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Inside OpenAI's Raid on Thinking Machines Lab WIRED · Maxwell Zeff, Zoë Schiffer OpenAI is planning to bring over more researchers from Thinking Machines Lab after nabbing two cofounders, a source familiar with the situation says. …

At 25, Wikipedia faces its biggest threat yet: AI ZDNET · Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Wikipedia, a triumph of the open web, helped build the modern internet. Now, its future looks uncertain. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on... The AI lab revolving door spins ever faster TechCrunch · Russell Brandom AI labs just can't get their employees to stay put. Yesterday's big AI news was the abrupt and seemingly acrimonious departure of three top executives... Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too The Verge · Sean Hollister Meta continues to trickle out the bad news for VR. Two months before it changed its name to "Meta," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally introduced...

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How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes Associated Press · By MICHELLE L. PRICE, MARC LEVY and JONATHAN J. COOPER The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid to take urgent steps to boost energy... OpenAI tells investors to brace for 'deliberately outlandish' claims from Musk ahead of trial CNBC · Ashley Capoot, Kate Rooney OpenAI sent a letter Thursday to investors and banking partners warning that it expects Elon Musk to make "deliberately outlandish, … US and Taiwan reach trade deal on superconductor chips and reduced tariffs Le Monde in English · Le Monde with AFP Taiwan said Friday it would aim to retain its key role as a producer of superconductor chips driving the emerging AI industry following the … Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk's xAI over alleged explicit Grok deepfake images Business Insider · By Katherine Li and Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert Ashley St. Clair, who gave birth to one of Elon Musk's sons in 2024, sued Musk's xAI in a New York court on Thursday, alleging that its chatbot Grok... Ted Sarandos Says Critics Just Misunderstand Netflix The New York Times · Nicole Sperling The company's co-chief executive sat down for an extensive interview for the first time since announcing plans to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's film and...

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