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Bloomberg Technology ↗
Anthropic PBC will spend $50 billion to build custom data centers in the US. They'll start coming online in 2026 according to the company. OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc., Google, Microsoft Corp., Nvidia Corp. and other leading tech companies plan to collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers to support AI. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
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The Verge ↗
OpenAI is releasing GPT-5.1 today, an update to the flagship model it released in August. OpenAI calls it an “upgrade” to GPT-5 that “makes ChatGPT smarter and more enjoyable to talk to.” The new models include GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking. The former is “warmer, more intelligent, and better at following your instructions” than its […]
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Financial Times Tech ↗
Net profit doubles to $16bn on gains from OpenAI and PayPay holdings
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TechCrunch AI ↗
WisdomAI is offering AI-driven data analytics that can answer business questions from structured, unstructured, and even “dirty” data, meaning data not cleaned of typos or errors.
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ZDNet ↗
The aim: Move AI functionality back to the cloud, while maintaining the privacy of on-device processing. Can Google have it both ways?
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Bloomberg Technology ↗
D-Matrix Corp., a Microsoft Corp.-backed AI chip startup, raised $275 million from new investors including Qatar Investment Authority and Singapore’s EDBI, valuing the company at $2 billion.
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Bloomberg Technology ↗
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. offered a rosy outlook for the year ahead, pointing to artificial intelligence development as its most important growth driver.
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TechCrunch AI ↗
Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models.
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Wired ↗
Anthropic believes AI models will increasingly reach into the physical world. To understand where things are headed, it asked Claude to program a quadruped.
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CNBC Technology ↗
Code Metal has raised $36.5 million in a funding round led by Accel.