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January 6, 2025, 2:00 PM

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Sam Altman:
Sam Altman says “we are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it” and that OpenAI is turning its focus to superintelligence  —  The second birthday of ChatGPT was only a little over a month ago, and now we have transitioned into the next paradigm of models that can do complex reasoning.
Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest:
Microsoft is showing a Bing search result page that mimics Google Search UI when a user searches for “Google” on Bing while not signed into a Microsoft account  —  Microsoft seems to have rolled out a pretty interesting yet controversial change that spoofs Google.com UI when you try to find Google when using Bing.com.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney and Fubo announce a deal wherein Disney will combine Hulu + Live TV with Fubo in a joint venture and Fubo will drop its Venu Sports antitrust lawsuit  —  Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery will pay Fubo $220 million to settle antitrust suit  —  Disney announced a deal …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Sam Altman says that OpenAI, which isn't profitable, is losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because “people use it much more than we expected”  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the company is currently losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because people are using it more than expected
Josh Tyrangiel / Bloomberg:
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Nvidia unveils Project Digits, a “personal AI supercomputer” with a new GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip and says it can run models up to 200B parameters in size  —  At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nvidia unveiled Project Digits, a “personal AI supercomputer” …
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Emmanuel Macron joins growing European criticism of Musk, says “the owner of one of the world's largest social networks” is “intervening directly in elections”  —  French president accuses world's richest man of intervening directly in continent's democratic processes
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Samsung unveils a suite of AI experiences for its TVs, including Click to Search, Live Translate, and a way to recognize food on the screen and provide recipes  —  For this year's lineup, Samsung said that AI will come to life in more ways than just great picture quality.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Google previews changes coming to Google TV, including adding Gemini, more natural voice commands, and deeper YouTube integration, rolling out later in 2025  —  Alphabet Inc.'s consumer team will give TV sets running its Google TV operating system an AI upgrade by adding Gemini to its Google Assistant voice-control system.
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon X Platform, a chip to bring AI features to PCs starting at $600, with laptops from Dell, Lenovo, and others coming “early 2025”  —  Qualcomm Inc. introduced new chips designed to power personal computers capable of running the latest artificial …

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