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Nvidia forms the Open Secure AI Alliance, a coalition including CrowdStrike, Hugging Face, and Dell to develop and share tools for AI safety and cybersecurity — Nvidia (NVDA.O) said on Monday it had formed a coalition with other companies to develop and share tools for AI safety and cybersecurity …
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| The Information: |
Sources: a Chinese state-backed company has begun manufacturing DUV machines, a key step in Beijing's drive to reduce its reliance on foreign chipmaking tech — A Chinese state-backed company has begun manufacturing one of the key pieces of equipment used in chip manufacturing for the first time …
More: Reuters, Bloomberg, Seeking Alpha, and Wccftech
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Sources: Nvidia is in talks to provide a ~$250B backstop for OpenAI as part of a 10 GW data center project that SoftBank's energy subsidiary is building in Ohio — Project would be one of the largest AI computing hubs and involve power controlled by the U.S. government
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CXMT's stock closed up 466% in its Shanghai debut, giving the Hefei-based memory chipmaker a ~$487B market cap, making it the most valuable China-listed company — Shares of chipmaker Changxin Technology Group soared nearly 466% Monday in their debut on Shanghai's tech-heavy STAR Market …
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| Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal: |
Nvidia says it made a “substantial” investment in Safe Superintelligence, which will get access to Nvidia GPUs to up computing power by an “order of magnitude” — Partnership with former top OpenAI scientist aims to boost chip giant's high-profile customer roster during AI boom
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| Melos Ambaye / Bloomberg: |
How TikTok, Reels, and Amazon storefronts enabled microinfluencers with less than 100K followers to earn middle-class salaries via brand and affiliate deals — A growing tier of microinfluencers is proving that loyal audiences, affiliate links and brand deals can rival — or exceed — traditional office pay.
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| Bloomberg: |
China warns it will take “all necessary measures” if the US sanctions Chinese AI companies over allegations they improperly used US models to train their models — China warned it would take “all necessary measures” if the US moves to sanction Chinese artificial intelligence companies …
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| Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase: |
A detailed recap of the Hugging Face breach by an internal OpenAI model, which repeatedly tried to escape OpenAI's sandbox and should be treated as critical — We now have more details of what happened. Every time we learn more details, it somehow makes things seem worse.| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Crypto exchange BitMart says it plans to wind down its trading platform on January 31, 2027, ending nine years of operation, and stops accepting new orders — Cryptocurrency exchange BitMart said Sunday it will wind down its trading platform, ending 9 years of operation, and its exchange token fell almost 60% after the announcement.
More: Decrypt, Protos, The Block, Blockonomi, Tech in Asia, PYMNTS, Bitcoin News, CryptoNinjas, The Coin Republic, and CryptoPotato. X: @bitmartexchange
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Way Security, which uses AI-driven automation and agentic workflows to help deploy IAM systems, raised a $20M seed from Insight Partners and Glilot Capital — Way Security raised a $20 million seed round from Insight Partners and Glilot Capital, CEO Yossi Barishev tells Axios Pro exclusively.| New York Times: |
A look at the secretive process Meta used to get an advantageous deal for its Hyperion data center in Louisiana, including tax breaks and lack of public input — A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Amazon files an FCC application to deploy a constellation of up to 5,105 satellites starting in 2028 to provide direct-to-device voice and data connectivity — Amazon's (AMZN.O) Leo has proposed a new constellation of up to 5,105 satellites to provide direct-to-device voice and data connectivity …
More: About Amazon, Bloomberg, SpaceNews, Financial Times, and Via Satellite
| Natalie Kaufman / Wall Street Journal: |
How some young adults are using AI to navigate social situations, from drafting pickup lines and texts to formulating responses in face-to-face conversations — People are leaning on AI for a task more dreaded than homework: navigating social situations with their fellow humans
More: Digital Trends
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Enigma, which runs large-scale experiments exploring how humans interact with robots, emerges from stealth with a $70M seed led by Index Ventures and Ribbit — Multiple robotics companies are tackling one of AI's hardest problems: building foundation models capable of executing tasks they were never explicitly trained to handle.Sponsor Posts
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