T-Mobile plans to acquire most of UScellular, including stores, some of the wireless operator’s spectrum, and its customers, in a $4.4B deal, including $2B debt (Todd Haselton/CNBC)

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T-Mobile plans to acquire most of UScellular, including stores, some of the wireless operator’s spectrum, and its customers, in a $4.4B deal, including $2B debt  —  – CNBC Councils  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Supply Chain Values  — Select Shopping  — Ad Choices

OpenAI begins training its new flagship AI model, a process that could take nine months or more, and creates a Safety and Security Committee to explore risks (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Cade Metz / New York Times:
OpenAI begins training its new flagship AI model, a process that could take nine months or more, and creates a Safety and Security Committee to explore risks  —  The advanced A.I. system would succeed GPT-4, which powers ChatGPT.  The company has also created a new safety committee to address A.I.’s risks.

How pro-Russian groups exploit Telegram, which has 41M MAUs in the EU, below the DSA’s 45M threshold, to spread disinformation on Ukraine, immigration, and more (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
How pro-Russian groups exploit Telegram, which has 41M MAUs in the EU, below the DSA’s 45M threshold, to spread disinformation on Ukraine, immigration, and more  —  Pro-Russian disinformation groups are exploiting the “very, very lax” rules on Telegram and there’s little EU authorities can do about it.

Defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which collapsed in 2014, moves 140K bitcoin, worth ~$9B, to an unknown address, likely part of a plan to repay creditors (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which collapsed in 2014, moves 140K bitcoin, worth ~$9B, to an unknown address, likely part of a plan to repay creditors  —  Nearly 107,000 bitcoin have been moved since early Asian hours on Tuesday, with bitcoin shedding 1.2% on expectations of selling pressure.

How AI demand is driving a rally in old school stocks in the utilities, energy, and materials sectors, which are needed to make and operate AI products (Charley Grant/Wall Street Journal)

Charley Grant / Wall Street Journal:
How AI demand is driving a rally in old school stocks in the utilities, energy, and materials sectors, which are needed to make and operate AI products  —  Old-school stocks in the utilities, energy and materials sectors are outpacing the wider market  —  Demand for artificial intelligence …

A look at “prebunking”, exposing people to low doses of misinfo with explanations to develop “mental antibodies” against disinfo, amid AI’s threat to elections (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
A look at “prebunking”, exposing people to low doses of misinfo with explanations to develop “mental antibodies” against disinfo, amid AI’s threat to elections  —  Election officials around the world are adopting “prebunking” campaigns, as AI and other threats jeopardize voting.

The hacking group RansomHub claims to be behind the attack that hit Christie’s, and threatens to release sensitive information about the auction house’s clients (Zachary Small/New York Times)

Zachary Small / New York Times:
The hacking group RansomHub claims to be behind the attack that hit Christie’s, and threatens to release sensitive information about the auction house’s clients  —  The hacking group RansomHub is threatening to release “sensitive personal information” about the auction house’s clients.

Meta adds safety features to CrowdTangle for use during the EU elections, in a bid to address EU concerns over Meta’s plan to shut down the tool in August 2024 (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Meta adds safety features to CrowdTangle for use during the EU elections, in a bid to address EU concerns over Meta’s plan to shut down the tool in August 2024  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) has added safety features to its misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle for use during European Parliament elections …