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OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation — A stronger non-profit supported by the for-profit's success. — OpenAI's Board of Directors is evaluating our corporate structure …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI says the PBC will oversee commercial operations, and the nonprofit will hire staff to pursue charitable activities in health care, education, and science — OpenAI said Friday that in moving toward a new for-profit structure in 2025, the company will create a public benefit corporation …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
OpenAI says its non-profit arm would receive shares in the new public benefit corporation at a valuation determined by independent financial advisors — OpenAI said it will be restructured as a public benefit corporation, and the nonprofit that controls the organization would receive shares in the new company.| Bloomberg: |
Montenegro says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to the US, potentially ending a standoff over competing demands by the US and South Korea — “Most criteria envisaged by the law are in favor of the extradition demands from the institutions of the United States of America …
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X: @zguz and @coryklippsten
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TSMC says it has started mass production at its first factory in Japan, located in Kumamoto, producing 12nm to 28nm chips for use in cars and image sensors — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said Friday it has started mass production at its first factory in Japan … | Reuters: |
Experts say hackers compromised several companies' Chrome browser extensions, including Cyberhaven's, in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December — Hackers have compromised several different companies' Chrome browser extensions in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December …
More: TechCrunch, Vulnerable U, BleepingComputer, CyberInsider, and The Record
Bluesky: @metacurity.com, @zackwhittaker, and @mattjay.com
X: @jaimeblascob, @swiftonsecurity, @swiftonsecurity, @swiftonsecurity, @swiftonsecurity, @swiftonsecurity, @jaimeblascob, @jaimeblascob, and @jaimeblascob. LinkedIn: Or Eshed
| Financial Times: |
Meta expects AI-generated characters to “generate and share content” and “over time, exist on our platforms”, similarly to regular accounts — US tech group is rolling out a range of artificial intelligence tools to drive engagement
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| Mohar Chatterjee / Politico: |
OpenAI is tripling the size of its DC policy team to 12 and beefing up its lobbying as it tries to promote a sweeping plan for cheaper energy to data centers — The AI industry wants Trump's Washington to embrace it as a bulwark against China. OpenAI is trying to lead the pack.| Greg Otto / CyberScoop: |
The US says it has identified a ninth telecom company impacted by the Salt Typhoon hacks, and the number of individuals directly impacted is “less than 100” — In an update Friday, the White House says nine telecom companies were impacted by the Chinese espionage effort. — Learn more.
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Bluesky: @metacurity.com and @gregotto
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Eight free-speech groups, including the EFF, and three members of Congress file briefs with SCOTUS in support of TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law — Groups alleging China's government has engaged in human-rights violations argue U.S. Constitution does not protect TikTok as “an unregistered foreign agent”
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, MediaPost, Patently-O, Truth on the Market, and Knight First Amendment …
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| Zachary Small / New York Times: |
Video game executives say making cinematic games is getting so expensive and time-consuming that investing in graphics is providing diminished financial returns — The gaming industry spent billions pursuing the idea that customers wanted realistic graphics. Did executives misread the market?
More: Benzinga, Tom's Hardware, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Blue's News
Bluesky: @baldsavant, @anolen, @katiedidnt, @thestrangerous, and @thegamechief. Mastodon: @zeh@mastodon.gamedev.place. Threads: @carnage4life. X: @megaapple18
Forums: r/Games, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information: |
Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff — Bench, a Vancouver, Canada-based bookkeeping startup that had raised more than $100 million from well-known venture capital firms …
X: @canadakaz, @bryce, @ianwcrosby, @ianwcrosby, @ianwcrosby, @ianwcrosby, @ianwcrosby, @ianwcrosby, @ianwcrosby, @ianwcrosby, @jasonbosco, @andrew__rea, @patio11, @jineshshah36, @aymanalabdul, @rohitdotmittal, @nmasc_, @bhallcpa, @andrew__rea, @tommygriffith, @asanwal, @maccaw, and @travis_jamison
LinkedIn: David Morgantini, Greg O'Brien, CPA, Anne Hughes, and Max Ezerzer
Forums: Hacker News and r/vancouver
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
DeepSeek-V3 sometimes identifies itself as ChatGPT when asked which model it is; some speculate that its training datasets may contain text generated by ChatGPT — Earlier this week, DeepSeek, a well-funded Chinese AI lab, released an “open” AI model that beats many rivals on popular benchmarks.
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| Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
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Bluesky: @digthatdata. X: @karpathy, @deepseek_ai, @tunguz, @emostaque, @amasad, @jbohnslav, @drjimfan, @eladgil, @dnystedt, @charlesrollet1, @lmsysorg, @richardsocher, @kimmonismus, @arankomatsuzaki, @amasad, @abhishekn, @emollick, @nrehiew_, @nrehiew_, @hosseeb, @kimmonismus, @theblackauroras, @nearcyan, @garybasin, @seunghyunseo7, @menhguin, @balajis, @rasbt, @casper_hansen_, @scaling01, @casper_hansen_, @teknium1, @terryyuezhuo, @reach_vb, @tensor_fusion, @goodside, @teortaxestex, @balajis, @alexocheema, @shravvmehtaa, @antimatter15, @wordgrammer, @gallabytes, @simeon_cps, @vincentweisser, @reach_vb, @jiayq, @vin_sachi, @hsu_steve, @tom_doerr, @saranormous, @deanwball, @scaling01, @yigitkonur, @jsevillamol, @nikunj, @openrouterai, @scaling01, @tom_doerr, @dtrinh, @anjneymidha, @jacobrintamaki, @artificialguybr, @casper_hansen_, @eturner303, @lm_zheng, @xlr8harder, @nrehiew_, @test_tm7873, @andrewcurran_, @deedydas, @amasad, @alexandr_wang, @tydsh, @itspaulai, and @tim_dettmers
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