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Nvidia said Sunday that its board is investigating whether chief executive Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort. Huang told employees he had been unfaithful to his wife and took full responsibility. Independent directors and outside counsel will review reporting about a relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive at chip customer Megaspeed, whom US authorities have treated as a Chinese intelligence asset. The board said it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised, and Huang pledged to cooperate.
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Reuters ↗
Anthropic has agreed to pay about 3.4 billion dollars for 1.7 gigawatts of gas-fired generators for its data centers, the Financial Times reported. The lab took over commitments from San Antonio supplier ONEPWR Solutions in late September, including the engineering needed to install the units, without buying the company or hiring its staff. Reuters could not independently verify the report, and neither company commented. The paper called it the largest known purchase of power equipment by an AI lab.
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The Verge ↗
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that chief executive John Ternus is pressing software chief Craig Federighi to turn Siri into an agent that can compete with OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse. Finer control of Apple's own apps, including cropping photos and organizing Safari tabs, is expected in iOS 27.3. Actions in other companies' apps, such as placing a food order or booking a table, are expected in the spring. Apple also wants Siri to keep working toward a goal across steps, possibly as early as next year.
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TechCrunch AI ↗
Crusoe confirmed it sold an unfinished data center campus in southeastern Wyoming to Google, which is taking over after concerns about cost and schedule. Google said it plans to invest 17 billion dollars to develop the site. Crusoe and partner Tallgrass had planned to scale the campus toward 10 gigawatts, and Google did not disclose the purchase price. Crusoe, recently valued at 30.9 billion dollars, is still building a separate data center for Google in Texas.
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The Verge ↗
Rights holders for Elvis Presley and the publisher of major Eminem records sued AI music company Suno, saying it generates tracks and lyrics that mimic those artists. The Presley suit says Suno violated Tennessee's ELVIS Act, which bars cloning a singer's voice. Suno said it is built to help people make original music, blocks prompts that name specific artists, and screens uploads for misuse. The cases join earlier suits from major labels and other artists.
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Associated Press ↗
Officials at CAISSI, the Commerce Department center for AI safety standards, were asked to report informally to a White House office, sources told the Associated Press. The request has raised concerns about the independence of federal safety evaluations. The center is the government's main contact for voluntary testing of commercial superintelligence systems. The report lands as public worry grows about AI agents that can act without a person prompting every step.
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CNBC Technology ↗
Dave Wehner, Meta's chief strategy officer and its finance chief from 2014 to 2022, is leaving to become chief financial officer of Fireworks. The startup trains and runs open models for businesses and was valued at 17.5 billion dollars in a July round. Chief executive Lin Qiao said Wehner will scale the company's finances and operations. Business Insider reported that Fireworks is in early talks to raise again at a possible valuation of 30 billion to 40 billion dollars.
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Financial Times Tech ↗
Growth minister Dan Tomlinson told the Financial Times that Britain will keep building data centers as AI use spreads, and will not slow down because of the backlash in the United States. He said the pace of investment is too low for Britain to stay at the forefront. Projects that want government support will need local jobs, community investment, and consent. He said London wants to avoid the free-for-all seen in parts of the United States.
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CNBC Technology ↗
Amazon has formed a home robotics team and is hiring for what job posts call a new-to-world robot product, CNBC reported. In March it bought New York startup Fauna Robotics, maker of a 3.5-foot humanoid named Sprout, and placed the team in a new Personal Robotics Group. Amazon also moved much of the staff behind Astro, the 1,450 dollar home robot launched in 2021 that stayed in a limited beta. Spokesperson Brad Glasser said the company bought Fauna to take on the problems that have blocked personal robots.
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Business Insider Tech ↗
DARPA is seeking AI tools that can find hidden flaws in the rules of electronic markets before adversaries exploit them. Its Intrinsic Market Resilience program covers markets tied to stocks, bonds, energy, and cloud computing. The agency wants large language models to turn filings and technical specifications into working models of those markets, then recommend repairs. It cited California's early-2000s energy crisis, which it said cost 40 billion to 45 billion dollars, as damage caused by market design rather than a hack.