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Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down on AI—again. And the cost is mounting. Meta Platforms reported Wednesday that its increased investment in AI, both for hiring star AI researchers and for investing billions in data centers, hurt its operating profit margins and squeezed its free cash flow by one-third in the third quarter. Since the end of last year, Meta’s cash balance has fallen 43%. And yet Zuckerberg said Wednesday evening Meta plans to ratchet up spending even more next year to meet persistent internal.
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The U.S. government is working on rules that would require American approval for all exports of AI chips, and on the conditions of stringent security promises and “matching” investments in American AI infrastructure, Bloomberg reported. The move would give Washington extensive control over how ... Read more ›
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OpenAI is likely at least six months away from going public, and possibly longer. But as the company takes steps toward an initial public offering, investment banks trying to get a piece of the business are contacting public market investors to gauge how they’re thinking about OpenAI’s prospects as a public company, said one person who has been on the receiving end of the outreach. The mood is mixed. Investors... Read more ›
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Anthropic’s lawyers probably spent the weekend preparing a lawsuit the company said it would file against the Department of Defense for designating the Claude AI maker as a “supply chain risk” and cutting off commercial ties to “protect national security.” The designation followed Anthropic’s request for special assurances its tech wouldn’t be used for fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. (Read a full account of the affair here.)The Anthropic... Read more ›
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Microsoft will start selling a new subscription bundle for businesses that combines its Office 365 software with its Copilot AI chatbot for the first time starting in May, the company said Monday. The launch reflects Microsoft’s effort to use AI products to wring more revenue out of its existing ... Read more ›
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Anthropic sued the U.S. Defense Department, challenging the department’s designation of the AI firm as a supply chain risk by focusing on the company’s free speech rights. The suit said the federal government had “retaliated” against Anthropic for expressing the principle that “the. most ... Read more ›
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Finance and data center executives have been buzzing about a Friday Bloomberg report that Oracle and OpenAI won’t expand a data center for the ChatGPT maker in Abilene, Texas, where the companies launched their first Stargate-branded facilities. As I have since learned, OpenAI several weeks ago declined to expand its data center usage there. Oracle still planned to move forward with an expansion of the site for a different AI... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms temporarily closed its 900-person Tel Aviv office over the weekend following missile attacks on Israel from Iran. Meta also offered staff without bomb shelters up to five nights in a hotel. “We understand that not everyone has access to a shelter or safe room at home during these ... Read more ›
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A senior Tesla finance executive, vice president of finance Sendil Palani, is leaving the company. He announced his departure in a X post on Monday. Palani started at Tesla in 2009 and worked on finance for vehicle manufacturing and autopilot software development, among other areas, according to ... Read more ›
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Nearly 40 employees at OpenAI and Google, including Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, have signed on to an amicus brief they submitted in court Monday in defense of Anthropic in its lawsuit against the Department of Defense for branding the company a “supply chain risk.” The employees ... Read more ›
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Nasdaq is partnering up with crypto exchange Kraken to distribute tokens representing U.S. equities to crypto users globally, a service planned for the first half of next year, pending regulatory approval. The move will “enhance global accessibility to U.S. equity markets,” said Tal Cohen, ... Read more ›
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