Sources: OpenAI now seeks ~$20B at a $1.25T valuation for its latest round, from $30B at a $1.4T valuation, as some investors cut commitments amid an AI selloff

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Anduril wants to become a laptop maker — drone and defense giant partners with Qualcomm to build new BlueChip…

* Anduril plans to open BlueChip laptop orders in 2027 with Qualcomm * BlueChip prototypes source 90% of component procurement costs from American and allied suppliers * Anduril expects its laptops to cost 20% more than comparable devices Anduril Industries has revealed plans to enter the laptop market through a partnership with Qualcomm,

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Nvidia weighs playing the cosigner for Nscale’s AI data center in West Virginia

Nvidia is in talks to guarantee billions in debt financing for AI cloud provider Nscale’s planned Anthropic data center in West Virginia, The Information reported Thursday. Bloomberg later corroborated the report. Anthropic has signed a $44.6 billion contract for the project’s first building alone, according to Nscale’

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Sam Altman says OpenAI won't slow science paper blitz — even though academics are calling it a 'giant…

* OpenAI will keep pushing AI’s scientific discoveries, Sam Altman says * Some researchers are excited by the ‘fantastic’ breakthroughs * But others warn that the pace of change is ‘psychologically taxing’ One of the promises that huge AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have made is that their machine learning models

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'Online exams are now a waste of time': Top UC Berkeley professor calls time on homework grades as students…

* Berkeley professor Richard Borcherds says he no longer grades homework * The renowned mathematician stated that it is amost impossible to spot a human written submission among those created with AI * Grading in Borcherds’ classes are now conducted with in-person exams, completed without resorting to electronic devices Professor Richard Borcherds of