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01 Dec 2025

David Sacks Faces Mounting Scrutiny Over Potential Conflicts of Interest in AI and Crypto Role

Trump's AI and crypto czar David Sacks defends against New York Times report alleging conflicts between his government role and extensive tech investments. Silicon Valley leaders rally to his support amid growing political scrutiny.

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OpenAI faces user backlash as ChatGPT app suggestions spark fears of intrusive advertising

ChatGPT users, including $200-per-month Pro subscribers, spotted what appeared to be ads for Peloton and other brands during unrelated conversations. OpenAI clarified these were app suggestions, not advertisements, but the lack of relevancy and inability to disable them triggered concerns about monetization. Code discovered in the Android app beta version suggests ads may still be coming.

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Elon Musk Predicts Work Will Become Optional Within 20 Years Due to AI and Robotics Revolution

Tesla CEO Elon Musk forecasts that rapid advances in AI and robotics will make traditional employment optional within 10-20 years, comparing future work to a hobby like gardening. He envisions a 'Universal High Income' system supporting this transformation.

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Poetry tricks AI into producing harmful content, exposing critical safety vulnerabilities

Researchers at Italy's Icaro Lab discovered that framing harmful requests as poetry can bypass AI safety features with alarming success. Testing 25 models from Google, OpenAI, Meta, and others, poetic prompts generated forbidden content 62% of the time. Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro responded to every single poetic jailbreak attempt, while OpenAI's GPT-5 nano blocked them all.

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30 Nov 2025

Dubai's AI Chef Restaurant Divides Culinary World with 'Dinosaur Tartare' and Digital Innovation

A Dubai restaurant featuring the world's 'first AI chef' creates buzz with unique dishes like dinosaur tartare while sparking debate among culinary professionals about AI's role in cooking.

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Coursera CEO Advises Workers to Embrace Micro-Credentials as AI Displaces Entry-Level Jobs

As AI automation eliminates thousands of entry-level positions across major companies, Coursera's CEO Greg Hart recommends graduates supplement traditional degrees with micro-credentials to stay competitive. Companies like Amazon and Salesforce have cut thousands of jobs citing AI capabilities.

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29 Nov 2025

AI-Generated Country Hit 'Walk My Walk' Sparks Ethics Debate Over Artist Attribution and Voice Cloning

An AI-generated country song using Blanco Brown's vocal style without permission hits No. 1 on Billboard charts, raising critical questions about artist rights and AI music ethics in the industry.

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Micron Announces $9.6 Billion Investment in Japan AI Memory Chip Plant

US memory chip giant Micron Technology plans to invest $9.6 billion in building a new high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip plant in Hiroshima, Japan, targeting the growing AI market with Japanese government subsidies supporting the project.

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ChatGPT at Three: How OpenAI's Chatbot Revolutionized Information Discovery

Three years after its launch, ChatGPT has fundamentally transformed how people search for information, growing from a research preview to 800 million weekly users and becoming the primary gateway to information for millions worldwide.

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28 Nov 2025

AMD Quietly Expands AI GPU Portfolio with New Radeon Pro Models and China-Compliant Variants

AMD has quietly launched the Radeon Pro W7900D workstation GPU and listed two unannounced AI-focused graphics cards, the AI Pro R9700S and R9600D, signaling expansion into mobile AI computing and export-compliant markets.

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Adani Group Plans $5 Billion Investment in Google's India AI Data Center Hub

Indian conglomerate Adani Group is planning to invest up to $5 billion in Google's upcoming AI infrastructure hub in southern India, marking a significant commitment to the country's rapidly expanding data center sector and AI infrastructure development.

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Google's custom AI chips draw billions from Meta and Anthropic, challenging Nvidia's dominance

Google's tensor processing units are emerging as a credible alternative to Nvidia's GPUs, with Meta reportedly negotiating a multibillion-dollar deal to rent and purchase TPUs. The shift could unlock a $900 billion revenue opportunity for Alphabet Inc. while reshaping the AI hardware supply landscape and forcing the industry to reconsider its dependence on a single chip supplier.

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Let It Die: Inferno sparks debate as Supertrick Games reveals generative AI across game elements

The sequel to 2016's Let It Die launched December 3 with a controversial disclosure: generative AI shaped parts of its voices, music, and graphics. Developer Supertrick Games responded to player backlash with unprecedented transparency about AI use in game development, detailing exactly how the technology influenced background textures, character voices, and one music track.

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Sony Unveils Revolutionary 200MP LYTIA 901 Sensor with AI-Powered Processing and 17-Stop Dynamic Range

Sony announces its groundbreaking LYTIA 901 mobile image sensor featuring 200 megapixels, AI-based processing circuits, and innovative Hybrid Frame-HDR technology promising over 16 stops of dynamic range for smartphones.

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Baidu Emerges as China's Leading AI Chip Player with $28 Billion Kunlunxin Unit

Chinese tech giant Baidu is positioning itself as a major AI chip manufacturer through its Kunlunxin subsidiary, unveiling a five-year roadmap to challenge Huawei and fill the gap left by Nvidia's restricted access to the Chinese market.

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