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Meta’s Attack on Jonathan Haidt Sparks Backlash

Leaked internal documents reveal Meta’s 2023 "Whisper strategy" to undermine Jonathan Haidt, the author of "The Anxious Generation", by covertly…

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Google Search Hits 5-Year High as Revenue Lags

Google reported its fastest search query growth in five years, yet search revenue growth slowed to 12% and missed analyst…

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Blue wave hits AI: Total repudiation

The Democratic Party’s historic midterm victory signals a broad public repudiation of the current AI industry model, driven by voter…

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Apple Hits iPhone Sales Record Without New Standard Model

Apple reported a record-breaking $57.58 billion in iPhone sales revenue, marking a 17% increase year-over-year despite supply chain challenges and…

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Nvidia may cosign Nscale’s West Virginia AI data center

Nvidia is reportedly negotiating to underwrite billions in debt for Nscale’s West Virginia AI data center through a residual value…

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Wikipedia Warns AI Copyright Ruling Threatens Open Web

The Wikimedia Foundation urges courts to distinguish between the fair use of data for training large language models and the…

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Oracle to Sell Google TPUs, Integrate ChatGPT Into Cloud Apps

Oracle has announced a multi-year partnership with Google to integrate eighth-generation TPUs into its cloud infrastructure, making it the first…

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Meta’s Whisper Strategy to Turn Academics Against Jonathan Haidt

Internal documents reveal Meta devised a "Whisper strategy" to discredit social psychologist Jonathan Haidt by turning other academics against him,…

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Musk: Debt Markets Shut Out Neoclouds, Few Will Survive

Elon Musk’s warning that debt markets are restricting funding to companies without stable, non-AI revenue triggered a significant sell-off in…

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Business

Elon Musk invests $1bn in Skydance’s David Ellison

Elon Musk has reportedly committed $1 billion to Skydance Media, a deal that aligns with predictions by John Malone and…

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OpenAI Pursues $1.25T Valuation, $30B Raise Ahead of IPO

OpenAI is negotiating a $30 billion funding round led by Coatue and UAE investors, targeting a pre-money valuation of $1.25…

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OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia See Record Lobbying Quarters

AI giants Anthropic, OpenAI, and Nvidia reached record quarterly lobbying expenditures between July and September, signaling a strategic pivot to…

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Stock Giveaway Targets Trump Accounts

Elon Musk plans to distribute one SpaceX share to every child in the United States next year, a initiative facilitated…

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Democrats See AI Crackdown as Political Edge

Democrats view aggressive AI regulation as a strategic political advantage for the upcoming midterms, aiming to capitalize on public anxiety…

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Apple, Meta Partner to Run Muse Spark Open on Macs

Apple and Meta have re-established a technical alliance to enable Meta’s Muse Spark Open large language model to run natively…

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Berkshire Hathaway Adds $330 Million to Bending Spoons

Berkshire Hathaway expanded its stake in Bending Spoons by purchasing 10 million shares for $330 million, bringing its total ownership…

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Business

Anduril launches $1.3bn tender at $90bn valuation

Anduril Industries launched a $1.3 billion tender offer valuing the firm at $90 billion, allowing employees in 16 countries to…

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AI & Tech

Trump AI Task Force Launches, Demands Labs Report Rogue Behavior

Donald Trump’s newly established Super Intelligence Force (SIF) has launched with a 120-day mandate to regulate superintelligence, emphasizing that AI…

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Bank of America CEO: 1,000 Contractors Fix AI Flaws

Bank of America hired 1,000 external contractors to help fix software vulnerabilities discovered by Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, adding to…

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Character.AI Bankruptcy: What Happens to User Data

Character.AI’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and asset sale to Disney has prompted a coordinated legal response from 40 state attorneys…

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