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Sources: The US DHS is investigating whether 6 CISA staffers who were suspended in July misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph, which he failed — The incident this July and the subsequent fallout — which has not been reported before — have angered career staff …
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Source: OpenAI's compute margin has jumped to about 70% in October from about 52% at the end of 2024 and roughly 35% in January 2024 — As OpenAI discusses raising an unprecedented investment round of up to $100 billion, it can crow about some key improvements to how it runs its business.
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Sources detail the efforts SoftBank is making to raise the necessary funds as it races to close its $22.5B funding commitment to OpenAI by the end of this year — SoftBank Group (9984.T) is racing to close a $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by year-end through an array of cash-raising schemes …
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Sources: tech lobbyists say that David Sacks' push for an EO blocking state AI laws undercut their efforts to craft a permanent, bipartisan federal solution — President Donald Trump's aggressive move to block states from regulating artificial intelligence is splitting the tech lobby …
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Q&A with Blizzard President Johanna Faries on company staff bonus transparency, working under Xbox leadership, restoring the NetEase partnership, and more — Johanna Faries, who took over as president of Blizzard in 2024, reveals what's coming from the storied studio — Hi everyone.
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US CHIPS Act-funded SMART USA Institute, focused on digital twins for chipmaking, says the Department of Commerce will terminate its $285M five-year contract — SMART USA, a $285-million center devoted to digital twins, loses funding — The head of a U.S. CHIPS and Science Act-funded center devoted …
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Q&A with Harvard economist Jason Furman, who consults for OpenAI, on the similarities between the AI boom and the dot-com era, AI's impact on jobs, and more — A leading economist isn't overly concerned about the fallout from the AI bubble bursting, if it happens. But first... Three things to know:
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DataLane, which is using AI to build an identity graph to map local businesses across the US, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Amplify Partners — DataLane, which is building an identity graph for every local business, raised a $22.5 million Series A led by Amplify Partners, co-founder and CEO David Patterson-Cole tells Axios Pro.
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Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles — - Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — Love what you read? Love that it was free?
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A look at Tokyo-based neocloud provider Datasection, which sources say has a $1.2B+ contract giving Tencent access to a large share of its 15K Blackwell chips — Contracts with Chinese tech giant have rapidly turned Datasection into one of Asia's biggest ‘neoclouds’
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