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September 23, 2025, 2:55 AM
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Nvidia plans to invest $100B in OpenAI progressively as part of a deal to deploy at least 10 GW of Nvidia systems for OpenAI's infrastructure  —  - Strategic partnership enables OpenAI to build and deploy at least 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters with NVIDIA systems representing millions of GPUs …
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Reuters:
Source: the Nvidia-OpenAI deal has two separate transactions: Nvidia invests in OpenAI for non-voting shares, then OpenAI can use the cash to buy Nvidia's chips  —  - Nvidia to supply OpenAI with data center chips  — Deal involves non-voting shares and chip purchases
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Jensen Huang says the 10 GW OpenAI project is equivalent to 4M-5M GPUs; the first phase is expected to come online in H2 2026 using Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform
Reuters:
The EU's cybersecurity agency says a ransomware attack caused the recent disruptions that affected check-in systems at Heathrow and other European airports  —  - Collins Aerospace works to restore systems at key airports  — Berlin Marathon worsens delays; Brussels uses manual check-ins
Carl Franzen / Venturebeat:
Alibaba releases Qwen3-Omni, a family of open-source AI models that can process text, audio, image, and video inputs and generate both text and speech outputs  —  U.S. tech giants are facing a reckoning from the East. … To be clear: Qwen3-Omni can accept and analyze inputs of text …
Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
Over 200 prominent figures, including senior staffers at AI companies, call for international action to create “red lines” for AI development by the end of 2026  —  A roll call of weighty names — including 10 Nobel Prize winners and two former heads of state …
Manish Singh / India Dispatch:
The $100K+ H-1B fee could accelerate offshoring as tech companies route work to India and other countries rather than bringing engineers to the US
The Information:
Sources: humanoid robotics startup 1X is seeking to raise up to $1B at a $10B+ valuation, more than 12x its previous valuation from a January financing  —  Humanoid robotics startup 1X has told investors and employees it is trying to raise as much as $1 billion, according to three people who spoke to CEO Bernt Øivind.
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian AI app development platform Rocket.new raised a $15M seed led by Salesforce Ventures; it has 400K+ users, including 10K+ paid subscribers  —  Rocket.new, an Indian startup building an AI-powered app development platform, has raised $15 million in a seed round led by Salesforce Ventures …
Sydney Bradley / Business Insider:
Meta rolls out an AI assistant for Facebook Dating in the US and Canada, to reduce “swipe fatigue” by letting users find matches via natural language prompts  —  - Meta is launching an AI assistant to help you date.  — Facebook Dating, the company's dating app experience, rolled out a new AI feature on Monday.
Ateev Bhandari / Reuters:
Bitcoin-treasury company Strive, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, will acquire Semler Scientific, a medical device company that has a bitcoin treasury, for $1.34B  —  Strive (ASST.O) said on Monday it will acquire Semler Scientific (SMLR.O) in an all-stock deal valued at about $1.34 billion …
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Google adds Gemini to Google TV, starting on TCL's new QM9K series TVs and expanding to Google TV Streamer 4K and other major TV brands later in 2025  —  TCL's QM9K series TVs will be the first to offer Gemini on Google TV, with more devices getting it later this year.
Bloomberg:
A White House official says the US will not hold a golden share or equity in TikTok US and the new board will not have a member selected by the US government  —  The US will not hold a golden share or equity position in a new entity that will control TikTok's American operations …
Axios:
White House says TikTok's new US entity would lease a copy of ByteDance's algorithm, which Oracle would retrain; US users wouldn't need to re-download the app

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Steven McIntosh / BBC:
The BBC says it will close BBC Three and BBC Scotland TV channels in spring 2027, making them online-only, and Radio 4 Extra, with shows moving to BBC Sounds

Bloomberg:
Sources: Legendary has submitted a takeover offer for Lionsgate, reviving on-and-off talks after weighing a bid for the studio last year

Tanya Fedak / Variety:
Streaming guide JustWatch launches its JustWatch TV streaming service in 11 markets, with 30 content partners and free, rental, and ad-free subscription options

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Steven Levy / Wired:
Tech leaders embracing Trump for short-term gain may ultimately imperil their companies and is counter to Silicon Valley's idealistic roots
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Hadlee Simons / Android Authority:
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
The RIAA amends its lawsuit against Suno, now accusing it of unlawfully “stream ripping” songs on YouTube and violating the DMCA
Bloomberg:
Sources: smart ring maker Oura is raising an $875M+ Series E at a $10.9B valuation, up from $5B in November 2024, and has sold ~3M rings over the past year
Digiday:
The US v. Google ad tech trial, in which a judge ruled that the company illegally monopolized the digital ad market, begins its remedies phase
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Oracle promotes Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to co-CEOs, replacing Safra Catz; Magouyrk previously led Cloud Infrastructure, and Sicilia led Oracle Industries
Courtney Rozen / Reuters:
The GSA adds Meta's Llama to its list of approved AI tools for US agencies, after previously approving tools from Microsoft, Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI
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