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How AI detectors like Pangram are changing human writing: authors drop em dashes, "not X, but Y" phrasing, and words like "delve", or add typos, to look human (Morgan Meaker/Bloomberg)

How AI detectors like Pangram are changing human w...

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A look at growing bipartisan opposition to AI data centers in drought-stricken Arizona, where TSMC's chip fabs were welcomed but newer projects face backlash (Gaby Del Valle/The Verge)

A look at growing bipartisan opposition to AI data...

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As AI models commoditize, lasting wealth will accrue to those controlling chokepoints like distribution, payment rails, and a stablecoin dollar, not to the labs (The Commanding Heights)

As AI models commoditize, lasting wealth will accr...

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When talking about local inference, Sam Altman says supply-constrained DRAM is better used in data centers than sitting in PCs and "being used 5% of the time" (Andrew E. Freedman/Tom's Hardware)

When talking about local inference, Sam Altman say...

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Sources: neoclouds CoreWeave, Nebius, and Nscale have effectively been shut out of the bond market in recent weeks as lenders and investors demand tougher terms (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: neoclouds CoreWeave, Nebius, and Nscale h...

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S&P downgraded Meta's outlook from stable to negative, citing high capex and negative free cash flow; META fell 15% in October, its worst month in four years (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

S&P downgraded Meta's outlook from stable to negat...

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Anthropic says a malicious actor used access to Cursor's marketplace to publish a "tampered" copy of the Claude Code extension, which it didn't build or publish (Felix Rieseberg/@felixrieseberg)

Anthropic says a malicious actor used access to Cu...

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John Ternus says Apple doesn't "want to ship AI for AI's sake" and that Tim Cook is "available to help wherever I ask" on policy; Ternus has yet to meet Trump (Steven Levy/Wired)

John Ternus says Apple doesn't "want to ship AI fo...

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Sources: OpenAI has secured ~$11B in commitments for its latest funding round, less than half its initial $30B target, and expects to raise more in coming weeks (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: OpenAI has secured ~$11B in commitments f...

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Sources: OpenAI now seeks ~$20B at a $1.25T valuation for its latest round, from $30B at a $1.4T valuation, as some investors cut commitments amid an AI selloff (Financial Times)

Sources: OpenAI now seeks ~$20B at a $1.25T valuat...

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Sources: Baseten is raising ~$2B in two tranches, one valuing it at $26B and the other at $30B; Baseten was valued at $13B in June after raising $1.5B (Bloomberg)

Sources: Baseten is raising ~$2B in two tranches, ...

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Sources: Google is in talks with the DOD on a new effort to secure the data that feeds into software being built for the Golden Dome missile defense program (Bloomberg)

Sources: Google is in talks with the DOD on a new ...

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Filing: Vancouver, WA-based Powerlattice, which makes a power delivery chiplet to reduce AI compute power needs by 50%+, raised $86M, after raising $31M in 2025 (Kurt Schlosser/GeekWire)

Filing: Vancouver, WA-based Powerlattice, which ma...

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OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI across multiple crawlers (Emma Roth/The Verge)

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they ...

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OpenAI tightens limits on the weapons-related information that ChatGPT provides teens, even when a question appears harmless, as part of new safeguards (Reuters)

OpenAI tightens limits on the weapons-related info...

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Intel stock closed down 28.58% on Friday, its worst day since the 1970s and wiping ~$12B off US government's stake, after issuing weaker-than-expected guidance (CNBC)

Intel stock closed down 28.58% on Friday, its wors...

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Reddit closed down 29.27% on Friday, the worst drop since becoming a public company in 2024, after it forecast weak Q4 revenue (Caleigh Keating/CNBC)

Reddit closed down 29.27% on Friday, the worst dro...

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Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle have a collective $3T+ in AI spending commitments over the coming years, including Alphabet's $1T and Meta's $800B (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle have...

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