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Sources: Sam Altman recently discussed launching an AI compute company that is majority-owned by OpenAI, similar to Stargate's original data center initiative (Alex Heath/Sources)

Sources: Sam Altman recently discussed launching a...

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Nvidia says that Jensen Huang is joining President Trump on his China trip; source: the president asked Huang to join after seeing media coverage of his absence (CNBC)

Nvidia says that Jensen Huang is joining President...

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Waymo recalls ~3,800 robotaxis in the US to fix software issues that may cause them to drive onto flooded roads, after some were seen stalled on flooded streets (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Waymo recalls ~3,800 robotaxis in the US to fix so...

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Sources: Jensen Huang was left out of President Trump's China trip to avoid unwanted scrutiny and awkward conversations about the sale of Nvidia chips to China (Semafor)

Sources: Jensen Huang was left out of President Tr...

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The US' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is testing ACCESS, an outcome-based payment model for AI-driven medical care, with 150 tech companies (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

The US' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services i...

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Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 over the past two months; xAI is fighting a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site (Molly Taft/Wired)

Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colo...

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Havoc, which offers autonomous boats and software to control thousands of vessels at once, raised a $100M Series A led by Cobalt and Boardman Bay (Monica Hunter-Hart/Forbes)

Havoc, which offers autonomous boats and software ...

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Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise between $30B and $50B in a funding round that would value it at up to $950B (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise between $3...

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Princeton faculty votes to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing an 1893 policy amid concerns about AI-fueled cheating (Douglas Belkin/Wall Street Journal)

Princeton faculty votes to require proctoring in a...

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Google DeepMind details a Gemini-powered mouse pointer that understands what it is pointing at, allowing users to perform tasks without using text-heavy prompts (Google DeepMind)

Google DeepMind details a Gemini-powered mouse poi...

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Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic raised an additional $70M after a $130M raise announced in January, giving it a $2B post-money valuation (Josh Scott/BetaKit)

Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic...

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Foxconn says some of its North American factories suffered a cyberattack in recent days; ransomware group Nitrogen claims it stole 8TB of data (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Foxconn says some of its North American factories ...

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Source: Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire New York-based Stainless, which helps developers generate SDKs from APIs, for at least $300M (The Information)

Source: Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire ...

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Sources: Anthropic is in early talks to raise at least $30B at a $900B+ valuation; the round is expected to close as soon as the end of this month (Bloomberg)

Sources: Anthropic is in early talks to raise at l...

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Qualcomm closed down 11.46% on Tuesday as chip stocks pull back from record AI-driven rally; Intel closed down 6.82%, Sandisk dropped 6%, and Micron 3.61% (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

Qualcomm closed down 11.46% on Tuesday as chip sto...

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Samsung and its South Korean labor union fail to reach a pay deal; the union has said workers will strike for 18 days from May 21 if its demands are not met (Reuters)

Samsung and its South Korean labor union fail to r...

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Meta schedules its annual Connect event for September 23-24 and says the event will focus on "the latest in VR, wearables, metaverse, and AI" (Ben Lang/Road to VR)

Meta schedules its annual Connect event for Septem...

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Meta offers to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp for a month while it discusses commitments with EU antitrust regulators to address their concerns (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Meta offers to give rival AI chatbots free access ...

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