OpenAI says ChatGPT has 900M+ weekly active users, 50M+ consumer subscribers, and weekly Codex users have more than tripled since the start of the year to 1.6M
openai.com/index/scalin... …George Pearkes /@peark.es:OpenAI round from strategic partners. — $110bn raised, $730bn valuation. $30B from SoftBank, $30B from NVIDIA, and $50B from Amazon. — More i...
In an experiment, Claude ran a vending machine in the WSJ newsroom and lost $1,000+ after it dropped prices to zero, gave away a free PlayStation, and more
until someone pointed out this would fall afoul of the US Onion Futures Act of 1958. @andonlabs : Turns out journalists are better red-teamers than AI researchers. We've taught the agent to reject fre...
Sources: Blue Origin has worked for over a year on tech for orbital AI data centers; SpaceX plans to use upgraded Starlink satellites for AI computing payloads
And Elon Siladitya Ray / Forbes : Musk Signals Reports Of SpaceX Planning An IPO Next Year Are ‘Accurate’ Andrew Nusca / Fortune : What OpenAI's ‘code red’ will accomplish Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge New...
How Meta's financing structure for its $27B Louisiana data center, which helps it keep debt off its books, hinges on some convenient accounting assumptions
“... a marvel of financial engineering: Meta Platforms is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet...
OpenAI's Broadcom deal shows how the AI startup is diversifying its chip suppliers, including Nvidia chips for training and Broadcom chips for inference
How about... everybody? — OpenAI alone has proposed a total of 26 gigawatts of new AI infrastructure *in just the next 4 years*. Total cost: Around a *trillion* dollars. — (gift link) — www.wsj...
Bluesky blocks access to its service in Mississippi, saying it doesn't have the resources to comply with the state's broad new law requiring age verification
Bluesky's decision to drop out of the Mississippi market … Rob Pegoraro / PCMag : Bluesky Blocks Mississippi Users Instead of Making Them Prove They're Over 18 Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press ...
How VCs are changing the way people learn about the tech industry, through a sprawling media ecosystem consisting of podcasts, newsletters, and streaming shows
Anne VanderMey / Bloomberg : Bluesky: @peark.es . X: @sarthakgh and @titanypw Bluesky: George Pearkes / @peark.es : I refuse to damage my brain by listing to VC podcast content lol X: Sar Haribhakti ...
Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders, which were set to start on April 9, “to assess the potential impact” of Trump's tariffs; the June 5 launch date is unchanged
June 5 launch date still on schedule Charles Harte / Game Informer : Trump Tariff Plans Delay Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Order Date Arol Wright / How-To Geek : Tariffs Just Killed Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Ord...
Sources: the US Commerce Department plans changes to Biden's $42.5B broadband grant to let states award more funds to satellite internet providers like Starlink
like e-911 calls. Michael Derby / @michaelsderby : Government now looking to divert more cash to Musk's Starlink internet service, as the Trump ally continues to self police his many conflicts of inte...
Inside the growing split between Silicon Valley and the Democratic Party, once allies, as leading presidential candidates express extreme worries about Big Tech
With help from Cristiano Lima … Julie Bort / Business Insider : WeWork founder Adam Neumann joked about changing the United States Constitution so he could run for president Tweets: Teddy Schleifer / ...