Papers and patents: Chinese military researchers distilled OpenAI and Anthropic models to train domestic AI systems and advance China's defense capabilities (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

Papers and patents: Chinese military researchers distilled OpenAI and Anthropic models to train domestic AI systems and advance …

Stripe says thousands of solo operators on its service generate $1M+ in annual revenue, and those making $10M+ nearly tripled between 2023 and 2025, aided by AI (Te-Ping Chen/Wall Street Journal)

Stripe says thousands of solo operators on its service generate $1M+ in annual revenue, and those making $10M+ nearly tripled be…

Data centres could pay hundreds of millions in deposits for power demands

Data centres could pay hundreds of millions in deposits for power demands https://bit.ly/4g0kq9d The regulator said a fee of bet…

Sources: Moonshot AI hit a $35B valuation after closing a $3.5B round, exceeding its initial target of $1B to $2B, and plans a Hong Kong IPO as soon as 2026 (Bloomberg)

Sources: Moonshot AI hit a $35B valuation after closing a $3.5B round, exceeding its initial target of $1B to $2B, and plans a H…

Russia's FSB charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities, including by Ukraine, and issues an international arrest warrant (Reuters)

Russia's FSB charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities, including by Ukraine, and issues a…

Meta and BlackRock form a strategic venture to develop a 1GW data center campus in El Paso, set to cost ~$14B and bring capacity online starting in 2028 (Meta Newsroom)

Meta and BlackRock form a strategic venture to develop a 1GW data center campus in El Paso, set to cost ~$14B and bring capacity…

Sources: Nvidia signs leases worth up to $50B for Hut 8's planned 1GW data center in Texas, hosting hundreds of thousands of chips; Hut 8 didn't name its client (Financial Times)

Sources: Nvidia signs leases worth up to $50B for Hut 8's planned 1GW data center in Texas, hosting hundreds of thousands of…

Apple overtakes Nvidia to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company, two years after it lost the crown, closing at a $4.9T market cap on Monday (Kalley Huang/New York Times)

Apple overtakes Nvidia to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company, two years after it lost the crown, closi…

How some young adults are using AI to navigate social situations, from drafting pickup lines and texts to formulating responses in face-to-face conversations (Natalie Kaufman/Wall Street Journal)

How some young adults are using AI to navigate social situations, from drafting pickup lines and texts to formulating responses …

Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify avians

Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify avians https://bit.ly/4fVfylH Birdwatchers tell the BBC how app…

Once hailed as an AI visionary, Satya Nadella faces pressure as a compute crunch forces Microsoft to prioritize its own AI products over Azure cloud customers (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)

Once hailed as an AI visionary, Satya Nadella faces pressure as a compute crunch forces Microsoft to prioritize its own AI produ…