Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The tech elite are using AI to supercharge their cancer battles • Artificial Intelligence: Should AI and Christianity mix? • Tech Culture: Amid AI backlash, billionaires demand new breed of bodyguard—plus, inside the star-studded Breakthrough Prize gala • Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Family Lore,” “The Long Run” and “Scream 7”Let’s get straight to one of the biggest happenings at Google... Read more ›
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a new AI server system based on technology the company licensed last year from chip startup Groq, designed to make its AI servers more energy- and cost-efficient for tasks such as AI coding. This is the first time Nvidia has integrated another company’s AI ... Read more ›
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OpenAI is in talks with private equity firms including TPG, Advent International, Bain Capital and Brookfield Asset Management to form a joint venture that would sell OpenAI’s tech to companies funded by the investment firms, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. OpenAI CEO of ... Read more ›
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War focuses attention on the present. That was very clear from a week’s worth of conversations in Washington with leaders at defense tech startups, traditional military contractors and people close to the Pentagon. Until the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, buzz was building around startups such as Anduril and Saronic that promised to deliver AI-infused autonomous weapons quickly and economically. The U.S., meanwhile, has relied more in the current conflict... Read more ›
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The frantic rush to power and stand up AI data centers has spurred a range of speed hacks—from building AI tent cities, to firing up jet engines, to taking over abandoned industrial sites. What’s most surprising is all of the different ways the biggest AI data centers have improvised and scrounged to meet the staggering electricity demands of AI.Here are some of the more resourceful hacks companies are using to... Read more ›
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Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the judge hearing Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, has shown herself in other high profile tech cases—such as Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple—to be unafraid to skewer arguments or testimony from witnesses in her courtroom.That was clear on Friday, in a hearing in the OpenAI case to determine whether an economist Musk’s lawyers have hired can submit his damages report as evidence. The economist, C. Paul Wazzan,... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms struck a deal to spend $27 billion on Nebius Group’s AI data centers over the next five years, the cloud provider announced Monday. Dutch firm Nebius will supply Meta with $12 billion of dedicated capacity starting early next year, which will include deployment of Nvidia’s latest ... Read more ›
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OpenAI has appointed new leaders to oversee its Stargate computing initiative after deciding to rent more AI servers from major cloud providers rather than build its own data centers, according to two people familiar with the changes. As part of its reorganization, OpenAI has divided its computing effort into three groups: technical design of the data centers OpenAI uses, commercial partnerships with firms such as cloud providers and chip firms,... Read more ›
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Hua Hong Group, China’s second-largest chip manufacturer, has developed 7-nanometer chip-making technology for AI chips, Reuters reported, citing four people familiar with the matter. Chips made at that level of precision are powerful enough to drive AI applications and support model training. ... Read more ›
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It’s party time in San Jose, Calif.! Nvidia on Monday kicks off its annual GTC developer conference in the city, the biggest event on the chip giant’s calendar—which, given the number of public events featuring its CEO, Jensen Huang, is saying something. Huang is scheduled to deliver his keynote tomorrow morning, and it is sure to be a must-watch for people in the AI sector. One of the biggest things... Read more ›
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Leaders at enterprise app makers such as Figma, Workday and HubSpot have downplayed threats from AI that could crimp their growth, a concern that has pressured their stocks for months. But the securities filings those leaders sign every quarter are beginning to note the competitive risks the companies face from AI agents, which their customers could use to replicate their apps or draw data from them. So far this year,... Read more ›
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U.K.-based cloud provider Nscale, whose announced customers include OpenAI and Microsoft, is in negotiations to acquire a massive AI data center site in West Virginia, The Information reported. Amazon, Meta and a cloud ally of Google have also expressed interest in the site. The site is ... Read more ›
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ByteDance has put on hold the global launch of its latest video-generation model, Seedance 2.0, due to a string of copyright disputes with major Hollywood studios and streaming platforms, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. The TikTok parent released Seedance 2.0 to consumers and businesses in China last month, and some clips generated by the model immediately racked up millions of views on X due to... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Kings League, a fast-growing, internet-savvy soccer startup, takes a lean approach to pro sports• Tech Culture: Can protein-obsessed techies help save Sweetgreen? • Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Real Vikings,” “Kutchinsky’s Egg” and “Sirat”Patrick Collison, one of the most interesting people in Silicon Valley, made a very exasperated comment this week about the media—and why it seems to cover tech and... Read more ›
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For a little salvation, Sweetgreen co-founder and CEO Jonathan Neman has lately been looking beyond the piles of chopped romaine lettuce and maple-glazed squash that originally won his company a devoted following with the suit-and-salad lunch set in Washington, New York and Los Angeles. The high-earning young people who used to frequent Sweetgreen are not eating there as much anymore. So Neman has partly turned his attention to winning over... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms is planning layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, Reuters reported Friday. The cuts would offset high costs of artificial intelligence spending and prepare for efficiency gains from AI assistants, said the report. The cuts, if they materialize, would be the latest ... Read more ›
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The Trump Administration will get $10 billion in payments from investors in a company designed to safeguard the user data of U.S.-based TikTok users, The Wall Street Journal reported. Investors in the company, which include Abu Dhabi-based MGX, Silver Lake and Oracle, paid the Treasury ... Read more ›
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xAI is hiring a senior staffer from Thinking Machines Lab to work on training its Grok models, according to a person with direct knowledge of the move, as Elon Musk says the AI company is “being rebuilt” after the majority of its founding team left. Devendra Chaplot, whose website describes him ... Read more ›
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Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins are co-leading an investment in Mirendil, a new AI startup started by ex-Anthropic researchers, The Information reported on Friday. The startup is in talks to raise $175 million at a $1 billion valuation, the people said. Mirendil, which is working on ... Read more ›
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The judge overseeing Elon Musk’s breach of charitable trust lawsuit against OpenAI said the court would not throw out testimony from Musk’s damages expert that OpenAI should pay Musk up to $109 billion if a jury finds OpenAI in the wrong. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, speaking at a pre-trial ... Read more ›
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A memecoin linked to Donald Trump jumped more than 50% after promoters advertised an exclusive event for top holders of the $Trump cryptocurrency at Mar-a-Lago that promised the President’s attendance. The website, gettrumpmemes.com, said nearly 300 holders of the $Trump coin will be invited to ... Read more ›
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