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OpenAI recently discussed purchasing billions of dollars’ worth of data storage hardware and software, according to three people involved in the private discussions. To house the hardware, the company has considered building its own data center for the first time, two of these people said.
Such a deal would make OpenAI one of the world’s biggest storage customers overnight and would reflect its desire to have more control over data that are critical to developing artificial intelligence.
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OpenAI recently discussed buying billions of dollars’ worth of data storage equipment and software to put into its own data center, The Information reported on Wednesday. This kind of deal would make OpenAI one of the world’s largest storage customers overnight, and represent its first foray ... Read more ›
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In the second Donald Trump era, the separation between tech and politics appears vanishingly small. “Eight years ago, you’d never see a Tim Cook or Elon Musk in Mar-a-Lago. Now, you see them all the time,” said Brian Ballard, founder of Ballard Partners and one of the top lobbyists recommended to us by industry insiders. Federal lobbying spending hit a record high in 2024, with companies, nonprofits and other interest... Read more ›
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Phewww. That was a close one. Tech stocks narrowly avoided another large, painful sell-off on Monday as investors continued to look at the uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s trade agenda. The Nasdaq ended the day down 0.1%, but at different points in the day, trading seemed much grimmer, and the index was down more than 2% at one point. Read more ›
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Apple is developing a revamp of its Health app to incorporate an artificial intelligence-powered agent product to designed to replicate a doctor, Bloomberg reported. The report said Apple devices would collect data to be used by the agent to offer personalized health recommendations. It said ... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: How the startup behind Cursor became the hottest, vibiest thing in AI• The Top 5: The lobbyists Silicon Valley loves to hire • Plus, our Recommendations: The indentured servants who excel at scams; an Anxious Generation villain; and the existential link between Mel Brooks and Leonard BernsteinSee the image atop this newsletter? OpenAI’s ChaptGPT created it with this prompt: “Make a Ghibli-style... Read more ›
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Just as artificial intelligence has helped programmers slash the time it takes to write code, hackers are also finding it’s a productivity boon. The increased number of threats, along with risks from companies’ adoption of AI, has helped some cybersecurity startups grow more quickly. Take Chainguard, a startup developing software to detect security vulnerabilities in open-source software, including the technology powering popular AI models such as Meta Platforms’ Llama models.... Read more ›
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Every so often, a flashy startup hurtles to the white-hot center of the Silicon Valley zeitgeist, presenting an extraordinary encapsulation of a moment in time. For the past few years, it has been OpenAI. Now, arguably, it’s Anysphere, an AI startup run by four founders, all under age 30, that remained little known until quite recently. In quick order, Anysphere’s AI code-editing software, Cursor, has become the central part of... Read more ›
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