Josh Tyrangiel / Bloomberg:
Q&A with Sam Altman on the first years of OpenAI and ChatGPT, his removal as CEO, OpenAI’s structure, AGI, AI safety, nuclear fusion, Trump, Musk, and more — On Nov. 30, 2022, traffic to OpenAI’s website peaked at a number a little north of zero. It was a startup so small and sleepy …
Sources: Italy is in advanced talks for a $1.6B, five-year SpaceX deal to provide the government with secure telecom services, Europe’s largest such project (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: Italy is in advanced talks for a $1.6B, five-year SpaceX deal to provide the government with secure telecom services, Europe’s largest such project — – Starlink would provide secure internet for Italian government — Prime Minister Meloni met with Trump in Florida on Saturday
Malaysia’s environment minister says global tech companies should expect to pay a premium for access to energy and water to serve data centres in the country (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
Malaysia’s environment minister says global tech companies should expect to pay a premium for access to energy and water to serve data centres in the country — Investment in ‘oil of the 21st century’ will support country’s development of renewable power — Global tech companies should expect …
A look at Chinese hackers’ attacks on US infrastructure and telecoms; sources: Charter, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream networks were also breached (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
A look at Chinese hackers’ attacks on US infrastructure and telecoms; sources: Charter, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream networks were also breached — Massive ‘Typhoon’ cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecoms sought to lay groundwork for potential conflict with Beijing …
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue of ~$64.6B, up 15% YoY and exceeding analyst expectations for a 13% rise, with December 2024 bringing in ~$19.8B, up 42% YoY (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)
Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg:
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue of ~$64.6B, up 15% YoY and exceeding analyst expectations for a 13% rise, with December 2024 bringing in ~$19.8B, up 42% YoY — – Company sees significant sales growth for the first quarter — December sales NT$655 billion up 42% on strong AI server sales
PitchBook: AI startups developing medical note-taking apps raised $800M in 2024, compared to $390M in 2023, as Microsoft and others compete for market share (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
PitchBook: AI startups developing medical note-taking apps raised $800M in 2024, compared to $390M in 2023, as Microsoft and others compete for market share — Investment in the apps has doubled as Big Tech and start-ups compete to grab share of market — Investment in artificial …
The UK CMA is testing an AI tool to help catch companies that collude when bidding for public contracts, amid a “significant risk of bid-rigging” by contractors (Suzi Ring/Financial Times)
Suzi Ring / Financial Times:
The UK CMA is testing an AI tool to help catch companies that collude when bidding for public contracts, amid a “significant risk of bid-rigging” by contractors — Agency is trialling an AI-backed programme that scrapes data to identify bid-rigging
How Huawei is flourishing despite harsh US sanctions, demonstrating the resilience of a company at the center of a worsening cold war between the US and China (Eva Dou/Washington Post)
Eva Dou / Washington Post:
How Huawei is flourishing despite harsh US sanctions, demonstrating the resilience of a company at the center of a worsening cold war between the US and China — China’s biggest telecommunications manufacturer drew tough U.S. sanctions. It is still flourishing, but globalization is on the ropes.
CrowdStrike, whose botched software update caused a global IT outage in July 2024, has more than recovered the $30B in market value it shed after the crisis (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
CrowdStrike, whose botched software update caused a global IT outage in July 2024, has more than recovered the $30B in market value it shed after the crisis — Cyber security company has more than recovered the $30bn in market value it shed after the crisis
Sources: Reliance writes off its $200M investment in Bengaluru-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo, as CEO Kabeer Biswas looks to sell Dunzo for $25M-$30M (Bismah Malik/Inc42)
Bismah Malik / Inc42:
Sources: Reliance writes off its $200M investment in Bengaluru-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo, as CEO Kabeer Biswas looks to sell Dunzo for $25M-$30M — SUMMARY — Dunzo cofounder and CEO Kabeer Biswas as per our sources is leading talks with high net worth individuals and family offices for an acquisition deal
