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As AI models commodify, Apple's plans to spend just $14B on 2026 capex, far below hyperscalers' combined $650B, or 90%+ of their cash flow, may be a genius move — The 3rd? most valuable company on Earth watched as its rivals lit $650 billion on fire and did nothing.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Amsterdam-based Nebius says Meta plans to spend up to $27B over the next five years to access AI infrastructure, starting with $12B of capacity in early 2027 — Meta Platforms Inc. will pay as much as $27 billion over the next five years for access to cutting-edge artificial intelligence infrastructure … | Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Alibaba unveils Alibaba Token Hub, a new AI unit that consolidates research, consumer-facing apps, AI products, and more, as it focuses on monetizing AI — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is setting up a business unit to bring its sprawling AI services and development endeavors under a single umbrella …
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| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alibaba may unveil a Qwen-based AI agent for enterprises as soon as this week, and plans to gradually integrate the agent into its services like Alipay — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to release an agentic AI service for companies, banking on national enthusiasm around artificial …
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Sources: OpenAI faced intense backlash from its advisory council over a planned ChatGPT “adult mode”, delayed earlier in March due to technical and other issues — Warnings surface that the company risks creating a ‘sexy suicide coach’ if it begins allowing sexually explicit chats| Theodore Schleifer / New York Times: |
How tech billionaires are turning on the Giving Pledge, promoted by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett; Peter Thiel says he privately told ~12 signers to undo it — Just a few months after Warren Buffett convened a series of high-end dinners across America to collect signatures for something called …
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| Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue up 22% YoY to ~$81B, net profit down 2% YoY to ~$1.4B, below ~$1.9B est., due to a higher tax expense, and a 5.9% gross profit margin — The company generates a significant share of its revenue making AI servers for the likes of Nvidia and Amazon
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| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, Adobe, and Match sign a voluntary pledge to share threat intelligence on scammers abusing their services — Eight major technology companies — including Google, Amazon and OpenAI — have signed a new pledge promising to share threat intelligence … | Kenrick Cai / Reuters: |
President Trump accuses Iran of using AI as a “disinformation weapon” to make fake images of wartime successes against the US, saying “AI can be very dangerous” — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” …
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| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
Reliz, which operates crypto lender BlockFills, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reporting $50M to $100M in estimated assets and $100M to $500M in liabilities — Quick Take — Chicago-based BlockFills has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
Sources: Hua Hong is readying a 7nm process at its Shanghai fab with Huawei's collaboration, which would make it China's second chipmaker at the node after SMIC — China's Hua Hong Group has developed advanced chip manufacturing technologies that can be used to produce artificial intelligence chips … | Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft cut plans to add some Copilot AI features to Windows 11 and shipped some tools without the Copilot branding, to reduce AI bloat in the OS — Originally announced in 2024, Microsoft's plan to integrate Copilot across various areas of the Windows 11 shell has been shelved …
More: Pureinfotech, Ghacks, XDA Developers, and Neowin
Forums: r/pcmasterrace, r/Windows11, and r/windowscentral
| Washington Post: |
GovAI and Brookings: many of the people most at risk if AI transforms work are also the best placed to find new jobs, as researchers disagree over AI's impact — No one has a perfect road map to the future, but researchers at GovAI, which studies technology policy, and the Brookings Institution …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Chip cooling startup Frore, which designs channels that conduct liquid coolant in 3D shapes unique to each chip, raised $143M led by MVP at a $1.64B valuation — Frore Systems Inc., which makes liquid cooling technology for AI chips, raised $143 million in a funding deal that values the startup at $1.64 billion.
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