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Friday 6 November

Nvidia Boosts Chip Tracking in Southeast Asia to Fight Smuggling

AI-generated summary Nvidia Corp. is increasing the monitoring of artificial intelligence accelerators sold in Southeast Asia to combat semiconductor smuggling. The chipmaker now requires regional customers to use its fleet intelligence system to track hardware locations in order to become official Nvidia Cloud Partners.

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Thursday 5 November

Anthropic IPO Faces $500 Billion Valuation Hit After Tech Stocks Plunge

AI-generated summary Anthropic filed for its initial public offering on Oct. 26 without setting a price range or stating the size and valuation of its listing. Media reports indicate that a major tech stock selloff on Thursday could impact the timing and valuation of the planned offering.

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Google Plans to Spend $17 Billion on Wyoming Data Center

AI-generated summary Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to invest seventeen billion dollars to construct a new data center located in Wyoming. The investment announcement follows recent US midterm elections where voters and candidates supported stricter regulations and limits on artificial intelligence projects.

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Claude's new Personal Finance tool aims to help analyze your spending - read-only, of course

Claude’s new Personal Finance tool aims to help analyze your spending – read-only, of course

AI-generated summary Anthropic announced Personal Finance in Claude on Thursday, allowing users to connect bank and credit card accounts through read-only access via Plaid. The feature is currently available only to Pro, Max, and Ultra subscribers in the US.

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Data centers are turning to old jet engines as the wait for power grows

AI-generated summary Facing long delays for grid connections, some artificial intelligence data centers are turning to converted jet engines to generate their own electricity quickly. Companies including xAI and OpenAI have utilized the rebuilt turbine units to power sites, while other firms navigate lengthy waits for traditional power supply.

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How the midterms could fuel the K-shaped AI trade

AI-generated summary CoreWeave, Nebius, and Iren shares became available after falling at least 30% in October as tightening credit markets raised funding questions. JPMorgan Asset Management says financially stronger hyperscalers could secure cheaper capacity or acquire assets if weaker operators scale back.

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Wednesday 4 November

After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming

AI-generated summary Following the midterm results, Democrats secured full control of Congress and made data center limitations available for discussion. Goldman Sachs predicts that data center construction delays will occur in states like Georgia and Texas due to these Democratic gains.

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A thousand fewer paths to root

AI-generated summary OpenAI announced an autonomous vulnerability discovery, exploitation, and patching pipeline powered by an upcoming cyber model to examine the Linux kernel. OpenAI says the system validated and generated patches for 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux at an API cost of $1.2 million.

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