OpenAI hones public sector focus with new leadership hires

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Knives Are Out in the White House

President Donald Trump’s aides were reeling from the scale of Republican losses on Tuesday night, but they almost immediately began figuring out who to blame. The ultimate responsibility, officials acknowledged only in private, lay with Trump for taking the country into an unpopular war with Iran that drove up

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SpaceX is snapping up hundreds of homes near its new flagship AI data center — but only if the owners agree to one…

* SpaceX reportedly offers to buy 418 homes near its AI facilities * Homeowners face a lawsuit withdrawal condition attached to reported purchase offers * Residents blame gas turbines for persistent noise and sleepless nights SpaceX is reportedly seeking to purchase 418 homes in Colonial Hills, a Southaven neighbourhood close to its expanding

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DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google’s AI policy

DuckDuckGo is pitching itself to schools after Google created an opening for the alternative search engine. On Tuesday, Google told schools they could turn off Gemini, but it said shutting off its other AI features would cost schools Google Search, as well. DuckDuckGo, a company that focuses on user privacy

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Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.

Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable models become more freely available, how do companies capture value? And with Chinese open models gaining ground, can American players keep

In addition to hiring former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, the frontier AI firm brought on several new executives in October, including alums from Oracle and Amazon Web Services.

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DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google’s AI policy

Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.