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Scale AI lays off 14% of staff, largely in data-labeling business

Scale AI is cutting 14% of the company just weeks after Meta invested $14.3 billion in the startup and hired away its CEO.

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OpenAI and Anthropic researchers decry ‘reckless’ safety culture at Elon Musk’s xAI

The criticisms follow weeks of scandals at xAI that have overshadowed the company’s technological advances.

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GM teams up with Redwood Materials to power data centers with EV batteries

GM will send batteries — new and old — to Redwood Materials, which will assemble them into large packs capable of supporting data centers and the grid.

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GMC Hummer EV outsold the Tesla Cybertruck last quarter

As Elon Musk once said, “we dug our own grave with Cybertruck.”

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Call of Duty cheaters complain after Activision launches new wave of mass-bans

The video game giant banned an unknown number of cheaters that were using one of the oldest-running cheats.

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Nvidia’s resumption of H20 chip sales related to rare earth element trade talks

U.S. Commerce Secretary said Nvidia’s plans to start selling its H20 chips are tied to ongoing trade discussions with China regarding REEs.

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Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction

Former Waymo engineers have launched an autonomous vehicle startup with $80 million in venture funds.

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Meet the cement transport ship that makes cement ingredients while sailing

London-based Seabound has developed a carbon capture system that transforms CO2 from a ship’s engine into limestone, which Heidelberg Materials will use to make cement.

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Rex Salisbury’s Cambrian Ventures raises new fund, bucking fintech slowdown

Spurred by the performance of its first fund, Cambrian Ventures’ $20 million second fund will continue the firm’s thesis of focusing on fintech startups.

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Meta reportedly scores two more high-profile OpenAI researchers

OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will reportedly join Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab. Another team member, Hyung Won Chung, might also join Meta, as the company works to catch up to rivals in the AGI race.

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