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Anthropic signs an agreement with Google and Broadcom for multiple GWs of TPU capacity, and says run-rate revenue has crossed $30B, up from ~$9B at 2025's end — We have signed a new agreement with Google and Broadcom for multiple gigawatts of next-generation TPU capacity that we expect to come online starting in 2027.
More: The Information, SiliconANGLE, Capital Brief, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Dow Jones Newswires, Constellation Research, Google Cloud, and Benzinga
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LinkedIn: Michael Batnick and Amol Avasare
Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, and r/singularity
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Filing: Broadcom agrees to produce future versions of Google's TPUs and expands its Anthropic deal to give the startup access to ~3.5 GW of computing capacity — - Broadcom said it agreed to produce future versions of Google's artificial intelligence chips,| New Yorker: |
Interviews with Sam Altman and 100+ people on if he can be trusted amid allegations of consistent lying and more: some defend him as others call him a sociopath — New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
More: The Information, Gizmodo, Semafor, The Hill, Sacramento Bee, Tech Brew, Gazetteer SF, Bloomberg, Decrypt, The Verge, Futurism, Marcus on AI, Inc.com, Implicator.ai, and Business Insider
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Bluesky: @emilynussbaum, @davelevitan, @petertl, @stokel, @lopatto, @karlbode.com, @caseynewton, @miafarrow, @carnage4life, @jacobsilverman.com, @harmancipants, @thefarce.org, and @paularmstrongtbd
Threads: @jjackyliang, @nwbrownboi, and @sami
Mastodon: @nixCraft@mastodon.social and @evacide@hachyderm.io
| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher taxes on capital gains, a public AI investment fund, bolstered safety nets, and more — ChatGPT maker put out policy proposals so consumers benefit from rapid advancements in artificial intelligence
More: OpenAI, OpenAI, Business Insider, Axios, PitchBook, Fortune, CoinDesk, Ars Technica, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, eMarketer, The Decoder, Gizmodo, PCMag, Forbes, OpenAI, and DL News
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LinkedIn: David Robinson, Adrian Brown, Michael Kokin, Jabran Chaudhry, Viviana Jordan, and Vinod K.
| The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who began reporting to Fidji Simo in 2025, raised concerns over spending and a 2026 IPO; Altman excluded her from some meetings — Sam Altman has committed OpenAI to spend $600 billion in the next five years and privately said he wants to go public as soon …
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Netflix launches Netflix Playground, a games app for kids aged eight and under, in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and New Zealand — It's called Netflix Playground, and it's out now. … Netflix has made family-friendly titles a key part of its current games strategy …
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LinkedIn: Jenny Kim and Kelly Lawler
| Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin: |
How social media became a freak show: X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYT — The ecosystem is unhealthy, especially on Twitter, and that's producing some strange beasts among the most influential accounts.
More: Reason. X: @nikitabier, @nikitabier, @redsteeze, @petersavodnik, @natesilver538, @catturd2, @alanmcole, @nikitabier, @devahaz, @blueboxdave, @elonmusk, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @micsolana, @ryanburge, @timcast, @natesilver538, @kirkegaardemil, @davidu, @jason_koebler, @christopherrufo, @micsolana, @besttrousers, @paulnovosad, @kareem_carr, @natesilver538, @asymmetricinfo, @cesifoti, @jaybaxter, @richardhanania, @stefanfschubert, @notjessewalker, @natesilver538, @literaryeric, @richardhanania, @natesilver538, @yimbyland, @david_ingram, @juliangough, @jason_kint, @ryanburge, @ddiamond, @soncharm, @neeratanden, @bretdevereaux, @nikitabier, @catturd2, @nateduncannba, @akarlin, @elonmusk, @richardhanania, @modeledbehavior, @mattvanswol, @ryanradia, @yacinemtb, @natesilver538, @natesilver538, @timcast, @jason_kint, @nikitabier, @bing_chris, @jaredlholt, @natesilver538, @nikitabier, @benryanwriter, @natesilver538, @modeledbehavior, @alx, @sailaunderscore, @alanmcole, @nkulw, @haroon, @catturd2, @crazy_stephen_i, @buccocapital, @phl43, @razibkhan, @zerohedge, @mikeisaac, @katiemiller, @elonmusk, @natesilver538, @raharrisonpa, @phl43, @david_ingram, @asymmetricinfo, @jonatanpallesen, @aricohn, @richardhanania, @elonmusk, @richardhanania, @tha_muser, @jamessurowiecki, @kasparov63, @christopherrufo, @akoustov, @natesilver538, @modeledbehavior, and @noupside. LinkedIn: Adam Shapiro. Bluesky: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @jalefkowit@vmst.io. Forums: r/fivethirtyeight
| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
Samsung reports preliminary Q1 operating profit of ~$38B, up more than 8x YoY and above ~$27B est., a record, and revenue up 68% YoY to ~$88B — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) on Tuesday projected a record-high first-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, beating expectations … | Stephen Katte / Cointelegraph: |
Jack Dorsey says Apple removed his Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat, used during protests in five countries, from the App Store in China at the CAC's request — Bitchat launched in July last year and has been used during protests in Madagascar, Uganda, Nepal, Indonesia and Iran …
More: Decrypt, Benzinga, 9to5Mac, crypto.news, iPhone in Canada, Cryptonews, Crypto Briefing, Finance Magnates, and CoinDesk
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sources: Meta is preparing to release the first AI models developed under Alexandr Wang, with plans to offer versions of those models via an open source license — Meta is preparing to release the first new AI models developed under Alexandr Wang, with plans to eventually offer versions …
More: SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, MediaPost, Social Media Today, and The Verge
| New York Times: |
The rapid adoption of AI coding tools has let workers generate massive volumes of code, leaving companies scrambling to review and secure the AI-generated code — When a financial services company recently began using Cursor, an artificial intelligence technology that writes computer code, the difference that it made was immediate.| Nate Raymond / Reuters: |
A federal appeals court rules New Jersey cannot block Kalshi users in the state from sports-related event contracts, finding CFTC has exclusive jurisdiction — A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey gaming regulators cannot prevent Kalshi from allowing people in the state …
More: Ars Technica, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, Blockchain.News, New York Post, Sports Business Journal, Cointelegraph, The Verge, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg Law, CoinGape, Crypto Briefing, Bloomberg Law, Benzinga, Courthouse News Service, CoinDesk, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, crypto.news, Front Office Sports, Bitcoin News, The Crypto Times, and The Block
X: @mansourtarek_, @sam_mcquill, @wallachlegal, @wallachlegal, @wallachlegal, @rvangrack, @wallachlegal, @wallachlegal, @apartovi, @jacobrobinsonjd, and @adamscochran. LinkedIn: Dan Bernstein. Forums: r/law
| CNBC: |
OpenAI sends a letter to the California and Delaware AGs, urging them to investigate “anti-competitive behavior” by Elon Musk, ahead of a trial in April — OpenAI on Monday sent a letter to the California and Delaware attorneys general, urging them to investigate … | Esther Fung / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon and USPS reach a new delivery deal; sources: Amazon will reduce the packages it ships through USPS by 20%, instead of the two-thirds cut proposed earlier — The e-commerce giant would cut back the packages it ships through USPS by 20%, less than the proposal the sides had discussed earlier
More: Reuters, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg Law, Dow Jones Newswires, Barron's Online, Value Added Resource, and The US Sun
Forums: r/technology and r/USPS
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