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December 7, 2024, 11:45 AM

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New York Times:
A look at the Silicon Valley billionaires and millionaires steering Trump's transition by shaping hiring decisions and conducting senior-level job interviews  —  The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.
Bloomberg:
David Sacks, Trump's AI and crypto czar, lacks deep ties to either industry but is a longtime critic of tech regulation, which investors view as more important  —  David Sacks, the VC and staunch Trump supporter, hasn't been a key player in either crypto or AI until now.
Matteo Wong / The Atlantic:
OpenAI's o1 is a notable departure from older models, representing the AI industry's shift to reasoning models to overcome the limits of prediction-based LLMs  —  This week, openai launched what its chief executive, Sam Altman, called “the smartest model in the world”—a generative-AI program …
Will Knight / Wired:
MLCommons, a nonprofit that helps companies measure their AI systems' performance, debuts the AILuminate benchmark featuring 12K+ prompts to assess LLMs' safety  —  MLCommons provides benchmarks that test the abilities of AI systems.  It wants to measure the bad side of AI next.
Kelvin Chan / Associated Press:
The EU sends TikTok an urgent request for information on Russia's role in Romanian election turmoil, a day after ordering it to retain all election-related data  —  The European Union said Friday it sent TikTok an urgent request for more information about Romanian intelligence files suggesting …
Chris Miller / Financial Times:
A look at the uncertainties for the chip industry under Donald Trump, including tariffs, the CHIPS Act, demand for AI chips, competition with China, and more  —  From tariffs to AI demand, US companies are pondering what comes next  —  What does the return of Donald Trump imply for the global chip war?
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Rami Ayyub / Reuters:
The US CFPB issues an order establishing supervisory authority over Google's payment arm, Google Payment; Google says it's challenging the decision in court  —  The US watchdog for consumer finance on Friday announced it was ordering federal supervision of Google Payment Corp., the internet giant's …
Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Palantir and Anduril launch a consortium to accelerate AI capabilities for US national security, focusing on data readiness and processing data at scale  —  The companies said they wish to ultimately expand the partnership to other industry partners  —  Palantir Technologies is partnering …
Dave Lee / Bloomberg:
TikTok users shouldn't count on Trump to save the app, as his stance has been inconsistent and the app's existence brings little upside for him post-election  —  One of Trump's first important decisions could be to deprive Gen Z of its favorite app.  —  A federal appeals court ruling …
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