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Three Mile Island owner seeks taxpayer backing for Microsoft AI deal
The Department of Energy is weighing a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for a plan to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear plant with Microsoft as its sole customer. Source link
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OpenAI gets $6.6 billion in new funding, valuing company at $157 billion
The maker of ChatGPT announced it received $6.6 billion in new funding, valuing the company at $157 billion — one of the most valuable start-ups ever. Source link
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AI assistants are blabbing our embarrassing work secrets
Workplace AI tools can do tasks by themselves. Getting them to stop is the problem. Source link
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FTC can proceed with its antitrust claims against Amazon, judge rules
The order hands agency chair Lina Khan a preliminary win in her legal campaign to rein in the power of Big Tech companies. Source link
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Cable is dying. Streaming is the new cable. It’s all getting worse.
The once unthinkable is happening for both cable TV and streaming. Source link
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OpenAI wants all your apps to talk in its expressive AI voices
OpenAI will let businesses use the latest voice technology in ChatGPT inside their own products, potentially expanding the number of people who interact with AI. Source link
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Russia-paid influencers, trolls step up efforts to influence U.S. election
Federal actions to stymie foreign influence campaigns haven’t cowed Moscow, researchers say. Source link
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North Carolina floods threaten mines key to global electronics industry
The facilities in Spruce Pine, now isolated and imperiled by Helene’s floods, are a vital node in the supply chain of smartphones, computers and other electronics. Source link
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Cruise to pay $1.5 million for hiding details of pedestrian-dragging crash
Robot taxi developer Cruise will pay a $1.5 million fine to federal regulators for withholding details on a gruesome crash last year in San Francisco. Source link
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Epic Games says Google found a new way to violate antitrust law
The company behind the Fortnite video games won an antitrust lawsuit against Google last year. Now Epic Games is suing again. Source link
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