A backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses

News of a backlog at the U.S. federal department comes less than a week after national security experts urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision that allows Nvidia to export H20 chips to China.

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The sequel to ‘The Social Network’ may have just found its lead actors

While the 2010 original film focused on Mark Zuckerberg's rise, “Social Network Part II” is said to draw from Jeff Horwitz's “The Facebook Files,” which exposed Facebook's harmful effects on teens and its role in spreading misinformation.

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Substack raises $100M from Chernin Group, Andreessen Horowitz, Skims CEO, and more

The New York Times reports that the funding brings Substack's valuation to $1.1 billion, almost 70% higher than its 2021 valuation of $650 million.

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AI chatbot’s simple ‘123456’ password risked exposing personal data of millions of McDonald’s job applicants

Security researchers found two flaws in an AI-powered chatbot used by McDonald’s to interact with job applicants.

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Former Intel CEO launches a benchmark to measure AI alignment

After former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger capped off a 40+ year career at the semiconductor giant in December, many wondered where would Gelsinger go next. On Thursday, the former Intel CEO revealed one piece of his next chapter: trying to ensure AI models support a flourishing humanity. In partnership with a “faith tech” company he […]

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Trump’s prospective TikTok buyer reportedly includes Oracle, Blackstone, a16z

After pushing the TikTok sale date back yet again, President Donald Trump said in an interview on Sunday that he had found a potential buyer for the ByteDance-owned platform.

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Meta restructures its AI unit under ‘Superintelligence Labs’

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is restructuring the company’s AI efforts to center around building  AI “superintelligence.”  Going forward, all teams working on AI at Meta will fall under a new group called Meta Superintelligence Labs, according to Bloomberg, which viewed an internal memo sent Monday.  Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of data labeling startup Scale […]

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After trying to buy Ilya Sutskever’s $32B AI startup, Meta looks to hire its CEO

Mark Zuckerberg’s AI talent hiring spree continues. In recent months, Meta tried to acquire Safe Superintelligence, the $32 billion AI startup co-founded by OpenAI’s former chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, according to a report from CNBC on Thursday. Sutskever ultimately turned Meta down, according to CNBC, but the company is now in talks to hire Safe […]

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