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February 10, 2025, 11:45 AM
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Financial Times:
Ahead of the Paris AI summit, Macron says companies plan to invest €109B in AI projects in France in the coming years and it is France's equivalent to Stargate  —  French president speaks ahead of AI summit in Paris involving executives such as OpenAI's Sam Altman
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
An interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas on DeepSeek, why it isn't AI's “Sputnik moment” but is “a big deal”, how DeepSeek will “get shut down” by the US, and more  —  Rene Haas has reshaped chip designer's business to focus on royalties rather than fees
Bloomberg:
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says DeepSeek's $6M training cost claim is “exaggerated and a little bit misleading” and a “fraction of the total cost”  —  DeepSeek Ramps Up Hiring for Arcane AI Field as Ambitions Swell  —  Mistral CEO Plans to Raise More Funds to Back AI Data Center
Liam Dawe / GamingOnLinux:
Steam creates an ad documentation page highlighting its ban on forcing players to watch ads, saying “developers should not utilize paid ads as a business model”  —  Turns out this was actually already a rule that Valve had (thanks SteamDB).  It was listed on their Pricing page …
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
T-Mobile says satellite texting, currently in beta and powered by Starlink, will cost $15/month from July 2025; AT&T and Verizon users can use it for $20/month  —  - Anticipated upgrade goes into a free beta period until July … The service is in beta mode now and users can sign …
Sam Altman:
Observations on AI and how it may change society, the likely uneven impact of AGI, which could mess up the balance of power between capital and labor, and more  —  Our mission is to ensure that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) benefits all of humanity.
Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI is finalizing its first in-house chip design in the next few months, to cut its Nvidia reliance, and plans to send it for fabrication at TSMC  —  OpenAI is pushing ahead on its plan to reduce its reliance on Nvidia (NVDA.O) for its chip supply by developing its first generation …
Dominic Chopping / Wall Street Journal:
Nokia names Justin Hotard, who currently leads Intel's Data Center and AI operations, as its CEO starting April 1, as it focuses on data centers to drive growth  —  The telecom company expects data centers to be its number one growth driver in the coming years

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr warns broadcasters not to air “fake polls” or “suppression polls”, once again threatening regulatory action for news content

Jem Aswad / Variety:
WMG plans to combine its recorded music and publishing sync divisions into a single unit, to be led by Ron Broitman, who is promoted to President of Global Sync

Owen Lewis / Defector:
Spotify-owned outlet The Ringer moves newsletters by some of its most popular staff to Substack; Spotify declines to explain the strategy behind the move

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