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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
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
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 …
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.
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
A big portion of EA's cash flow will go toward servicing the $20B debt from the $55B sale, which even the most bullish analysts expect will lead to big layoffs
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.
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 …
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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?
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.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
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