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Articles from www.wsj.com

A profile of, and interview with, Meta's Yann LeCun, who says today's AI models aren't intelligent and warnings about AI's existential peril are “complete BS” (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-15 Interview AI

Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035 (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-15 Google Energy

There is little modern precedent to guide US judges on whether a breakup, like the one the DOJ is proposing in the Google Search antitrust case, is appropriate (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-9 Google

Marketing tech company Zeta Global agrees to buy LiveIntent, another marketing tech provider, for $250M in cash and stock in a deal expected to close in Q4 2024 (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-9 4Q

Short seller Hindenburg releases a report accusing Roblox of inflating user metrics to investors and prioritizing growth over protecting minors; RBLX drops 5%+ (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-9

TrendForce: TSMC's global foundry revenue share will hit 64% in 2024, up from 51% in 2019, while Samsung's share is set to drop to 10%, down from 16% in 2019 (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-8 Samsung

How Malaysia's Johor went from a backwater to having one of the world's biggest AI data center construction projects, with an estimated ~$3.8B invested in 2024 (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-8 AI Malaysia

A profile of UK teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj, a Lapsus$ member who leaked GTA VI video in 2022 and was found guilty in 2023 for hacking Nvidia, Uber, and others (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-6 Uber Hacker Nvidia

eMarketer: Google's share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, TikTok, and others rise (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-6 Google Amazon

Grindr is testing an AI “wingman” that will enable users to track conversations with their favorites, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-6 AI

A look at Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral thanks to its the Deep Dive podcast with two AI hosts (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-5 Google AI

Sources: China-linked hacking campaign dubbed Salt Typhoon breached networks of a wide swath of US broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-5 China AT&T

An unredacted New Mexico lawsuit shows Snap grappled internally with how to warn users of Snapchat sextortion risks without striking fear in users or parents (www.wsj.com)
2024-10-1 Mexico Snapchat

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047; source: Newsom vetoed because the bill applies only to large AI models and leaves others unregulated (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-30 AI California

A look at challenges to OpenAI becoming a for-profit company, including the complexity of splitting assets with the nonprofit arm, which will continue to exist (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-30 Asset

A look at telehealth startup Done Global, whose owner was arrested by the US in June for allegedly running a “pill mill”, as it continues to operate from China (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-28 China Startup

Source: Apple is no longer in talks to participate in an OpenAI funding round that is expected to raise as much as $6.5B (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-28 Apple

Current and former staff say OpenAI has rushed product announcements and safety testing, lost its lead over rivals, and Altman is detached from the day-to-day (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-27

Sources: the DOJ is investigating Super Micro after a report by short-seller Hindenburg Research; an ex-employee accused the company of accounting violations (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-27

Sources: Google's $2.7B Character.AI deal was primarily to rehire founder Noam Shazeer, who quit Google in 2021 and made hundreds of millions from the deal (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-26 Google AI

Sources: China-linked hackers, in a campaign called Salt Typhoon, have broken into a handful of US ISPs in recent months in pursuit of sensitive information (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-26 China

Access Now and 24+ others wrote to Pavel Durov in late 2021 asking Telegram to add transparent content rules, an appeals process, and more; Durov didn't respond (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-24

A profile of Amazon executive Rohit Prasad, who now oversees a new team of thousands to develop AI products for an Alexa upgrade and other businesses (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-23 Amazon AI

Profile of Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, which hires contractors to do data labeling tasks, as he looks to expand to higher-margin AI tools to sustain growth (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-23 AI

Sources: TSMC and Samsung execs have visited the UAE and are considering building chip factories funded by the UAE, with a central role for Abu Dhabi's Mubadala (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-23 Samsung

A profile of Santa Clara County Deputy DA Erin West, whose team clawed back ~$3M stolen from 26 US pig butchering victims, as she works to improve enforcement (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-21

Sources: Qualcomm made a takeover approach to Intel in recent days; Intel stock jumps 7%+ (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-21 Intel

Memo: Disney plans to stop using Slack in most of its businesses by the end of this year, after a hacking group leaked more than 1TB of company data in summer (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-20 Slack

Amazon's new competition TV show, debuting October 30, will have entrepreneurs pitch judges, including Amazon execs; finalists' product will be sold on Amazon (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-19 Amazon Entrepreneur

Layoffs.fyi: tech companies have laid off ~137,000 people since January 2024; Indeed.com: software development job postings are down 30%+ since February 2020 (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-19 Layoffs

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