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Q&A with Sam Altman and Satya Nadella about the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership, OpenAI's restructuring and $100B revenue target for 2027, $3T AI buildout, more — BG2. All things AI w @sama & @satyanadella. A Halloween Special. 🎃🔥@bg2pod @altcap — (00:00) Intro (02:28) Microsoft's Investment in OpenAI (03:19) The Nonprofit Structure and Its Impact (05:46) Health, AI Security, and Resilience (07:50) Models, Exclusivity, and [video]
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| David Jeans / Reuters: |
Anduril conducts the first flight of its jet-powered unmanned drone, flying it “semi-autonomously”, as the US Air Force plans swarms of unmanned jet drones — Anduril's jet-powered drone flew for the first time on Friday, the company and the U.S. Air Force said … | Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
A profile of Aaron Greenspan, who has spent years on a crusade to expose what he believes are financial problems at Tesla and at big tech companies — In 2018, Aaron Greenspan was a 30-something tech entrepreneur wondering what he should do with the several million dollars in his pocket.
Forums: r/Longreads and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Richard Nieva / Forbes: |
A profile of AI contractor marketplace Mercor, which is valued at $10B and whose three 22-year-old founders are Thiel Fellows, each holding a roughly 22% stake — Mercor founders (left to right): Adarsh Hiremath, Brendan Foody and Surya Midha. — ULY INC. FOR MERCOR
More: The Indian Express. X: @richardjnieva. LinkedIn: Richard Nieva and Zach Everson. Bluesky: @carnage4life
| Business Insider: |
Grokipedia content often closely mirrors Wikipedia except for some political topics but its use of AI makes it better than Wikipedia on obscure entries — - A lot of the non-political entries are just direct copies of Wikipedia. — But in certain cases, Grokipedia improved the Wikipedia page … | Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg: |
The White House says China has agreed to effectively end rare earth export controls issued in 2025 and 2022, and will also close probes of US chip companies — China will effectively suspend implementation of additional export controls on rare earth metals and terminate investigations targeting US companies …
More: The White House, Bloomberg Law, gCaptain, Jacobin, and The Dispatch
| Austin Carr / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft's AI tools still lag behind OpenAI's, as Microsoft struggles to create a cohesive AI experience and add new features by integrating OpenAI models — Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world.| Kenrick Cai / Reuters: |
How Google Cloud has become one of Alphabet's fastest-growing businesses under Thomas Kurian, driven by investments in AI, data centers, custom chips, and more — - Google Cloud grew 34% in the third quarter on AI demand — Cloud is now challenging YouTube as Alphabet's No. 2 cash generator
More: Quartz, Livemint, Techstrong IT, Sherwood News, Techstrong.ai, MacDailyNews, and TVNewsCheck
| Baris Balci / Bloomberg: |
Turkish state media reports that Faruk Fatih Ozer, the former CEO of failed crypto exchange Thodex, has been found dead in his prison cell — Faruk Fatih Ozer, the former chief executive of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, has been found dead in his prison cell in the western Turkish city …
More: crypto.news, DL News, The Block, The Crypto Times, and Coinpedia Fintech News
X: @conorfkenny and @kyledoops
| Reuters: |
Nvidia says it will supply 260K+ of its most advanced AI chips to the South Korean government and major companies, including Samsung, Naver, and SK Group — U.S. semiconductor leader Nvidia (NVDA.O) on Friday said it will supply more than 260,000 of its most advanced AI chips …
More: DigiTimes, Nvidia Newsroom, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Sharecast, Taipei Times, The Korea Herald, Korea Joongang Daily, Engadget, The Korea Times, The DONG-A ILBO, KED Global, Forbes Middle East, Anadolu Ajansı …, Analytics India Magazine, Hürriyet Daily News, BBC, CNBC-TV18, Asia Financial, COINOTAG NEWS, and NWAonline
| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
ESPN plans to make its College Gameday telecast available on host Pat McAfee's X account, as Disney and YouTube TV continue to spar over a new carriage deal — Can Pat McAfee help Disney prevail over YouTube TV in TV's never-ending carriage wars? — Disney's ESPN said it would make one …
More: The Athletic, Awful Announcing, Cord Cutters News, New Jersey Online, Stuff, Deseret News, and PCWorld
X: @sportzassassin, @austinkarp, @collegegameday, @jreakin, @biggerten, @moshady, @jacksettleman, @danwetzel, @mcquaidnfl, @adamschefter, @mls_x_, @mcb2__, @nptsethbutler, @espnpr, @lynnbailie, @kolemichael, and @admaniexplains. Bluesky: @saltcreekbrews. Forums: r/cordcutters
| Reuters: |
MediaTek says it is on track to generate $1B in revenue from its data center AI accelerator ASIC chips in 2026, after reporting Q3 revenue up 7.8% YoY to $4.64B — Taiwan's top chip design company, MediaTek (2454.TW), expects to earn revenue of billions of dollars from its AI accelerator ASIC chips by 2027 …
More: MediaTek and Taipei Times
| Bloomberg: |
Singapore seizes more than $115M in assets linked to Cambodia's Prince Group, which the US and UK accuse of stealing billions of dollars via online scam centers — Singapore has seized more than S$150 million ($115 million) in assets linked to alleged money laundering and forgery …
More: Singapore Police Force, The Business Times, Cryptonews, and Blockonomi
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Despite the hype around large AI models, many companies like Meta are using small models for routine tasks, finding them more practical and cost-effective — For many tasks in corporate America, it's not the biggest and smartest AI models, but the smaller, more simplistic ones that are winning the day| Financial Times: |
China says it will allow some Nexperia semiconductor chip exports to resume to ease critical supply shortages impacting global auto production — Dispute over Netherlands-based chipmaker has threatened to disrupt global auto supply chains — China has said it will allow some Nexperia chips … Sponsor Posts
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