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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
OpenAI and AMD announce a deal in which OpenAI could take up to a 10% stake in AMD and deploy up to 6GW of Instinct GPUs over multiple years; AMD jumps 25%+ — - OpenAI and AMD have reached a deal that could see Sam Altman's company take a 10% stake in the chipmaker
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| Alexander Saeedy / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: xAI is set to spend $18B+ to acquire ~300K more Nvidia chips for its Colossus 2 project in Memphis; in July, Elon Musk said it would total 550K chips — xAI aims to win tech arms race with ‘Colossus’ data centers, thrown up at lightning speed; city divided over massive power and water demands
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| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
OpenAI executive Bill Peebles says Sora users can now stop AI-generated versions of themselves from appearing in certain contexts like videos involving politics — It won't help stop the avalanche of AI slop OpenAI has unleashed. … Sora now lets you rein in your AI doubles …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: private capital firms like Oaktree, EQT, and DWS are seeking to cash in on the US-driven AI boom, launching €17B of European data center sales in weeks — Oaktree Capital, Partners Group and EQT among those seeking to cash in on AI boom — Private capital firms are seeking … | Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who is expected to stay in the role, as Silver Lake's Egon Durban credits him for building EA's “crown jewel” sports business — He's a charming Aussie surfer who plays videogames and has a black belt in jiu-jitsu.
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
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Bluesky: @jasonschreier, @iosam, @mikefulk, and @frydawolff
| Bloomberg: |
The Paris prosecutor's office refers a probe into Apple's Siri recordings to the Office for Combating Cybercrime, after a human rights organization's complaint — Apple Inc. faces an investigation in France over the use of voice recordings made with its assistant Siri.
More: Reuters, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Politico, MacDailyNews, and MacTech.com
| Dell Cameron / Wired: |
US federal contracting records suggest US ICE is planning to hire ~30 contractors to monitor social media content, seeking leads for enforcement operations — Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
More: Engadget, International Business Times, and The Independent
X: @not_conjecture, @mehdirhasan, @darrigomelanie, @tervalas, @reichlinmelnick, @nykrindc, and @wired
Bluesky: @whodat35, @juliegoldberg, @nicktsergas.ca, @alcappuccinoit, @econaturalist, @mims, @beingliberal, and @couts
Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, r/technews, r/law, r/immigration, r/fednews, r/technology, r/JoeRogan, r/politics, r/technology, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Martha Muir / Financial Times: |
A look at cost and viability concerns over small nuclear reactors in the US, as the government, tech companies, and investors bet on SMRs to power the AI boom — Small reactors could prove too costly to be viable despite $9bn investment in power for AI boom
More: MIT Technology Review, CNBC, The Indian Express, and Bloomberg
| Martin Arnold / Financial Times: |
The European Securities and Markets Authority plans to centralize the regulation of stock exchanges, crypto companies, and clearing houses at an EU level — Esma chair says move would help boost bloc's capital markets by removing supervision from 27 separate authorities
More: Beyond Search, crypto.news, and Cryptonews
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
A look at OpenAI's search for the sites of its Stargate data centers in the US; OpenAI has received 800+ applications since January and has 20 finalist sites — It wasn't how Keith Heyde envisioned celebrating the holidays. Rather than hanging out with his wife back home in Oregon …
More: Tech Nativez
| Cory Doctorow / The Guardian: |
A book excerpt details the “enshittification” of Amazon, and how its “flywheel” technique now enriches the company at the expense of merchants — Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products?
More: New York Times, Ace of Spades HQ, and Financial Times
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Bluesky: @davidhendy, @lotta-kaa, @bikebikeyyc, @coupdegraz7, @hetanshah, @michaelsderby, @wseltzer, @margaretmorgan, @amerliberal, @aurelmondon, @zeldman, @kevingallatin, @marklemley, @cyberlyra, @katiesaurusseven, and @htfb
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/TrueReddit, r/BetterOffline, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| Daphné Leprince-Ringuet / Sifted: |
Paris-based Filigran, which develops open-source threat intelligence tools, raised a $58M Series C led by French VC Eurazeo and reports 6K+ users — The fresh funding includes participation from Deutsche Telekom as the French startup looks to grow in Germany
More: Tech.eu, Tech Funding News, Filigran, EU-Startups, and Silicon Canals
| Bloomberg: |
Asahi restarted production at six Japanese breweries on October 2 after a cyberattack forced it to halt production and shipments for days, and is investigating — Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. restarted six of its breweries in Japan on Oct. 2 after a cyberattack forced the beer maker to halt production and shipments for several days.
More: GB News, Reuters, The Independent, RTÉ, Morningstar, Inc., and SecurityWeek
| Heather Knight / New York Times: |
A profile of Riley Walz, whose tech-related pranks in San Francisco blend technical skill with social commentary, including a viral site to track parking police — The parking police in San Francisco always seem to know when a car has stayed just seconds too long at a curb or a meter has gone unfed.
X: @rtwlz, @ritwikpavan, @yimbyland, @tbpn, @questionableway, @rowanfornow, @pitdesi, @bryancsk, @opinonhaver, @humantransit, @armanddoma, and @terronk. Forums: r/sanfrancisco
| Financial Times: |
Tech companies in the UK, Canada, and elsewhere seek talent amid the US H-1B clampdown, though some skeptics doubt Trump's policies will spur a tech boom abroad — Companies in the UK, Canada and elsewhere hope to attract more skilled workers — Rafe Rosner-Uddin in London …
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