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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
OpenAI and AMD announce a deal in which OpenAI could take up to a 10% stake in AMD and deploy up to 6GW of Instinct GPUs over multiple years; AMD jumps 25%+ — - OpenAI and AMD have reached a deal that could see Sam Altman's company take a 10% stake in the chipmaker
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
As part of the OpenAI-AMD deal, OpenAI will receive the first GW worth of AMD's Instinct MI450 chip in H2 2026, when the new chip is scheduled for deployment — AMD has signed a multi-year chip supply deal with OpenAI that could generate tens of billions in revenue for the chipmaker, helping accelerate its momentum in the AI industry.
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| Alexander Saeedy / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: xAI is set to spend $18B+ to acquire ~300K more Nvidia chips for its Colossus 2 project in Memphis; in July, Elon Musk said it would total 550K chips — xAI aims to win tech arms race with ‘Colossus’ data centers, thrown up at lightning speed; city divided over massive power and water demands
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| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
OpenAI executive Bill Peebles says Sora users can now stop AI-generated versions of themselves from appearing in certain contexts like videos involving politics — It won't help stop the avalanche of AI slop OpenAI has unleashed. … Sora now lets you rein in your AI doubles …
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| Ellesheva Kissin / Financial Times: |
Deloitte says it will partially refund payment for an AU$439K Australian government report with multiple errors, after admitting it was partly produced by AI — Big Four firm will repay final instalment after incorrect references and citations found in document| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Google DeepMind unveils CodeMender, an AI agent that autonomously detects, patches, and rewrites vulnerable code, leveraging Gemini Deep Think models — Alphabet Inc.'s Google DeepMind lab today shared results for CodeMender, an artificial intelligence-powered agent that automatically detects …
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| Bloomberg: |
The Paris prosecutor's office refers a probe into Apple's Siri recordings to the Office for Combating Cybercrime, after a human rights organization's complaint — Apple Inc. faces an investigation in France over the use of voice recordings made with its assistant Siri.
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Instagram launches Rings, an awards program recognizing 25 top creators; the judging panel includes Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs, and Adam Mosseri — Spike Lee, Marc Jacobs and Instagram head Adam Mosseri will be among the judges of the Rings program, which will honor the platform's top creators … | Financial Times: |
Sources: private capital firms like Oaktree, EQT, and DWS are seeking to cash in on the US-driven AI boom, launching €17B of European data center sales in weeks — Oaktree Capital, Partners Group and EQT among those seeking to cash in on AI boom — Private capital firms are seeking … | Martha Muir / Financial Times: |
A look at cost and viability concerns over small nuclear reactors in the US, as the government, companies, and investors bet $9B+ on SMRs to power the AI boom — Small reactors could prove too costly to be viable despite $9bn investment in power for AI boom
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| Martin Arnold / Financial Times: |
The European Securities and Markets Authority plans to centralize the regulation of stock exchanges, crypto companies, and clearing houses at an EU level — Esma chair says move would help boost bloc's capital markets by removing supervision from 27 separate authorities
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
A look at OpenAI's search for the sites of its Stargate data centers in the US; OpenAI has received 800+ applications since January and has ~20 finalist sites — It wasn't how Keith Heyde envisioned celebrating the holidays. Rather than hanging out with his wife back home in Oregon … | Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who is expected to stay in the role, as Silver Lake's Egon Durban credits him for building EA's “crown jewel” sports business — He's a charming Aussie surfer who plays videogames and has a black belt in jiu-jitsu.
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
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| Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg: |
Verizon names Dan Schulman as CEO, replacing Hans Vestberg effective immediately; Schulman is a former PayPal CEO, and Vestberg will help manage the transition — Verizon Communications Inc. named Dan Schulman chief executive officer, replacing Hans Vestberg effective immediately.| Cory Doctorow / The Guardian: |
A book excerpt details the “enshittification” of Amazon, and how its “flywheel” technique now enriches the company at the expense of merchants — Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products?
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| Dell Cameron / Wired: |
US federal contracting records show that US ICE is planning to hire nearly 30 private analysts to monitor social media content for enforcement operation leads — Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
More: Engadget, Tech Times, and The Independent
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