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| David Sacks / @davidsacks: |
Anthropic and OpenAI are already free to “pace the frontier” and should do so for business reasons, instead of first demanding a preferred regulatory framework — Dario has written that we need to “pace the frontier,” and Sam has agreed. People may be surprised by my response: go ahead.
More: New York Times, NPR, NewsMax.com, Wall Street Journal, The Free Press, HuffPost, The Stack, Shelly Palmer, and Washington Examiner
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| Satya Nadella / @satyanadella: |
Satya Nadella says “we welcome” the “deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right”, and announces a “Code of Conduct” for Microsoft's MAI models — Any pursuit of superintelligence has to be grounded in the core principle that if the AI we build is not helping humanity and under human control, it's not worth pursuing. We also need to accelerate and spread the benefits of AI, such that they are diffused broadly across countries, communities, a...
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic told investors it will be profitable for a second straight quarter, with 80%+ gross margins before partner revenue sharing and training costs — Claude maker seeks to ease cash burn concerns before blockbuster IPO amid fears over pace of AI development
More: Reuters. X: @rynorhn, @stocksavvyshay, @benitoz, @rohanpaul_ai, @thulynnn, @jukan05, and @bubbleboi. Bluesky: @mfinkle. Forums: r/singularity
| Financial Times: |
President Trump dismisses calls for an AI slowdown, saying “you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up” — President denounces demands for regulation as existential fears over technology move to the centre of US politics
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Dario Amodei says the “toughest dilemma” about his proposal to “pace the frontier” is what happens if China does not do the same — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Sunday that the “toughest dilemma” about his proposal to slow the advancement of artificial intelligence …
More: Bloomberg, San Francisco Chronicle, Fox News, and Business Insider
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| Donica Phifer / Axios: |
More: Politico, New York Times, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, New York Post, NBC News, Unite.AI, The Wrap, TMZ.com, Straight Arrow, MS NOW, Bloomberg, and The Hill
| Joanna Ossinger / CNBC: |
Xi Jinping calls for a “consensus-based global AI governance framework” and says China will pioneer the establishment of a BRICS AI open-source community — China will take the lead to help foster artificial-intelligence collaboration and development among developing countries …
More: fmprc.gov.cn, Bloomberg, The Economic Times, and Newser
Bluesky: @mixedberrytea and @segyges
Forums: r/singularity and r/technology
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
iPhone Duo will usher foldables into the mainstream, just as iPhone did with smartphones; sources: iPhone game controllers will launch under the Beats brand — Also: The company prepares a retail store shake-up. — Apple's iPhone Duo will go down as one of the company's historic products …
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| Washington Post: |
Current and former officials: the US NSA plans major restructuring to form five new units for AI, China, cybersecurity, warfighting, and global intelligence — Gen. Joshua M. Rudd is retooling the massive spy agency to focus on priorities including AI, China and cybersecurity. — Summary| Leo Schwartz / The Information: |
Sources: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have held working group meetings since July to discuss creating an industry-led standards body for AI — Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have been holding discussions about working together to create a standards body for the AI industry …
More: The Asia Business Daily. X: @rynorhn, @leomschwartz, @jessicalessin, @garymarcus, and @andrewcurran_
| Sam Altman / @sama: |
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| Dario Amodei: |
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| The Information: |
Source: Anthropic signed a $13.7B, six-year deal to lease compute from Rum Group's upcoming Georgia data center; Rum operates Rumble and hosts Truth Social — Anthropic has signed a computing deal worth $13.7 billion over six years with Rum Group, a company with roots in social media …
Bluesky: @bruxa.online and @fack
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic confirms Matt Mullenweg has returned to his position as chairman and CEO “with full support of the board”, after an attempted ouster this week — After a tumultuous week, which saw WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ousted from his position as CEO of Automattic …
More: Matt Mullenweg, Pulse 2.0, Doc Searls Weblog, 404 Media, Search Engine Journal, The Verge, RuntimeWire, and Scripting News
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Katie Roof / Business Insider: |
Source: Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO — - Anthropic has chosen Nasdaq for its upcoming IPO, following SpaceX's recent listing on the exchange — Nasdaq's tech IPO success continues, challenging NYSE's historical dominance in large listings.
More: Business Today, The Asia Business Daily, Bloomberg, and Reuters
| Janice Huang / Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank sealed a two-year loan facility to support its OpenAI investment, securing $11.87B in commitments from ~20 banks, above its $10B target — SoftBank Group Corp. secured an $11.87 billion loan to support its investment in US artificial intelligence firm OpenAI …
More: Bloomberg Law
| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
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