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Q&A with GM CEO Mary Barra and CPO Sterling Anderson on GM's plans for AI and autonomous driving, ditching CarPlay and Android Auto on all of its cars, and more — We've got a special episode of Decoder today. I'm talking to General Motors CEO Mary Barra and new GM Chief Product Officer …
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| Michael Wayland / CNBC: |
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Google says its Willow quantum chip using a new Quantum Echoes algorithm ran computations 13,000x faster than supercomputers, aiding drug and materials research — Michel H. Devoret was one of three physicists who won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for a series of experiments they conducted more than four decades ago.
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Reddit files a lawsuit against Perplexity and three data scraping companies, accusing them of illegally stealing its data by scraping Google search results — In a lawsuit, Reddit pulled back the curtain on an ecosystem of start-ups that scrape Google's search results and resell the information to data-hungry A.I. companies.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple removes controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store for failing to meet requirements around content moderation and user privacy — Controversial dating safety apps, Tea and Tea on Her, have been pulled from the Apple App Store.
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| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Polymarket is in early talks with investors to raise funds at a $12B to $15B valuation, up from ~$8B pre-investment in a raise earlier in October — The prediction market Polymarket is holding early conversations with investors and looking to raise money at a valuation between $12 billion …
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
IBM reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $16.3B, above $16.1B est., and Hybrid Cloud revenue, including its Red Hat unit, up 14%, below 16% est.; IBM drops 6%+ — International Business Machines Corp. reported disappointing revenue in its closely watched Red Hat unit, sparking concerns among investors …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon is testing AR glasses for delivery drivers, using AI and computer vision to help them scan packages, follow walking directions, and get proof of delivery — MILPITAS, Calif. — Amazon is bringing delivery details directly to drivers' eyeballs. — The e-commerce giant on Wednesday confirmed …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A teen's parents allege OpenAI loosened ChatGPT's suicide-talk rules to boost engagement before their son died by suicide using a method discussed with ChatGPT — An amended complaint from the parents of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old who died by suicide, alleges the changes were part of a push to increase engagement
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| Dane Stuckey / @cryps1s: |
OpenAI CISO Dane Stuckey outlines prompt injection mitigations in ChatGPT Atlas, including a “logged out mode” that blocks agent access to user credentials — Yesterday we launched ChatGPT Atlas, our new web browser. In Atlas, ChatGPT agent can get things done for you. We're excited to see how this feature makes work and day-to-day life more efficient and effective for people. ChatGPT agent is powerful and helpful, and designed to be
| Reuters: |
Sources: the Trump administration is considering barring exports of products made with US software to China in response to the country's rare earth restrictions — - Trump administration considers potential escalation in China trade war — Measure could restrict shipments to China of goods containing or made with U.S. software
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| James Reddick / The Record: |
Starlink VP Lauren Dreyer says the company “proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected ‘scam centers’” in Myanmar — SpaceX says it has disabled more than 2,000 Starlink devices connected to scam compounds in Myanmar … | Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wavequantum, and other computing companies are in talks to give the US Commerce Department equity in exchange for $10M+ funding each — Discussions signal Washington's wider involvement in key parts of the economy — WASHINGTON—Several quantum-computing companies …
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| Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg: |
SAP reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to €9.08B, cloud revenue up 22% to €5.29B, below €5.33B est., and current cloud backlog up 23% to €18.84B — SAP SE, Europe's most valuable software company, said revenue from its key cloud business is trending toward the lower end …
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| Canadian Press: |
Canada's financial crime watchdog fines crypto exchange Cryptomus a record ~$126M for infractions including failing to flag suspicious transactions — Firm failed to flag over 1,000 transactions with suspected links to criminal activity — A cryptocurrency exchange has been slapped …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: a16z is aiming to raise $6B for its growth fund, $3B for AI deals, and $1B for American Dynamism; the $10B total would be its largest fundraise to date — Silicon Valley group seeks $6bn for growth fund, $3bn for AI deals and $1bn to back US defence tech start-ups
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at DeepSeek's rise in Africa, as China's lightweight, low-cost AI models make inroads into the continent via tech infrastructure built by Huawei and ZTE — By making AI cheaper and less power-hungry, DeepSeek has put the technology within reach of millions of people.| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Ofcom: UK traffic to porn sites has fallen by almost a third since introducing new age verification rules in July; Aylo says Pornhub's traffic has fallen by 77% — British government applied tougher checks on adult sites in July to stop children accessing content
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