OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness
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OpenAI is looking to hire a new executive responsible for studying emerging AI-related risks in areas ranging from computer security to mental health.
AI BRIEFING · 2025-12-28
AI Briefing — December 28, 2025
The 10 most important AI stories of December 28, 2025, hand-curated from the day's coverage. Every story links to its primary source.
Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep 'fiction of competition alive,' analyst says
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Groq's description of its Nvidia deal as a "non-exclusive licensing agreement" mimics other recent big AI transactions orchestrated by U.S. tech giants.
Tracxn: VC funding for Indian startups fell 17 YoY to 10.5B in 2025 across 1,518 deals, down 39 YoY; AI startups raised 643M, up 4 YoY, across 100 deals (Jagmeet SinghTechCrunch)
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Jagmeet Singh /TechCrunch:Tracxn: VC funding for Indian startups fell 17%+ YoY to $10.5B in 2025 across 1,518 deals, down ~39% YoY; AI startups raised $643M, up 4% YoY, across 100 deals— India's startup ecosystem raised nearly $11 billion in 2025, but investors wrote far fewer checks and grew more selective …
AI start-ups amass record $150bn funding cushion as bubble fears mount
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Mega funding rounds create 'fortress balance sheets' as investors advise top groups to brace for tougher markets
Billion-Dollar Data Centers Are Taking Over the World
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The battle for AI dominance has left a large footprint—and it's only getting bigger and more expensive.
One year on from the UK's grand AI plan: Has its infrastructure buildout been a success?
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Hefty financial commitments from tech giants are positive signals, but big challenges remain for the U.K. to fulfil its ambitions.
Europe is at a 'fork in the road' between AI competition and climate, fund managers say
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As power-hungry infrastructure scales and demand for electricity surges, friction between competition and climate goals becomes harder to ignore.
Data centres turn to aircraft engines to avoid grid connection delays
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Supply chain shortages drive developers to use smaller and less efficient power sources to fuel AI power demand
AI Data Centers Demand More Than Copper Can Deliver
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In data-center terms, scaling out involves linking computers, while scaling up packs more GPUs into a computer, challenging copper's physical limits. Copper cables face a phenomenon at high data rates that necessitate wider wires and more power, complicating a data center's dense connections. Point2 and AttoTude propose radio-based cables, offering longer reach, lower power consumption, and narrower cables than copper, without the cost and complexity of optics.
In 2025, Big Tech got almost everything it wanted from President Trump, as he backs policies that let the industry grow unfettered, worrying some conservatives (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
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Before President Trump returned to the White House in January, the titans of the tech industry went all out to win his favor. In 2025, Big Tech got almost everything it wanted from President Trump, as he backs policies that let the industry grow unfettered, worrying some conservatives.
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