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β€˜Hundreds’ of companies are blocking DeepSeek over China data risks

31 January 2025 at 13:55

Some companies are blocking DeepSeek over concerns their data will end up with the Chinese government.

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Pentagon scrambles to block DeepSeek after employees connect to Chinese servers

30 January 2025 at 15:49

The Pentagon is rushing to block DeepSeek on its network after some employees used the service, which stores data in China.

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Zuck shrugs off DeepSeek, vows to spend hundreds of billions on AI

29 January 2025 at 15:28

Meta is doubling down on AI spending despite markets briefly panicking over concerns DeepSeek will reduce AI demand.

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DeepSeek triggered a wild, baseless rally for some Chinese stocks

28 January 2025 at 14:01

Hype around DeepSeek sent the stock price of several Chinese companies soaring, but proof of their ties to DeepSeek is non-existent.

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Hackers are targeting machine identities. Token Security just raised $20M to stop them.

27 January 2025 at 12:41

The number of machine identities is booming thanks to the growth of cloud and AI β€” and it’s posing real security problems by giving hackers way more entry points than ever before. For example, a 2023 hack of authentication app Okta was caused by exploiting a service account while in 2024, Microsoft disclosed a major […]

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Retro Biosciences, backed by Sam Altman, is raising $1 billion to extend human lifespan

24 January 2025 at 15:24

Sam Altman-backed Retro Biosciences is raising $1 billion to develop drugs that extend human lifespan by 10 years, the FT reports.

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Everyone wants MrBeast on their TikTok bid, but he hasn’t committed yet

23 January 2025 at 13:51

MrBeast is in talks to join a number of bids to buy TikTok, but he hasn't chosen any of them exclusively yet.

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MrBeast is reportedly now among those trying to buy TikTok

21 January 2025 at 16:42

An unlikely group, including Mr Beast and Bench acquirer Employer.com, has submitted a bid to buy TikTok.

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Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang has published an open letter lobbying Trump to invest in AI

21 January 2025 at 14:12

Scale AI's CEO Alexandr Wang has five recommendations for President Trump to keep the US ahead of China on AI.

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Google’s NotebookLM had to teach its AI podcast hosts not to act annoyed at humans

14 January 2025 at 12:38

NotebookLM's viral AI podcast hosts sounded annoyed at human callers and required "friendliness tuning," Google says.

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The first AI chip startup to go public in 2025 will be Blaize

13 January 2025 at 11:10

Blaize, an AI chip manufacturer founded by former Intel engineers, is set to IPO on the NASDAQ on January 14.

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Scale AI hit by its second employee wage lawsuit in less than a month

9 January 2025 at 11:46

Scale AI just got hit by another lawsuit alleging widespread wage violations and misclassification of its workers.

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Flock Safety quietly hired a sitting California mayor. Now he’s suing Flock.

Last year, police surveillance startup Flock Safety hired the mayor of a California city with over 200,000 residents to promote its products. But the mayor, Ulises Cabrera of Moreno Valley, now claims Flock wrongfully terminated him, partly because he refused to use his position as mayor to benefit Flock, according to a lawsuit Cabrera filed […]

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Chinese VCs are hounding failed founders to claw back their investments

7 January 2025 at 12:23

In the U.S., it’s accepted that most startups fail β€” and when that happens, VCs (generally) accept their losses and move on. But that’s not the case in China, where VCs are trying to claw back their investments in failed startups by pursuing the personal assets of their founders in court, The Financial Times reports. […]

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