Google Loses Four More Top AI Researchers, Shedding $186 Billion in Market Value
The departures came in quick succession last week: four of Google’s most senior AI researchers handed in notice within days of one another, according to people familiar with the matter.…
D.E. Shaw Opens $912 Million SpaceX Position, Cuts Broadcom Stake 58%
In a single quarterly filing, D.E. Shaw & Co. disclosed a brand-new position in SpaceX worth $912.4 million and a 58% reduction in its stake in Broadcom Inc., two moves…
OpenAI Backs California AI Safety Bill, Cuts Model Prices, Takes Ads to Europe
In the space of 48 hours last week, OpenAI did three things that, taken together, sketch the strategy of a company preparing to go public. It endorsed a California bill…
Anthropic Hires Google Chip Veteran Amir Salek to Build Its Own Silicon
Amir Salek spent eight years at Nvidia designing system-on-a-chip products before Google recruited him in 2013 to start its custom silicon effort from scratch. He ran the program for nearly…
Tesla Recalls Nearly 3 Million Cars in China; Robotaxi Event Set for Sept. 3
On a collision, the low-voltage electrical system that powers the door buttons dies. The occupants reach for handles that look like part of the trim and are hard to find…
Nvidia Tells Big Customers AI Server Prices Will Rise More Than 15%
The notice arrived over the past week, and it carried a message that procurement teams at the world’s largest cloud providers had been dreading: Nvidia Corp. is raising prices on…
MacKenzie Scott’s New Novel Skips Publishers for a Free Substack Serial
The first installment of MacKenzie Scott’s third novel landed not in a bookstore or on a publisher’s spring list but on her personal Substack page, where subscribers found it waiting…
SpaceX Shares Slide as Second Lockup Release Adds to Selling Pressure
SpaceX’s stock fell 5.6 percent on Wednesday as the company’s second lockup period expired, freeing about 319 million shares for trading, according to data compiled by this publication. The decline…
Qualcomm Taps a Motorola Veteran to Steady Its Mobile Business
Qualcomm has named Sergio Buniac to run its mobile business, putting a veteran of Motorola in charge of the division that supplies processors to the world’s largest phone makers. The…

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