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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
David Sacks says there will be “no federal bailout for AI”, as the US has at least five major AI companies and “if one fails, others will take its place”  —  Venture capitalist David Sacks, who is serving as President Donald Trump's artificial intelligence and crypto czar …
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says an “IPO is not on the cards right now”, and that OpenAI hopes the US government will “backstop” financing of its data center deals
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
Sam Altman says OpenAI doesn't want government guarantees for data centers and expects to fund investments with revenues hitting “hundreds of billions by 2030”
Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Docs: Meta projected in December 2024 that 10.1% of its 2024 revenue, or $16B, came from ads for scams and banned goods, including ~$7B from “higher risk” ads  —  Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show.
Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman lays out the company's plans to develop AI self-sufficiency from OpenAI, like releasing its own voice, image, and text models  —  Tech giant forms team led by AI chief Mustafa Suleyman to build top artificial-intelligence systems and distance itself from longtime partner
Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft plans to focus on superintelligence that prioritizes human control; he will lead a new superintelligence team
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner of the archiving site as part of a criminal investigation  —  The FBI is attempting to unmask the owner behind archive.today, a popular archiving site that is also regularly used to bypass paywalls …
Financial Times:
Jensen Huang warns “China is going to win the AI race”, after the US kept a ban on advanced AI chip sales to China, and says the West is held back by “cynicism”  —  CEO criticises western ‘cynicism’ while Beijing loosens regulations and cuts energy costs for data centres
Sky News:
Investigation: X amplifies right-wing and extreme political content in the UK, as Elon Musk endorses fringe right-wing politicians and encourages nationalism  —  “Elon Musk is a great leader,” says Amy, a British woman outside the Britannia Hotel in London at an anti-immigration rally in August.
Julia Fanzeres / Bloomberg:
Research: US companies announced 153,074 job cuts in October 2025, the most for any October since 2003, as AI reshapes industries and cost-cutting accelerates  —  US companies announced the most job cuts for any October in more than two decades as artificial intelligence reshapes industries …
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Rockstar says it fired dozens of employees last week for “distributing and discussing confidential information in a public forum”, disputing union allegations  —  Rockstar Games terminated more than 30 people last week in an action that a labor group called “union-busting.”
Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority:
Google adds Gemini's Deep Search to Google Finance, which also gets prediction market data from Kalshi and Polymarket for future event analysis, first in the US  —  Deep Search gets you answers to comprehensive questions, while prediction market support will be clutch for future analysis.  —  •
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
The AI boom is driving coordinated innovation in the US: new fabs and power generation capacity could produce lasting infrastructure even if the bubble bursts  —  It's funny to remember that a decade ago there were enough people convinced we were in a bubble that I felt compelled to write …
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley's new startup Hopscotch Labs debuts BeeBot, which combines AI, audio, and location-based social features, on the App Store  —  BeeBot is an “app for AirPods” that combines AI, audio and location-based social features.  —  Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley …
More: Dennis Crowley and The Verge
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Bloomberg:
SpaceX agrees to acquire EchoStar's unpaired AWS-3 licenses for $2.6B in stock, after EchoStar sold AWS-4 and H-block licenses to SpaceX for ~$17B in September  —  EchoStar Corp. reported a $16.5 billion impairment charge and agreed to sell more spectrum licenses to Elon Musk's SpaceX …
Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Microsoft releases a simulated marketplace for testing AI agents alongside research showing businesses can manipulate agents into buying their products and more  —  On Wednesday, researchers at Microsoft released a new simulation environment designed to test AI agents, along with new research showing …
a16z:
a16z announces an eight-week new media fellowship for people with a record of creating “impactful content” via newsletters, podcasts, communities, and more  —  A new 8-week program for operators, creators, & storytellers shaping the future of media
Julian Chokkattu / Wired:
Sandbar unveils Stream Ring, a $249+ AI-powered smart ring that transcribes audio notes into its app, available for preorder now and shipping in summer 2026  —  A new company called Sandbar has unveiled a smart wearable called Stream Ring, which uses a microphone to record your softly spoken thoughts.
New York Times:
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative restructures to focus on AI and science, led by Biohub research centers, and acquires AI startup Evolutionary Scale's team  —  The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative said its restructured organization, Biohub, would lead its focus on artificial intelligence and scientific research.
Ashley Gold / Axios:
OpenAI releases a blueprint the company hopes lawmakers will use in crafting safety standards for teens using AI, with five suggestions for AI companies  —  OpenAI on Thursday released a blueprint the company hopes lawmakers will use in crafting safety standards for teens using AI, per a copy first shared with Axios.
More: WinBuzzer and OpenAI

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Associated Press:
A US district court judge agrees to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing an executive order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS

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