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    OPENAI TEAMS UP WITH SOFTBANK AND ORACLE ON $5=
    00B DATA CENTER PROJECT
    (5 MINUTE READ) [6]=20

    OpenAI, SoftBank, and =
    Oracle, along with others, have teamed up to
    build multiple data centers =
    for AI in the US. The joint venture,
    called The Stargate Project, will cr=
    eate hundreds of thousands of jobs
    and secure American leadership in AI. =
    It will begin with a large data
    center project in Texas before eventually=
    expanding to other states.
    The companies expect to pour up to $500 billi=
    on into the venture over
    the next four years. OpenAI is reportedly aggres=
    sively building out a
    team of chip designers and engineers to create an A=
    I chip for running
    models - it could arrive in data centers as soon as 20=
    26.=20

    MRBEAST IS REPORTEDLY NOW AMONG THOSE TRYING TO BUY TIKTOK (1 MI=
    NUTE
    READ) [7]=20

    Employer.com has joined forces with YouTuber MrBeas=
    t to buy TikTok.
    They haven't disclosed their all-cash bid amount, and it=
    's not clear
    if ByteDance is seriously considering the offer. President T=
    rump has
    signed an executive order delaying any potential TikTok ban for =
    75
    days. Other potential TikTok buyers include Elon Musk, Amazon, Oracle,=

    and a syndicate headed by billionaire Frank McCourt.=20

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    SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

    DEEPMIND'S HASSABIS SEES AI=
    -DESIGNED DRUG TRIALS THIS YEAR (2 MINUTE
    READ) [8]=20

    Isomorphic Lab=
    s' Nobel Prize-winning chief executive officer says
    that the company will=
    hopefully have some AI-designed drugs in
    clinical trials by the end of t=
    he year. It is working on shortening
    the drug discovery process from a de=
    cade or more to just weeks or
    months. The company, created in 2021 to com=
    mercialize Google
    DeepMind's AlphaFold AI for drug discovery, announced s=
    trategic
    research collaboration agreements with Eli Lilly & Co. and Novar=
    tis AG
    last year. AlphaFold can model a range of molecular structures and=

    predict how they interact with each other.=20

    417-MEGAPIXEL ANDROMED=
    A GALAXY PANORAMA TOOK OVER A DECADE TO MAKE (4
    MINUTE READ) [9]=20

    A=
    stronomers have completed the most comprehensive survey of the
    Andromeda =
    galaxy so far and created a 417-megapixel panorama. The
    massive 42,208 by=
    9,870-pixel panorama took over a decade to create
    and includes more than=
    600 photos. It is the largest photo mosaic ever
    created using Hubble Spa=
    ce Telescope observations. The photo shows 200
    million stars, a fraction =
    of the estimated one trillion stars in the
    system. It will help scientist=
    s learn more about Andromeda's history.
    A video showing highlights from t=
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    ARE LLMS MAKING STACKOVERFLOW IRRELEVANT? (=
    8 MINUTE READ) [10]=20

    The volume of questions asked on StackOverflow f=
    ell quickly after
    ChatGPT's release in November 2022. The drop continues =
    into 2025 at an
    alarming speed. The site has not seen so few questions as=
    ked monthly
    since 2009. Its decline actually started before ChatGPT - the=
    release
    of the chatbot merely sped up the decline. StackOverflow's lack =
    of
    innovation may have resulted in the initial drop in questions. The
    d=
    rop in questions indicates that trouble is ahead.=20

    PERPLEXITY LAUNCHE=
    S SONAR, AN API FOR AI SEARCH (3 MINUTE READ) [11]=20

    Perplexity's Sona=
    r API allows developers to build generative AI
    search tools into their ap=
    plications. There is a base version that is
    cheaper and faster and a pric=
    ier version that's better for tough
    questions. Developers will be able to=
    customize the sources that the
    AI search engine pulls from. Perplexity c=
    laims to be offering the
    cheapest AI search API on the market. Its models=
    reportedly outperform
    leading models on a benchmark that measures factua=
    l correctness.=20

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    MISCELLANEOUS

    INSTAGRAM IS RE=
    PORTEDLY TRYING TO ATTRACT TIKTOK CREATORS WITH LARGE
    BONUSES (3 MINUTE R=
    EAD) [12]=20

    Instagram is offering creators $10,000 to $50,000 a month =
    to
    exclusively post Reels. Meta has also launched the Breakthrough Bonus=

    program, which lets TikTok creators earn up to $5,000 over three
    month=
    s for posting Reels to Facebook and Instagram. The company has
    extended t=
    he maximum length of Reels to three minutes. It is working
    on a new video=
    editing and creation app designed to compete directly
    with ByteDance's C=
    apCut.=20

    STRIPE CUTS 300 JOBS IN PRODUCT, ENGINEERING, AND OPERATIONS =
    (3
    MINUTE READ) [13]=20

    Stripe has cut about 3.5% of its workforce, m=
    ostly in product,
    engineering, and operations. Despite this, the company =
    plans to
    continue hiring and increase its headcount by 17% by the end of =
    the
    year. The payments company is currently valued at about $70 billion i=
    n
    private markets. Stripe's founders have intentionally steered clear of=

    public markets and have given no indication of whether an offering is
    =
    on the near-term horizon. Total payment volume at the company passed
    $1 t=
    rillion in 2023.=20

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    PRIME VIDEO HIT USAGE HIGHS DURING 2024 HOLIDAYS (2
    MINUTE READ) [14]=20
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    Streaming services commanded 43.3% of all TV viewing in the US in
    Dec=
    ember.=20

    TRUMP PARDONS DARK WEB MARKETPLACE CREATOR ROSS ULBRICHT (3 M=
    INUTE
    READ) [15]=20

    Ross Ulbricht operated the Silk Road marketplace =
    on the dark web
    between 2011 and 2013.=20

    MICROSOFT LOSES STATUS AS O=
    PENAI'S EXCLUSIVE CLOUD PROVIDER (2 MINUTE
    READ) [16]=20

    Microsoft wi=
    ll have the 'right of first refusal' when OpenAI seeks
    additional capacit=
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    GDC SURVEY REVEALS A ROCKY YEAR OF LAYOFFS AND AI SKEPTICISM FOR =
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