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February 10, 2025, 10:40 AM

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Financial Times:
Ahead of the Paris AI summit, Macron says companies plan to invest €109B in AI projects in France in the coming years and it is France's equivalent to Stargate  —  French president speaks ahead of AI summit in Paris involving executives such as OpenAI's Sam Altman
Bloomberg:
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says DeepSeek's $6M training cost claim is “exaggerated and a little bit misleading” and a “fraction of the total cost”  —  DeepSeek Ramps Up Hiring for Arcane AI Field as Ambitions Swell  —  Mistral CEO Plans to Raise More Funds to Back AI Data Center
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Liam Dawe / GamingOnLinux:
Steam creates an ad documentation page highlighting its ban on forcing players to watch ads, saying “developers should not utilize paid ads as a business model”  —  Turns out this was actually already a rule that Valve had (thanks SteamDB).  It was listed on their Pricing page …
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
T-Mobile says satellite texting, currently in beta and powered by Starlink, will cost $15/month from July 2025; AT&T and Verizon users can use it for $20/month  —  - Anticipated upgrade goes into a free beta period until July … The service is in beta mode now and users can sign …
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