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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Health, which lets users import medical records and other data from health apps into ChatGPT, available to a small group via a waitlist — OpenAI is expanding its capabilities by adding a dedicated health tab to ChatGPT, allowing people to bring in electronic medical records …
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Forums: r/technology and r/BetterOffline
| Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Anthropic plans to raise $10B led by Singapore's GIC and Coatue Management at a $350B valuation before the new investment, up from $183B in September — The startup behind chatbot Claude is raising money from investors including GIC and Coatue Management
More: New York Times, SiliconANGLE, The Times, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes Middle East, Reuters, The Information, and TechCrunch
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple announces JPMorgan Chase as the new issuer of the Apple Card, taking over from Goldman Sachs, with an expected transition in about 24 months — After more than a year of negotiations, a deal to take over Goldman Sachs's role in Apple program is expected to be announced soon
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| Barron's Online: |
Alphabet surpassed Apple in market cap for the first time since 2019 after its shares closed up 2.5% on Wednesday, valuing it at $3.89T vs. Apple's $3.85T — So long, Apple . There's a new No. 2 in the market-capitalization rankings. Alphabet surpassed Apple in market cap on Wednesday …
More: The Information, CNBC, Tech in Asia, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, and Benzinga
Forums: r/stocks and r/StockMarket
| Financial Times: |
Polymarket is disputing that the US mission to capture Nicolás Maduro constituted an “invasion”, refusing to pay out bets on a contract with $10.5M+ in wagers — Prediction market disputes US raid amounted to an invasion in fight over more than $10.5mn in wagers
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features: member tags that show user roles, text stickers generated from any word, and custom event reminders — WhatsApp on Wednesday said it's rolling out new features to group chats, including member tags, text stickers, and event reminders.| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Samsung expects Q4 operating profit up 208% YoY to ~$13.8B, vs. ~$12.3B est., and revenue up 23% to ~$64.2B, as demand for AI servers lifted memory chip prices — Samsung Electronics Co.'s quarterly profit more than tripled to a record high after global demand for AI servers sharply lifted memory chip prices.| Bloomberg: |
Samsung says it expects memory chip supply shortages to raise prices across the electronics industry, including potentially among its own consumer products — Samsung Electronics Co. expects memory chip supply shortages to raise prices across the electronics industry, including potentially among its own consumer products.| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Trump family's World Liberty Financial says its entity World Liberty Trust has applied for a US banking license, which would let it issue the USD1 stablecoin — Critics have said World Liberty and its stablecoin pose a major conflict of interest for President Trump
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| Qianer Liu / The Information: |
Sources: China has told some local tech companies to temporarily halt purchase orders for Nvidia's H200 chips while officials deliberate whether to approve them — The Chinese government this week asked some tech companies to temporarily halt plans to buy Nvidia's H200 AI chips … | Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: |
WBD's board unanimously rejects Paramount's amended $108.4B acquisition offer, saying the bid still has “significant” risks compared to Netflix's $83B offer — The board says the revised $108.4 billion bid continues to offer “significant costs, risks and uncertainties” compared to its $83 billion deal with Netflix
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| Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg: |
Polymarket agrees to supply Dow Jones outlets like the WSJ and Barron's with prediction market trading data for online and in print, its first media partnership — Polymarket will supply Dow Jones with trading data under a new partnership, the latest in a string of deals between exchanges …
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Researcher: Grok generated ~6,700 sexually suggestive or “nudifying” images per hour on X between January 5 and January 6; 85% of all Grok images are sexualized — Elon Musk's X has become a top site for images of people that have been non-consensually undressed by AI …
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Forums: r/WomenInNews, r/ABoringDystopia, and r/technology
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Larry Page bought two Miami estates in December and January for a combined $173.4M; Sergey Brin is also said to be in discussions to buy a Miami home — The deal comes as high-profile tech investors speak out against a proposed tax on the ultrawealthy in California
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| Hugh Langley / Business Insider: |
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X: @teddyschleifer. LinkedIn: Hugh Langley. Bluesky: @laurajnelson, @carnage4life, @davelee.me, @fbajak, @joshsternberg.com, @rmac, and @mattrosoff
Forums: r/California, r/California_Politics, and r/technology
| Politico: |
Utah launches a pilot program with health tech startup Doctronic to let AI systems handle routine prescription renewals for patients with chronic conditions — That raises new questions about the safety of automating prescription refills, including how they should be regulated.
More: commerce.utah.gov, PYMNTS.com, Ars Technica, GovTech, Gizmodo, FOX 13 News Utah, Healthcare IT News, People, NewsNation, Washington Examiner, Deseret News, and CBS News
Forums: r/medicalschool, r/pharmacy, r/publichealth, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Docs: Character.AI and Google agree to settle lawsuits with families of teenagers who killed or harmed themselves after interacting with Character.AI's chatbot — The cases involving Character.AI's virtual companions highlighted concerns about artificial intelligence and mental health
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| Reuters: |
Arm creates a “Physical AI” unit to focus on robotics and automotive sectors, as part of a reorganization that includes “Cloud and AI” and “Edge” business units — Chip technology company Arm Holdings has reorganized the company to create a Physical AI unit … | Gabriele Steinhauser / Wall Street Journal: |
Cambodia extradites Chen Zhi, the chairman of online scam conglomerate Prince Group, to China; in October, the US DOJ seized Chen's bitcoin worth nearly $12B — Justice Department accused Chen Zhi of running a sprawling scam empire targeting Americans — Chen Zhi, the alleged ringleader … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Lux Capital raised $1.5B for its ninth fund, the largest in its history, to back companies focusing on fields like breakthrough science and national security — Venture firm Lux Capital raised $1.5 billion for its ninth fund — the largest in its more than 20-year history …
More: TechCrunch and Lux Capital
X: @graceisford, @wolfejosh, @dannycrichton, @michejafang, @kenneth0stanley, @peterjhebert, @jmelaskyriazi, @theodormarcu, @geoffreywoo, @deenashakir, @cameronlmccord, @vipulved, @hardmaru, @lux_capital, @bernhardsson, @andrewfarnum, @scottwu46, @dannycrichton, @clementdelangue, @brett_mcgurk, @farshchi, @sdamico, @braytonkey, @davidkmyang, and @karimatiyeh
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks agrees to acquire accounting platform TRES Finance, sources say for $130M in cash and equity; TRES raised $11M in 2023 — TRES Finance cofounders Tal Zackon (left) and Eilon Lotem.COURTESY OF TRES FINANCE — The blockchain infrastructure company Fireblocks …
More: Fireblocks, TRES Finance, Tech in Asia, Coinspeaker, The Block, CoinDesk, and Globes
X: @edsim and @fireblockshq
| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Spotify launches Listening Activity on iOS and Android, letting users view friends' real-time listening via the sidebar alongside chats, as an opt-in feature — The company is also adding a Request to Jam option to mobile chats. … Since almost day one, Spotify has offered the ability …
More: Spotify, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Digital Music News, TechCrunch, The Mac Observer, Neowin, Digital Trends, Engadget, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada, and Phandroid. X: @glenngabe
| Katherine Blunt / Wall Street Journal: |
How Google's more ambitious approach to training Gemini on text, code, audio, images, and video helped it stage a comeback, triggering a Code Red inside OpenAI — After ChatGPT dominated early chatbot market, Google staged comeback with powerful AI model; biggest search-engine overhaul in years
More: BleepingComputer, Tom's Guide, The Economic Times, AFTVnews, Inc, AzerNews, and The Decoder
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