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Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100bn deal in favour of $30bn investment yahoo.com · George Hammond and Michael Acton Nvidia (NVDA) is close to finalising a $30bn investment into OpenAI that will replace the long-term $100bn commitment agreed by the companies last …

Recent AWS issues blamed on AI tools - at least two incidents affected some Amazon services techradar.com · By Craig Hale At least two recent AWS downtime issues were caused by incidents involving user error with Amazon's own AI coding tools. A report by the Financial … Pentagon-Anthropic battle pushes other AI labs into major dilemma Axios · Dave Lawler, Maria Curi As the Pentagon and Anthropic wage an ugly and potentially costly battle, three other leading AI labs are also negotiating with the department — and … Privacy is at the center of child safety accusations against Apple and Meta. Here's why CNBC · Jonathan Vanian Tech's child safety record is under a microscope. In legal proceedings spanning California, New Mexico and West Virginia this week, Meta CEO Mark …

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Microsoft has a new plan to prove what's real and what's AI online MIT Technology Review · James O'Donnell A new proposal calls on social media and AI companies to adopt strict verification, but the company hasn't committed to following its own … Perplexity's Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift WIRED · Maxwell Zeff The AI search startup once predicted advertising would be a massive business. Now it's betting on a smaller, more valuable audience. Perplexity is … At a critical moment, Snap loses a top Specs exec TechCrunch · Lucas Ropek Snap has big plans to release the newest version of its AR glasses, Specs, later this year. Despite the strategic priority that the hardware product... AI agents are fast, loose and out of control, MIT study finds ZDNET · Tiernan Ray, The vast majority of agentic AI systems disclose nothing about what safety testing, if any, has been conducted, and many systems have no documented … Modi's AI summit turns awkward as Sam Altman, Dario Amodei dodge contact Associated Press · By SHEIKH SAALIQ and MATT O'BRIEN NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invited leaders of some of the top artificial intelligence companies to gather on stage...

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