OpenAI, Anthropic, Others Receive Warning Letter from Dozens of State Attorneys General

Mike Pearl / gizmodo - They want the companies to "mitigate the harm caused by sycophantic and delusional outputs" from AI products.

2 months / appleinsider

State attorneys general warn Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs

2 months / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Adobe beats earnings expectations as AI tools drive double-digit revenue growth

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Adobe Inc. reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter today and also impressed with a forecast ahead of analyst expectations. For the quarter that ended on Nov. 28, Adobe reported adjusted earnings per share of $5…

#ai #software #ml #saas #aiethics #stockmarket #earnings #creativity #technology #adobe

AI Integration Boosts Adobe’s Growth Outlook

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Adobe sees a bright future as AI bet pays off

2 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Adobe (ADBE) Stock: AI Surge and Semrush Deal Highlight Q4, but Investors React Cautiously in Late Trading

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Adobe’s AI-driven earnings beat is not enough to boost the stock

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Adobe Forecasts Continued Revenue Growth as Customers Adopt AI-Powered Tools

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Adobe beats earnings expectations as AI tools drive double-digit revenue growth

2 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Adobe Inc. (ADBE) Stock: Sees 10% Revenue Growth in Q4 FY2025, Driven by Strong Demand for AI Solutions

2 months / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Spotify’s Prompted Playlists use AI to control your algorithm

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - A new beta feature on Spotify takes the idea behind the Discover Weekly playlist and puts the control in users' hands through AI prompts. Prompted Playlists, which are initially launching in New Zealand on Thursday, let users type out exactly what they wa…

#ai #innovation #mobile #streaming #apps #music #technology #spotify #algorithm

Spotify Launches ‘Prompted Playlists’ to Let Users Control Algorithms with AI

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Spotify’s latest feature hands you control of its algorithm

2 months / digitaltrends

Spotify is testing a new prompt-powered playlist feature

2 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

A Spotify Beta Feature Lets Users Make Custom Playlists by Writing AI Prompts

2 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Spotify’s Prompted Playlists use AI to control your algorithm

2 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Spotify's new playlist feature gives users more control over their recommendation algorithm

2 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Spotify tests more personalized, AI-powered ‘Prompted Playlists’

2 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Foreign tourists required to disclose 5 years of social media activity in US proposal

2 months / reddit / /u/BreakfastTop6899

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: H200 China Deal Ignites Fierce Security Debate in Washington

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Nvidia received Trump administration approval to export H200 AI chips to China with 25% sales fee Reports indicate Beijing may restrict company access to H200 despite lifted export ban Huawei, Alibaba, and Baidu developed alternative AI chips during …

#ai #semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #nvidia #aiethics #us #security #tradesecrets

Huawei Ascend 910C Accelerator's Maturation Allegedly Spurred NVIDIA H200 Export Reversal

2 months / techpowerup

US President gives Nvidia green light to sell advanced AI chips to China

2 months / reddit / /u/rezwenn

The Nvidia H200 export saga, as it happened — Beijing ponders response and buyers line up, while Blackwell remains locked behind restrictions

2 months / tomshardware

China holds 'emergency meetings' to discuss Nvidia H200 purchases following export rule change, report claims — ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba asked to assess demand

2 months / tomshardware

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: H200 China Deal Ignites Fierce Security Debate in Washington

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

xAI’s Colossus 2 – First Gigawatt Datacenter In The World, Unique RL Methodology, Capital Raise

5 months / semianalysis / Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros

Meta is reportedly working on a new AI model called 'Avocado' and it might not be open source

Karissa Bell / engadget - Mark Zuckerberg has for months publicly hinted that he is backing away from open-source AI models. Now, Meta's latest AI pivot is starting to come into focus. The company is reportedly working on a new model, known inside of Meta as "Avocado," which could…

#ai #ml #opensource #meta #openai #aiethics #business #zuckerberg #privacy #technology

AI race: Meta reported to use Alibaba’s Qwen for ‘Avocado’ model in likely win for China

2 months / scmp

Meta is reportedly working on a new AI model called 'Avocado' and it might not be open source

2 months / engadget / Karissa Bell

Meta is reportedly ditching open Llama models for Avocado, a closed model built for direct sales

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Meta Moves From Open-Source to Paid ‘Avocado’ AI

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Oracle Reports $16.1 Billion in Revenue, Narrowly Missing Forecasts

Sebastian Herrera / wsj - The software giant is spending heavily to become a major cloud provider for the AI era.

#ai #cloud #aiethics #stockmarket #earnings #business #datacenter #technology #oracle

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Massive AI spending raises risk pointers on future profitability.

Oracle raises AI spending estimate, spooks investors

2 months / theregister / Thomas Claburn

Oracle Credit Risk Gauge Deteriorates After Earnings Report

2 months / bloomberg / Caleb Mutua

Oracle shares slide as data centre spending mounts

2 months / ft

OpenAI's influence sparks competitive tension around Oracle's earnings.

Oracle Can’t Escape OpenAI’s Shadow

2 months / wsj / Dan Gallagher

Revenue miss triggers steep share declines, fueling market concerns.

Oracle shares plummet 11% in premarket, dragging down AI stocks

2 months / cnbc

US stock futures slip after Oracle results disappoint

2 months / ft

Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave

2 months / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Oracle’s mixed earnings fail to dispel AI fears, and the stock falls trib.al/HI6KXX2

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Shares in AI giant Oracle fall after revenue miss

2 months / bbc

Shares of Oracle slide 10% on revenue miss and rising capital expenditures

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Oracle’s stock falls as mixed earnings report fails to dispel AI fears trib.al/IfsjJHB

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Oracle Reports $16.1 Billion in Revenue, Narrowly Missing Forecasts

2 months / wsj / Sebastian Herrera

Strong cloud and AI growth boosts stock outlook upbeat.

Oracle Corporation (ORCL) Stock: Soars Following Strong Q2 Performance and Growth in Cloud and AI Services

2 months / parameter / Yasmin Werner

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Oracle slightly living down to investor worries over AI: higher than expected capex, lower than expected revenues. Shares down in afterhours, @rafeuddin.ft.com reports www.ft.com/content/3633...

2 months / bsky / @iankmsmith.ft.com / iankmsmith.ft.com

Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

Eli Tan / nytimes - An us-versus-them mentality has emerged between Meta’s top artificial intelligence team and longtime lieutenants to Mark Zuckerberg.

#ai #innovation #ml #techpolicy #meta #aiethics #business #jobs #culture #technology

Meta's New AI Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

2 months / nytimes / Eli Tan

Nvidia develops software-based tracking for AI GPUs to quash smuggling concerns — solution devised to prevent shipments to nations with export controls in place

tomshardware - Nvidia has quietly developed a software-based location-verification system for its Blackwell-generation GPUs that can approximate where the hardware is operating, which could prevent smuggling of AI GPUs to China.

#ai #cybersecurity #hardware #chips #nvidia #aiethics #semiconductor #technology #regulation

Nvidia’s new software could help trace where its AI chips end up

2 months / cnbc

Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling

2 months / scmp

Nvidia's unreleased infrastructure management service isn't for tracking GPUs, but it can

2 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software as chip-smuggling rumors swirl

2 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Szkutak

NVIDIA Reportedly Designs Location Verification Technology to Track GPU Smugglers

2 months / techpowerup

Nvidia Builds Location Verification Tech That Could Track Where Its AI Chips End Up https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/10/1448224/nvidia-builds-location-verification-tech-that-could-track-where-its-ai-chips-end-up?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&ut

2 months / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling

2 months / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

Nvidia develops software-based tracking for AI GPUs to quash smuggling concerns — solution devised to prevent shipments to nations with export controls in place

2 months / tomshardware

Nvidia Builds Location Verification Tech That Could Track Where Its AI Chips End Up

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Nvidia develops location tracking for AI chips

2 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Nvidia has developed location verification technology that could reveal which country its chips are operating in.

2 months / reddit / /u/GasBond

OpenAI hires Slack’s CEO as its chief revenue officer

Emma Roth / theverge - OpenAI is bringing Slack CEO Denise Dresser on board to serve as the AI giant's chief revenue officer. In an announcement on Tuesday, OpenAI says Dresser will oversee the company's global revenue strategy, while helping "more businesses put AI to work in …

#ai #openai #business #chatgpt #jobs #technology

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OpenAI hires Slack’s CEO as its chief revenue officer

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

OpenAI hires Slack CEO Denise Dresser as Chief Revenue Officer

2 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

OpenAI Appoints Former Slack CEO Denise Dresser as Chief Revenue Officer

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

AI Slop Ad Backfires For McDonald's

msmash / slashdot - McDonald's has pulled an AI-generated Christmas commercial from YouTube after viewers pushed back on what they called a distasteful, "AI slop"-filled take on the holidays. The 45-second ad, titled "It's the most terrible time of the year," was a satirical…

#ai #digitalmarketing #aiethics #business #creativity #technology #ads #advertising

GPT-5 Gets a Danger Label

2 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Not ready? McDonald’s AI-generated ad taken down after public backlash

2 months / siliconangle / James Farrell

McDonalds Netherlands released an AI holiday commercial, and people are not lovin it

2 months / mashable

McDonalds and Coca-Cola Made AI Slop Holiday Commercials, and I'm Not Lovin' It

2 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash

2 months / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

Why McDonald’s Pulled This AI Christmas Ad After an AI Slop Backlash and Consumer Mockery

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

McDonald's pulled a widely mocked 'AI slop' Christmas ad

2 months / qz / Alex Daniel

AI Slop Ad Backfires For McDonald's

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Watch the AI-generated Christmas ad McDonald's pulled after massive backlash

2 months / techspot

McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash

2 months / ycombinator

McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash

2 months / bbc

This Cambridge startup is building plug-and-play AI inspectors for global factories, with $14M to scale

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - London-based Matta, a deep-tech spin-out from the University of Cambridge, has raised $14 million in seed funding to…

#ai #startups #automation #ml #investment #uk #deeptech #manufacturing #technology

Zentio raises €1.4M for AI-native production planning

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Startup in spotlight: Zentio secures €1.4M for ‘self-learning flywheel’ factory planning

2 months / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

This Cambridge startup is building plug-and-play AI inspectors for global factories, with $14M to scale

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Matta Secures $14M Funding To Develop “Sentient Factory” Technology

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Matta raises $14M to develop “sentient factory” technology

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Amazon Unveils $35B India Investment Plan as Hyperscalers Race for AI Capacity

Newton Kitonga / parameter - TLDRs; Amazon commits $35B to expand India’s AI, cloud, and digital infrastructure. Company targets 1 million jobs and major export growth by 2030. AI training programs to reach millions of students and small businesses nationwide. Hyperscalers accelerate…