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Israel-based Guidde, which is developing a platform to accelerate the adoption of AI in organizations, raised a $50M Series B round led by PSG Equity (Meir Orbach/CTech)
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Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and DOD, and how officials at agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement (New York Times)
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Chinese matchmaking apps like Wanmei Qinjia, which has 50M users and lets parents look for spouses for their children, surge as marriage rates continue to fall (Kohei Fujimura/Nikkei Asia)
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Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans (Ross Andersen/The Atlantic)
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Nvidia partners with Cisco, Nokia, and others to build 6G networks based on open, software-defined AI radio access networking (AI-RAN) architecture (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
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A look at Hyundai's Atlas humanoid robot, slated for assembly tasks in 2028; Hyundai has invested billions in robotics since acquiring Boston Dynamics in 2021 (Hyonhee Shin/Bloomberg)
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How some companies are trying to become the "Strava of tennis" by offering match video, stats, highlights, social features, and performance analysis for players (Charlie Eccleshare/The Athletic)
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Inside the world's largest crypto casino Stake, which claims ~4% of all BTC transactions, with popularity boosted by celebs like Drake and influencers on Kick (Bloomberg)
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[Thread] In an AMA, Sam Altman says DOD blacklisting Anthropic sets an "extremely scary precedent", OpenAI rushed its deal to "de-escalate things", and more (Sam Altman/@sama)
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Netflix actually won by walking away from the WBD bid, collecting a $2.8B termination fee and driving up the price and debt load of the Paramount-WBD merger (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal)
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Multiple AWS developers say they are asked to take on new roles with AI tools' assistance, and engineers are now required to complete technical writing tasks (Financial Times)
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Block's plan to lay off over 4,000 employees, citing AI work automation, adds to growing angst among white-collar workers over AI's potential for job disruption (Chip Cutter/Wall Street Journal)
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Sources: the Pentagon used Claude in its major air attack in Iran, hours after Trump declared that the federal government will end its use of Anthropic's tools (Wall Street Journal)
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Polymarket trades on contracts tied to strikes on Iran hit $529M, and six new accounts profited a total of $1M by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28 (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
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OpenAI says it does not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and it has made its position on this clear to the Pentagon (@openai)