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Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump — States are forging ahead with AI laws despite President Trump's new executive order aimed at reining them in.| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
Trump's AI executive order directs federal agencies to look into withholding federal funding from states passing “the most onerous and excessive laws” around AI — The new executive order comes as a growing group of Republicans criticize Trump's staunch support of the tech industry's ambitions for artificial intelligence.| Bloomberg: |
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Oracle has delayed completion of some OpenAI data centers from 2027 to 2028, largely due to labor and material shortages; Oracle denies delays — Oracle Corp. has pushed back the completion dates for some of the data centers it's developing for the artificial intelligence model developer OpenAI …
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OpenAI quietly adopted Anthropic's “skills” mechanism in ChatGPT and Codex; ChatGPT's skills include creating and modifying spreadsheets, docx files, and PDFs — One of the things that most excited me about Anthropic's new Skills mechanism back in October is how easy it looked for other platforms to implement.
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Google expands Google Translate's live speech translation from Pixel Buds to any headphones, supporting 70+ languages, in beta on compatible Android phones — Live speech translations were once only on the Pixel Buds. … Google Translate's latest update brings live speech translations … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Intel is in advanced talks to acquire AI chip startup SambaNova for about $1.6B including debt; the deal could come together as soon as next month — Intel Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire artificial intelligence chip startup SambaNova Systems Inc. for about $1.6 billion including debt …
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Google has removed dozens of AI videos from YouTube that depicted Disney characters, after Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter flagging the links — Disney flagged the YouTube links to the videos in its letter, and demanded that Google remove them immediately.
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| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Microsoft expands its bug bounty program so that any critical vulnerability, including in third-party code, impacting its online services is eligible for awards — Microsoft Corp. announced today that it is expanding its bug bounty program with a new policy that brings all of its online services … | Loren Grush / Bloomberg: |
Internal message: SpaceX has authorized an insider share sale at $421/share, valuing the company at ~$800B, and said it's preparing for a possible IPO in 2026 — SpaceX has authorized an insider share sale that values Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker at about $800 billion …
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Shares of data center real estate company Fermi closed down 34% after a tenant terminated a $150M agreement to help fund an AI campus in West Texas — Stock price of company co-founded by ex-US energy secretary Rick Perry fell as much as 46% — Shares in data centre real estate group Fermi almost halved … | Rachyl Jones / Semafor: |
Singapore-based ChemLex raised a $45M funding round led by Granite Asia to build an AI-powered, automated chemistry lab to accelerate drug discovery — Singapore-based ChemLex raised $45 million to build out its autonomous chemistry lab with hopes it can speed drug discovery and therapy development …
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Source: OpenEvidence, which offers an AI chatbot for doctors, is raising $250M at a $12B valuation, up from $6B in Oct., and has $150M in annualized ad revenue — OpenEvidence, which operates a ChatGPT-like product for doctors to find health information from medical journals and other trusted sources …
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| Andrew Welsch / Barron's Online: |
Automated digital wealth management company Wealthfront's stock closed up 1.36% in its Nasdaq debut, valuing it at ~$2.7B, after raising $486M in its IPO — Wealthfront stock trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol WLTH. Its IPO priced at the top of its expected range.| Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg: |
Sources: X reported $752M in Q3 revenue, up 17% YoY, a net loss of $577.4M, and EBITDA of ~$454M, up 16%; revenue for the first nine months of 2025 was $2B+ — Sales at Elon Musk's X jumped during the third quarter, but the social network is still dealing with significant costs … | Nina Bambysheva / Forbes: |
Kalshi integrates its event trading platform into the popular crypto wallet Phantom; Dune: in November, Kalshi's trading volume hit $5.8B vs. Polymarket's $3.7B — As Kalshi's trading volume surpasses Polymarket's, it will now offer prediction market access to Phantom's 15 million users on Solana.
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| John Liu / Bloomberg: |
Sources: China is considering a ~$28B-to-$70B incentives package, which would be separate from the $50B Big Fund III plan, to support its chipmaking industry — China is considering a package of incentives worth as much as $70 billion to bankroll and support its chipmaking industry …
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