President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will attempt to preempt …
Reddit files a lawsuit against Australia to overturn its social media ban for under-16s, saying it “infringes the implied freedom of political communication”
Message board website Reddit (RDDT.N) on Friday filed a lawsuit asking the High Court to overturn Australia's social media ban …
In his EO, Trump orders US AG Pam Bondi to create an “AI Litigation Task Force” that meets regularly with David Sacks to challenge “inconsistent” state AI laws
The administration will also attempt to prevent states with “onerous” AI laws from accessing broadband funding.
Tim Sweeney: the Ninth Circuit's decision on the Epic v. Apple contempt ruling appeal “completely shuts down” App Store rules letting Apple collect “junk fees”
In an interview, Epic Games' CEO says that an appeals court ruling in its case against Apple is ‘really awesome for all developers.’
Trump's AI executive order directs federal agencies to look into withholding federal funding from states passing “the most onerous and excessive laws” around AI
but blue states may not like it Associated Press : How Trump is blocking U.S. states from regulating artificial intelligence Joe Miller / Financial Times : Donald Trump threatens federal funding cuts ...
A US appeals court upholds a contempt ruling in Epic v. Apple, but says Apple can argue in a lower court to charge <27% for transactions outside the App Store
or at least a contempt ruling is not the right vehicle for imposing a royalty-free licensing obligation on Apple only because it asked for too much. Apple wanted the injunction lifted in light of new...
A US judge sentences Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to 15 years in prison; Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud charges in August
The Terraform Labs co-founder pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud in August. — NEW YORK — Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon …
Kalshi integrates its event trading platform into the popular crypto wallet Phantom; Dune: in November, Kalshi's trading volume hit $5.8B vs. Polymarket's $3.7B
As Kalshi's trading volume surpasses Polymarket's, it will now offer prediction market access to Phantom's 15 million users on Solana.
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan reveals that Anthropic placed a $10B order for Google's Ironwood TPU racks in Q3 and says Anthropic placed an additional $11B order in Q4
Broadcom revealed during a September earnings call that it had signed a customer that had placed a $10 billion order for custom chips.
Serval, which offers an AI assistant for IT, HR, legal, and finance, raised a $75M Series B led by Sequoia at a $1B valuation, taking its total funding to $127M
AI-powered IT support startup Serval has raised $75 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia, achieving a $1 billion valuation …
Switzerland launches a preliminary investigation into whether Apple's terms for granting third-party access to NFC tech on iPhones violate its antitrust laws
Switzerland's competition authority has launched a preliminary investigation into whether Apple's terms for granting third-party access …
The OpenAI deal gives Disney a fair amount of oversight and control over how its IP is used, including a joint steering committee to monitor user creations
Walt Disney has reached an agreement with OpenAI that will make the company the first major content licensing partner on Sora, OpenAI's social video platform.
Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity updates World to make it a “super app” with encrypted chat integration and a Venmo-like tool for sending and requesting crypto
World, the biometric ID verification project co-founded by Sam Altman, released the newest version of its app today …
Broadcom reports Q4 revenue up 28% YoY to $18.02B, vs. $17.49B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue above est., as it expects AI chip sales to double YoY to $8.2B
Kif Leswing / CNBC :
YouTube launches an option for US-based creators to receive payouts in PayPal's stablecoin, PYUSD
Big Tech continues to tiptoe into crypto. The latest example is a move by YouTube to let creators on the video platform choose to receive payouts in PayPal's stablecoin.
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking
Product chief Nikita Bier on journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.” Also: Fidji Simo on OpenAI's Code Red, and a new episode of ACCESS. X: @ashleymayer . Bluesky: @fahadhumayun.com , @t...
Sources: New York's governor proposes rewriting the RAISE Act, the AI bill that passed NY legislature in June, with text copied verbatim from California's SB 53
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing a dramatic rewrite of the RAISE Act, the AI transparency and safety bill …
Companies are updating insider trading policies to cover prediction markets; Kalshi and others are pushing for federal oversight, including of insider trading
Rocket Drew / The Information :
Sources: Intel has tested chipmaking tools in 2025 from California-based ACM Research, which has deep China ties; US sanctions targeted two ACM overseas units
Chipmaker Intel (INTC.O), has tested chipmaking tools this year from a toolmaker with deep roots in China and two overseas units …
OpenAI says GPT‑5.2 Thinking beats or ties industry professionals on 70.9% of GDPval knowledge work tasks, delivering outputs at >11x the speed and <1% the cost
OpenAI eyes January exit from “code red” John Werner / Forbes : The Wonder And The Promise Of GPT 5.2 Is Here Benj Edwards / Ars Technica : OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert...
A look at France-based indie game studio Sandfall Interactive, whose critically acclaimed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had a sub-$10M budget and sold 5M+ copies
which includes a close estimate on what it really took (and cost) to make the game. https://www.nytimes.com/... Marcel / @guru_xd : Good games don't need absurd budgets Clair Obscur expedition 33 was ...
Sources: China is considering a ~$28B-to-$70B incentives package, which would be separate from the $50B Big Fund III plan, to support its chipmaking industry
China is considering a package of incentives worth as much as $70 billion to bankroll and support its chipmaking industry …
Bob Iger says Disney's OpenAI deal “does not in any way represent a threat to the creators at all”, as it doesn't include name, likeness, or character voices
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter :
New York's governor signs bills requiring ads to disclose AI-generated performers and mandating heirs' consent to use a deceased person's likeness commercially
Dade Hayes / Deadline :
TechInsights: Huawei's Kirin 9030 chip, used in its Mate 80 Pro Max phone, is China's most advanced chip to date and was produced with SMIC's updated 7nm tech
Huawei Technologies Co. and manufacturing partner Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. are making advances …
EU finance ministers agree on a €3 customs duty on low-value parcels from July 2026, aiming to crack down on Chinese imports from retailers like Shein and Temu
Papua New Guinea says Google will build three subsea cables for the country, a $120M effort funded by Australia, amid China boosting its influence in the region
Papua New Guinea said on Friday that Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google will build three subsea cables, funded by Australia under …
Time names “the Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year and examines AI's effect on the economy, geopolitics, and how people interact with the world
😂 — Karma for rigging a war map, or making money on bets with insider knowledge. — An upside of Time's dumb 2025 choice, I suppose. Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton : The arrogance of the Tech Br...
Google launches Disco, a Gemini 3-powered experiment that suggests and creates GenTabs, web apps based on the user's open browser tabs and Gemini chat history
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Sources: Oracle pushed back the completion dates for some data centers it is building for OpenAI from 2027 to 2028, largely due to labor and material shortages
There clearly are no other fundamental issues w/ the scope and scale of Data Center investments! : D
GPT-5.2 models have a 400K context window and 128K max output tokens, like GPT-5 and 5.1, but have an August 31, 2025, knowledge cutoff, vs. September 30, 2024
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Newsletter :
Fortnite returns to Google Play in the US following a US District Court injunction; Google and Epic settled last week, after a years-long antitrust dispute
Kritika Lamba / Reuters :
OpenAI's Fidji Simo says she expects ChatGPT's “adult mode” to launch in Q1 2026 and that OpenAI wants to get better at age prediction before adding the feature
here's what that means Kahekashan / The Hans India : OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-5.2, Prepares Adult Mode for 2026 Launch Tyler Lee / Android Headlines : ChatGPT Adult Mode to Launch in Q1 2026 as OpenAI Foc...
[Thread] Substack quietly added a feature that forced subscribers to download the app to read full newsletters, but says it reverted the change after complaints
Gergely Orosz / @gergelyorosz : X: @shakeelhashim , @gergelyorosz , @gergelyorosz , @gergelyorosz , and @leozera See also Mediagazer X: Shakeel / @shakeelhashim : I've been livid about this all week,...
New US OMB guidance states that LLMs procured by federal agencies must comply with two “unbiased AI principles”: “truth-seeking” and “ideological neutrality”
A curated weekday guide to major news … Office of Management and Budget : MEMORANDUM TO HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES Courtney Rozen / Reuters : US to mandate AI vendors measure politica...
Sources: Nvidia tells its Chinese clients that it is evaluating adding production capacity for its H200 chips after orders exceeded its current output level
xAI partners with El Salvador to deploy Grok across 5,000+ public schools, reaching 1M+ students in an “AI-powered education program” over the next two years
Dara Kerr / The Guardian :
On OpenAI's 10-year anniversary, Sam Altman reflects on “a decade of breakthroughs, learnings, and the path toward AGI that benefits all of humanity”
I thought I'd give you a peek into what I discovered here. X: Sam Altman / @sama : Ten Years: https://openai.com/... Fidji Simo / @fidjissimo : OpenAI turns 10 today. As a newcomer, I wrote about my o...
Taiwan opens its largest AI supercomputing data center, with Nvidia's Blackwell chips, a major effort in its push for sovereign AI and chip industry innovation
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