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New York Times:
Q&A with Roblox CEO David Baszucki on the chat function, AI-powered age estimation via face scans, accusations of compromising child safety for growth, and more  —  This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform.
Leo Marchandon / Reuters:
After a delay, Ubisoft reports Q2 net bookings up 39% YoY to €490.8M, above €450M est., and expects Q3 bookings of €305M; Ubisoft resumed trading on November 21  —  - Delay due to accounting change and debt covenant breach  — Breach addressed with early loan repayment using proceeds from Tencent investment
Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg:
Ubisoft delayed reporting its Q2 results after auditors found it improperly booked sales from a partnership as revenue, forcing it to restate its accounts
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Grok's chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting”  —  Elon Musk is as smart as da Vinci, fitter than LeBron James, and really good at drinking piss.
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
At a recent all-hands meeting, Google's head of AI infrastructure Amin Vahdat said Google must double AI compute capacity every six months to meet demand  —  Google 's AI infrastructure boss told employees that the company has to double its compute capacity every six months in order to meet demand for artificial intelligence services.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Trump's team recently discussed letting Nvidia sell H200 chips to China, a major departure from the administration's earlier public stances  —  US officials are having early discussions on whether to let Nvidia Corp. sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Google confirms hackers stole Salesforce-stored data from 200+ companies via a supply chain hack involving Gainsight, which provides a customer support platform  —  Google has confirmed that hackers have stolen the Salesforce-stored data of more than 200 companies in a large-scale supply chain hack.
The Information:
Internal memo: Sam Altman told OpenAI employees last month that Google's recent progress in AI could “create some temporary economic headwinds for our company”  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told colleagues last month that Google's recent progress in artificial intelligence could …
Bloomberg:
Sources: the US has probed whether the products of China's Bitmain, which sells most of the world's Bitcoin-mining machines, pose risks of espionage or sabotage  —  Investigators have sought to assess whether Bitmain Technologies' products pose risks of espionage or sabotage, according to people familiar with the matter.
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
IBM and Cisco plan to link quantum computers over long distances and aim to provide a proof-of-concept by 2030, potentially paving the way for quantum internet  —  IBM (IBM.N) and Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) on Thursday said they plan to link quantum computers over long distances …
Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer:
Google says ads that some users are seeing in AI Mode are part of a test; the ads have a “sponsored” label and appear at the bottom of the page  —  Google has started rolling out ads in AI mode, which is the company's “answer engine,” not a search engine.
Alex Heath / Sources:
Bret Taylor says his AI agent startup Sierra has hit $100M in ARR, after launching in February 2024, up from about $20M this time last year  —  A new trend has quickly emerged for AI startups that want to stand out from the rest: brag about revenue.  —  Take Sierra, Bret Taylor …
Renju Jose / Reuters:
Australia adds Twitch to teen social media ban; Twitch plans to deactivate accounts for 16-and-under users from Jan. 9 and bar new underage users from Dec. 10  —  Australia's internet watchdog on Friday said it would include Amazon.com-owned (AMZN.O) live streaming service Twitch …
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Filing: Airbnb says CTO Ari Balogh, who joined seven years ago from Google, plans to step down in December  —  Airbnb Inc. Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh plans to step aside from his role in December, the company said in an exchange filing on Friday.  —  Balogh, who joined …

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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:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

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Bloomberg:
OpenAI partners with Foxconn to design and develop data center server racks to be manufactured in the US; Foxconn will produce cabling, power systems, and more
Pew Research Center:
A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, 50% use Instagram, 37% use TikTok, 32% use WhatsApp, 26% use Reddit, and 21% use X
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
OpenAI expands group chats in ChatGPT globally to all logged-in users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, after piloting the feature in select regions
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Allen Institute for AI, or Ai2, unveils Olmo 3 models that it says outperform open models like Stanford's Marin and commercial open-weight models like Llama 3.1
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Nvidia and Google launch the GeForce Now Fast Pass to let Chromebook owners stream over 2,000 games directly from an existing PC game library without ads
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google launches Gemini 3 Pro Image, aka Nano Banana Pro, with more control, improved text rendering, and enhanced world knowledge, for free in the Gemini app
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