Softbank Doubles “Profits” Based on OpenAI Holdings, Sells $5.8b in Nvidia Stock to Fuel Massive AI Bets
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - SoftBank cashes out its Nvidia stake for $5.8B, funneling profits from OpenAI gains into the massive Stargate AI project as bubble concerns grow.The post Softbank Doubles “Profits” Based on OpenAI Holdings, Sells $5.8b in Nvidia Stock to Fuel Massive AI B…
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- Miscellaneous ecosystem updates (1)
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Funding massive AI bets
Market reactions and analyses
Miscellaneous ecosystem updates
Nvidia sale details
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 3:20 am / permalink 15860 / 13 stories in 3 months
Wikipedia Asks AI Companies to Stop Scraping Data and to Start Paying Up
Imad Khan / cnet - The free internet encyclopedia is the seventh-most visited website in the world, and it wants to stay that way.
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Google brings Gemini to the Google TV Streamer
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The tech giant says the change will enable users to use their voice more naturally to access content and more.
Back to Top / Monday, November 10, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 15849 / 6 stories in 3 months
“Literal AI Spam Machine”: Google’s Opal Tool Comes Under Fire
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google faces backlash for marketing its new AI tool, Opal, for creating 'scalable' content, a practice that appears to violate its own anti-spam search policies.The post “Literal AI Spam Machine”: Google’s Opal Tool Comes Under Fire appeared first on WinB…
Back to Top / Monday, November 10, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 15842 / 2 stories in 3 months
Microsoft Uncovers ‘Whisper Leak’ Flaw, Exposing Encrypted AI Chats Across 28 LLMs
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft researchers have detailed a new side-channel attack called “Whisper Leak” that can guess the topic of encrypted AI chats, exposing a fundamental privacy risk across the AI industry. In a report, the team showed how patterns in network traffic si…
Back to Top / Monday, November 10, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 15825 / 3 stories in 3 months
Rumble to buy German cloud computing firm Northern Data for $767M
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Video-sharing platform Rumble, known for hosting Truth Social, is set to transform its future with the acquisition of…
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Is Wall Street losing faith in AI?
Anthony Ha / techcrunch - A rough week for tech stocks might signal a loss of investor confidence in artificial intelligence.
Back to Top / Saturday, November 8, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 15806 / 5 stories in 3 months
Most LLM benchmarks are flawed, casting doubt on AI progress metrics, study finds
Jonathan Kemper / the-decoder - A new international study highlights major problems with large language model (LLM) benchmarks, showing that most current evaluation methods have serious flaws.The article Most LLM benchmarks are flawed, casting doubt on AI progress metrics, study finds a…
Back to Top / Saturday, November 8, 2025, 10:16 am / permalink 15795 / 2 stories in 3 months
Sam Altman Denies Seeking Federal Aid for OpenAI, But Leaked Company Letter Contradicts Him
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies seeking federal loan guarantees, but a formal company letter to the White House from October explicitly requested them.The post Sam Altman Denies Seeking Federal Aid for OpenAI, But Leaked Company Letter Contradicts Him appear…
Back to Top / Saturday, November 8, 2025, 10:16 am / permalink 15794 / 10 stories in 3 months
Anthropic expands its European footprint with new offices in Paris and Munich
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Anthropic is ramping up its European operations, opening new offices in Paris and Munich to build on its presence in the region.The article Anthropic expands its European footprint with new offices in Paris and Munich appeared first on THE DECODER.
Back to Top / Saturday, November 8, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 15790 / 2 stories in 3 months
Meta announces plans to spend $600B in the US over three years
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Meta Platforms Inc. today pledged to invest $600 billion in the U.S. as part of its artificial intelligence push. The company plans to spend the capital over three years. It will invest in new AI data centers, supporting infrastructure such as power trans…
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Anthropic’s European hiring spree continues with Paris and Munich office openings
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Elon Musk's Road to $1 TRILLION Paved by Tesla Robots and Robotaxis video
Jesse Orrall / cnet - Flanked by a couple of Optimus Robots, Elon Musk took to the stage at Tesla's Annual Shareholder Meeting after investors voted to award him a $1 trillion performance award, provided he hits some very ambitious goals.
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 10:21 pm / permalink 15756 / 11 stories in 4 months
Amazon is Testing an AI Tool That Automatically Translates Books Into Other Languages
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon just introduced an AI tool that will automatically translate books into other languages. The appropriately-named Kindle Translate is being advertised as a resource for authors that self publish on the platform. …
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 15747 / 5 stories in 4 months
Duolingo stock plunges 27% on light guidance as company prioritizes user growth
cnbc - CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn told CNBC that the company has shifted its investment strategy in recent months to focus on long-term initiatives.
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 15745 / 3 stories in 4 months
Google Plans Secret AI Military Outpost on Tiny Island Overrun By Crabs
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Google is planning to build a large AI data center on Christmas Island, a 52-square-mile Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, following a cloud computing deal with Australia's m…
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 15740 / 3 stories in 4 months
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar Walks Back ‘Federal Backstop’ Comment Amid Scrutiny Over Trillion-Dollar Spending
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI’s finance chief, Sarah Friar, on Wednesday took back comments that hinted the AI firm might need a “federal backstop” for its huge technology spending. After her words at a Wall Street Journal event caused a stir, Friar wrote on LinkedIn that she “…
- Leadership Clarification: Company denies federal bailout need (7)
- Other: Unrelated workplace policy update (1)
- Political Rejection: Officials dismiss bailout notion for AI (5)
Leadership Clarification: Company denies federal bailout need
Other: Unrelated workplace policy update
Political Rejection: Officials dismiss bailout notion for AI
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15732 / 13 stories in 4 months
Microsoft rebrands AI push as superintelligence
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Microsoft declares it's building "humanist superintelligence" to keep AI safe. Reality check: They're 2 years behind OpenAI, whose models they'll use until 2032. The safety pitch? Product differentiation for enterprise clients who fear runaway AI.
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 15728 / 11 stories in 4 months
AI Chips: Google’s Ironwood TPU and New Axion Chips Are Now Generally Available
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google's powerful Ironwood TPU is now generally available together with new Axion CPUs, heatubg up the AI hardware arms race against Nvidia.The post AI Chips: Google’s Ironwood TPU and New Axion Chips Are Now Generally Available appeared first on WinBuzze…
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 15727 / 6 stories in 4 months
Google Maps integrates Gemini for hands-free navigation
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Google is integrating its Gemini AI assistant into Google Maps, replacing the existing Assistant to enable hands-free, conversational navigation. This upgrade allows users to interact naturally while driving and is rolling out to Android and iOS devices i…
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 6:21 am / permalink 15721 / 7 stories in 4 months