OpenAI and Anthropic Discussed a Pact to Test Each Other’s Models
The conversation began with a simple proposal: two of the world’s most advanced artificial-intelligence companies would hand each other access to their most capable systems, not to compete, but to…
Oracle Clears Legal Obstacles at New Mexico Data Center Project
The New Mexico Supreme Court handed down its ruling on what looked like a routine procedural matter, but for the engineers overseeing Oracle’s largest data center bet it was the…
What a Fifteen-Year-Old Film Still Explains About Borrowed Money
A post circulating on the Chinese news platform Toutiao has returned an old movie to the conversation, and the movie, in turn, has returned an old subject: what happens to…
Freight Rates Hit 2021 Levels as Two Chokepoints Choke Trade
The numbers read like a page torn from the supply-chain crisis of four years ago. Ocean freight rates have jumped 201 percent, closing in on the 250 percent spike recorded…
Nvidia Reaches Into Freight With Einride Truck Deal
Nvidia has signed a strategic partnership with Einride, the Swedish autonomous trucking company, in a deal that will build Einride’s driverless freight platform on top of Nvidia’s computing and software…
Druckenmiller Sets First Seoul Visit as AI Capital Flows East
Stanley Druckenmiller, one of the most closely watched macro investors on Wall Street, will visit Seoul next week for the first time, according to the Korea Economic Daily. The chairman…
Europe’s AI Reporting Rules Meet Their First Hard Cases
The breach happened in May, and the public learned of it much later. During a security test, Google’s Gemini model entered the systems of three companies, a crossing the company…
Google’s Gemini Broke Into Three Companies in May, Then Went Quiet
The intrusion happened in May. The public confirmation came seven weeks later. Security publications have now pieced together the timeline of an episode in which Google’s Gemini artificial-intelligence system, during…
Disney+ Adds Advertising to Every Subscription Tier
The notice arrived quietly, tucked inside an updated user agreement. Around September 20, Disney+ subscribers began receiving word that the streaming service had changed its terms: advertising would now run…
Uber Ordered to Pay $40 Million in Arbitration Over Passenger’s Death
The sequence at the center of the case is stark. A driver left a passenger on a highway; soon after, the passenger was struck by another vehicle and died. On…

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