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December 8, 2024, 7:55 PM

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
ElevenLabs, which is reportedly raising $200M at a $3B valuation, launched a tool to let users create and edit AI-hosted podcasts from various source materials  —  The new product competes with Google's viral NotebookLM  —  ElevenLabs Inc., a startup that uses artificial intelligence software …
Om Malik / Crazy Stupid Tech:
The rise of generative AI will force the web browser to evolve again, just as the web browser evolved for a mobile-first world by contorting itself into apps  —  I'm addicted to Apple's Vision Pro.  It's a nearly perfect entertainment device, serving as my ideal television.  Sure, I would like it to be lighter.
Ryotaro Yamada / Nikkei Asia:
Dell'Oro Group expects global investment in data centers to rise ~30% YoY to $463.7B in 2025, with about half coming from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta  —  LAS VEGAS — Global investment in data centers is expected to outpace the cost of sending humans to the moon by about 50% next year …
Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, a planned project aiming to make Chicago a quantum computing hub with PsiQuantum as the anchor tenant  —  An industrial park taking shape on an old steel mill site provides a glimpse into the quantum future
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Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few  —  Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
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The Guardian:
An analysis of US FEC data: Trump received $273.2M in donations from tech executives and VCs, including $242.6M from Elon Musk, while Harris received $120.9M  —  FEC filings offer only a glimpse of the money tech is pouring into Washington as it seeks to influence government

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