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How David Sacks' AI and crypto policies in Trump's White House benefits his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts — In July, David Sacks, one of the Trump administration's top technology officials, beamed as he strode onstage at a neoclassical auditorium just blocks from the White House.
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| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Netflix quietly removes support for casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs and streaming devices, including Chromecasts, regardless of subscription tier — Netflix will no longer support casting from your mobile to most TVs and streaming devices, regardless of the plan you're on. — •
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| Reuters: |
Indian government order: India's telecom ministry privately gives smartphone makers 90 days to preload state cybersecurity app Sanchar Saathi on all new devices — India's telecoms ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Runway launches Gen 4.5, a new text-to-video AI model that produces HD videos from written prompts and excels at physics; Gen 4.5 tops Video Arena's leaderboard — Artificial intelligence startup Runway on Monday announced Gen 4.5, a new video model that outperforms similar models from Google and OpenAI in an independent benchmark.| Financial Times: |
German startup Black Forest Labs, which develops the open-source Flux image models, raised a $300M Series B at a $3.25B valuation, up from $1B in September 2024 — Low-profile group has quickly emerged as a top developer of image generation technology — German start-up Black Forest Labs …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: McKinsey and other top consultancies freeze graduate pay offers in 2026 for the third year, as AI reshapes the industry and threatens its pyramid model — Productivity gains from technology are spurring debate about reliance on large numbers of junior advisers| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Nvidia acquires $2B of Synopsys' common stock and unveils a strategic partnership to accelerate computing and AI engineering products, including deploying CUDA — Nvidia on Monday announced it has purchased $2 billion of Synopsys' common stock as part of a strategic partnership … | NBC News: |
US startups are increasingly adopting open-weight Chinese AI models, which are cheaper, more customizable, and sufficiently capable compared to frontier US ones — AI startups are seeing record valuations, but many are building on a foundation of cheap, free-to-download Chinese AI models.
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| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
OpenAI takes a stake in Thrive Capital's Thrive Holdings and plans to embed AI agents in its companies, which already includes an accounting and IT business — The move by the parent company of ChatGPT is meant to help imbue Thrive Holdings' accounting and I.T. services companies with artificial intelligence tools.| Te-Ping Chen / Wall Street Journal: |
The AI boom has led to high demand and more pay for the construction workers that build data centers; a trade group says there is a shortage of ~439K workers — Surging demand means six-figure pay and more perks — DeMond Chambliss used to run himself ragged with the small contracting business …
LinkedIn: Jake Rasweiler
| Tim Balk / New York Times: |
New York becomes the first US state to require retailers to disclose use of algorithmic pricing tied to personal data; 10+ states are considering similar bills — The new law seeks to prevent retailers from ripping off consumers by using artificial intelligence and their personal data to charge them higher prices.
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| Ortenca Aliaj / Financial Times: |
HSBC signs a deal with Mistral to access Mistral's AI models and collaborate on developing new models for internal use, as big banks rush to adopt generative AI — Bank will use technology for tasks, including translation and document analysis — HSBC has signed a deal …
More: Capital Brief, HSBC, Finextra, Tech in Asia, and Reuters
| Corinne Reichert / CNET: |
How Animaj, a startup in the Disney Accelerator Program, uses its generative AI tool to expedite the animation process, while claiming artists stay in control — Disney checked out “thousands of AI companies” before backing one that keeps animators in the driver's seat.| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Q&A with ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on the “decay” at Intel, the Chip Act's terrible execution, the irony of Lip-Bu Tan broadly following his strategy, and more — The executive on the ‘hideous’ implementation of the 2022 Chips Act, his new role heading up a Christian AI platform …
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