Tesla Shareholders Approve Musk Pay Package
More shareholders voted in favor of a proposal for Tesla to invest in Musk's xAI than those voting against. Tesla's board will consider next steps, the company said.
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Restructure Their Philanthropy
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will now focus on using artificial intelligence to research disease.
Ex-Hugging Face Sales Chief Co-Founds Enterprise AI Consulting Firm
Called Eliza, the new consulting firm aims to help employees in companies use tools like ChatGPT for more complex tasks than drafting emails.
PyTorch Co-Founder is Leaving Meta
Soumith Chintala joined Facebook in 2014 and co-created the company’s open-source machine learning library.
WBD Reports Weak Third Quarter as Sale Discussions Loom
WBD's TV channel segment, which generates most of the company's profits, reported a 22% drop in revenue and 20% lower profits.
SpaceX to Buy Another $2.6 Billion of Echostar Spectrum
The deals put pressure on Apple to do a deal with SpaceX.
Scammy Ads Generated an Estimated 10% of Meta’s Revenue in 2024
The company discouraged enforcement of scammers that could undermine revenue, Reuters reported
Nvidia CEO Warns China Will Win AI Race
Jensen Huang said that looser regulations and lower energy costs are giving China an advantage over western countries when it comes to developing AI.
SoftBank Explored Takeover Of Chip Firm Marvell, Bloomberg Reports
A deal would have been the largest in semiconductor buyout in history.
DoorDash’s Investment Plans Send Stock Falling
DoorDash reported revenue growth accelerated to 27% in the third quarter, thanks to healthy expansion in the dollar value of orders made through the delivery service.
Snap’s Stock Soars On Perplexity Partnership, Revenue Growth
CEO Evan Spiegel said it would put Specs into its own subsidiary
Ripple Raises $500 Million Round Led by Fortress, Citadel Securities
Ripple, valued at $40 billion, is building a crypto conglomerate ranging from stablecoins to trading services.
Apple Finalizing Move to Google’s AI for Siri Revamp
Apple will pay Google $1 billion a year
Amazon Sues Perplexity In Battle Over AI Agent Access
The fight between the two companies is one of the highest-profile conflicts over how AI agents can access websites on behalf of users.
China’s Xpeng Aims to Mass Produce Humanoids by End of 2026
The Chinese Tesla rival also plans to launch robotaxi models and start trial operations next year.
China Bans Foreign AI Chips in State-Funded Data Centres
Data centers less than 30% finished were told to remove overseas-made chips, which will threaten foreign chip suppliers’ China revenue, including Nvidia, AMD and Intel.
Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028
The company expects to be cash flow positive as soon as 2027, three years earlier than OpenAI projected
Trump Re-Nominates Elon Musk Ally to Lead NASA
Elon Musk nemesis Sean Duffy will continue to lead NASA until Isaacman is confirmed by the Senate.
Exclusive: Humanoid Robotics Startup K-Scale to Shut Down After Exploring Sale to 1X, Bot Co.
The company said it intends to refund deposits for ordered robots.
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