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October 13, 2025, 10:00 PM

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Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI and Broadcom agree to co-develop and deploy 10GW of custom AI chips to run OpenAI's models over four years; sources: the deal is worth multiple billions  —  The companies plan to deploy 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips over the next four years  —  OpenAI and Broadcom are working together …
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs SB 243, which mandates safety protocols for AI chatbot companions, the first US state law to regulate such AI chatbots  —  California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill on Monday that regulates AI companion chatbots, making it the first state …
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
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Brandi Vincent / DefenseScoop:
Anduril plans to deliver ~100 units of its AI-powered EagleEye helmet and eyewear to the US Army by Q2 2026, replacing Microsoft's IVAS; Meta provided some tech  —  “This is an extremely powerful capability.  It's going to get cheaper and cheaper over time," Anduril founder Palmer Luckey told reporters.
Hugh Son / CNBC:
JPMorgan Chase launches a decade-long plan to invest $10B in industries critical for national security, including “frontier” tech like AI and quantum computing  —  JPMorgan Chase on Monday said it is launching a decade-long plan to help finance and take direct stakes in companies it considers crucial to U.S. interests.
Jaures Yip / CNBC:
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google updates Search to group paid results into a collapsible section with a single, larger “Sponsored” label at the top and a hide button at the bottom  —  Ads in your search results might be a little less annoying now. … Ads in Google search results are getting a more prominent label …
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple says iPhone Air will go on sale in China on October 22, after initially delaying the launch due to regulatory issues with the device's eSIM-only design  —  Apple's iPhone 17 lineup has, by all appearances, proven a hit with consumers so far.  But the iPhone Air so far has been missing from one of Apple's biggest markets: China.
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Meta brings back job listings on Facebook, available for mobile users in the US via a dedicated Jobs tab in Marketplace, and across Groups and Pages  —  As AI reshapes the jobs market, Facebook is reviving its jobs board to help “young adults” find local entry-level work.
Krystal Hu / Reuters:
Data integration startup Fivetran and data management startup dbt Labs announce a merger in an all-stock deal; Fivetran CEO will be CEO of the combined company  —  - Merger creates $600-million-revenue data infrastructure company  — Fivetran CEO Fraser to lead combined company
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Nvidia says it will begin selling the DGX Spark mini PC for AI developers on October 15 on Nvidia.com and select third-party retailers for $3,999  —  (PCMag/Michael Kan) … It's not a consumer desktop, but Nvidia's foray into an AI developer-focused mini PC is finally ready to launch.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google updates NotebookLM's Video Overviews, adding six new Nano Banana-powered visual styles and a new “Brief” format for quick insights  —  After introducing in July, NotebookLM is giving Video Overviews a big upgrade with the help of Google's Nano Banana image editing and generation model (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image).
Saeed Azhar / Reuters:
Goldman Sachs agrees to acquire multi-stage investment firm Industry Ventures, which has $7B AUM, for $665M in cash and equity plus $300M tied to performance  —  Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has agreed to buy Industry Ventures, a leading venture capital firm that manages $7 billion of assets …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple says that its Apple TV+ streaming service has been renamed Apple TV, “with a vibrant new identity”  —  Buried in its announcement about “F1: The Movie” making its streaming debut on December 12, Apple has also announced that Apple TV+ is being rebranded as simply Apple TV.
Larry Dignan / Constellation Research:
At Dreamforce 2025, Salesforce unveils Agentforce 360, a unified agentic AI stack to connect humans, AI agents, and more, and positions Slack as an “agentic OS”  —  Salesforce announced a series of product updates, a process intelligence acquisition and an Agentforce 360 architecture designed …
Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:

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