba, which develops AI tools to help Medicare and Medicaid patients connect to care teams and handle advocacy tasks, raised a $40M Series A led by FirstMark — Applied artificial intelligence company Baba secured $40 million in series A funding to modernize the Medicare and Medicaid experience.Sponsor Posts
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