Sources report tensions between OpenAI's research team and the ChatGPT product group, prompting an internal 'code red'.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-18
OpenAI OpenAI research group ChatGPT product group
Sources describe tensions between OpenAI's research and ChatGPT product groups, leading to the “code red”; OpenAI is set to beat its 2025 revenue goal of $13B
The Information · 2025-12-18 · #4
Sources say a team of former ASML engineers reverse-engineered ASML's EUV machines to produce the prototype.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-18
team of former ASML engineers ASML's EUV machines
Sources: China built a working prototype of an EUV machine in early 2025 with a team of former ASML engineers who reverse-engineered the company's EUV machines
Reuters · 2025-12-18 · #2
Tim Sweeney alleges Apple is charging a 'competition-crushing 21% junk fee' of 21% on third-party in-app payments.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-18
Apple 21% fee third-party in-app payments
Tim Sweeney says Fortnite will not return to iOS in Japan in 2025, as Apple is “charging a competition-crushing 21% junk fee on third-party in-app payments”
@timsweeneyepic · 2025-12-18 · #8
Community commentary notes potential trade-offs: claims of improved math and reasoning but possible degradation in coding and safety risks, with suggestions such as training specialized experts to mitigate issues.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-17
MiMo-V2-Flash improves math may degrade coding may hurt safety suggested remedy: train specialized expert
A year of internal disorder, fluctuating priorities and colossal spending at Meta has rattled insiders and investors.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-17
Meta insiders investors
Sources detail Mark Zuckerberg's all-in bet to make Meta an AI leader, with some saying Alexandr Wang finds Zuckerberg's micromanagement of AI work suffocating
Financial Times · 2025-12-17 · #9
Some sources say Alexandr Wang finds Mark Zuckerberg's micromanagement of AI work suffocating.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-17
Alexandr Wang Mark Zuckerberg AI work
Sources detail Mark Zuckerberg's all-in bet to make Meta an AI leader, with some saying Alexandr Wang finds Zuckerberg's micromanagement of AI work suffocating
Financial Times · 2025-12-17 · #9
Warner Bros. Discovery raises concerns about the credibility of Paramount Global's offer and disputes the solidity of its backing from the Ellison family, calling the offer 'illusory'.
denied 1 article 2025-12-17
Warner Bros. Discovery Paramount Global Ellison family
WBD recommends shareholders reject Paramount's unsolicited $108.4B cash bid, calling the offer “illusory” and saying it believes Netflix's proposal is superior
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-17 · #7
Google alleges Darcula developed tools that enabled scammers with little technical skill to impersonate agencies like the IRS and the USPS at massive scale in a US text message phishing scheme.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-17
Google Darcula IRS USPS
Google sues the Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group known as Darcula, behind an alleged US text message phishing ring, in the US, seeking a restraining order
NBC News · 2025-12-17 · #13
Allen Institute claims Bolmo are "the first fully open byte-level language models."
rumored 1 article 2025-12-16
Allen Institute for AI Bolmo 7B Bolmo 1B
Allen Institute for AI launches Bolmo 7B and Bolmo 1B, claiming they are “the first fully open byte-level language models”, built on its Olmo 3 models
VentureBeat · 2025-12-16 · #29
Some people in Hollywood oppose all uses of AI, reflecting an industry faction that rejects AI tools.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-16
Hollywood AI use
How the rise of AI has divided Hollywood: some oppose all AI use while others like director Timur Bekmambetov say they are exploring ways to utilize AI tools
Bloomberg · 2025-12-16 · #26
Anduril is billing itself as 'Anglo-American' to appeal to UK and allied stakeholders.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-16
Anduril Anglo-American
As Europe rearms, Anduril is trying to break through in the UK by co-funding major programs, cutting manufacturing deals, and billing itself as “Anglo-American”
Bloomberg · 2025-12-16 · #18
Short seller Jim Chanos publicly criticized CoreWeave, adding pressure amid its stock decline.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-16
Jim Chanos CoreWeave
CoreWeave lost $33B in market value in six weeks amid construction delays at its Denton, Texas AI data center, criticism from short seller Jim Chanos, and more
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-16 · #2
On paper, Singapore is assessed as a poor/terrible location for data centers due to its climate being outside the optimal 18°C–27°C range.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-16
Singapore hot climate outside 18°C-27°C optimal range
Analysis: of the 8,808 global data centers in October 2025, ~7,000 are in areas outside the optimal 18C to 27C temperature range; 600 are in areas above 27C
Rest of World · 2025-12-16 · #13
Internal documents and a Reuters investigation indicate that over $3 billion of Meta's China ad sales were linked to fraudulent ads, including scams, and that Meta accepted high levels of such advertisements.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Meta fraudulent ads from China
Internal docs: Meta earned $18B+ in annual ad sales from China in 2024, making up 10%+ of its global revenue, with $3B+ linked to fraudulent ads, like for scams
Reuters · 2025-12-15 · #9
Jensen Huang received early access to President Trump brokered by Howard Lutnick.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Jensen Huang President Trump
How Nvidia's lobbying efforts grew after Howard Lutnick brokered Jensen Huang's early access to President Trump, who ultimately approved H200 sales to China
Financial Times · 2025-12-15 · #31
Critics argue that retail access to private markets could reinforce a two-tiered system, benefiting wealthy insiders who can sell at inflated prices while others are left exposed.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Critics retail access to private markets wealth concentration
A look at the efforts to give retail investors access to private markets, where shares of startups like OpenAI trade, and the opportunities and risks they bring
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-15 · #36
Generative AI models have been trained using copywriters' work, according to accounts from affected workers.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
generative AI copywriters' work
Interviews with copywriters on generative AI's impact: their work used for training, layoffs, wages and rates in free fall, freelancers losing clients, and more
Blood in the Machine · 2025-12-15 · #29
Howard Lutnick brokered Jensen Huang's early access to President Trump.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Howard Lutnick Jensen Huang President Trump
How Nvidia's lobbying efforts grew after Howard Lutnick brokered Jensen Huang's early access to President Trump, who ultimately approved H200 sales to China
Financial Times · 2025-12-15 · #31
Tech whistleblowers, including Yaël Eisenstat, say that coming forward has unexpectedly derailed their lives and careers.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Tech whistleblowers Yaël Eisenstat lives careers
Tech whistleblowers like Yaël Eisenstat say coming forward has unexpectedly derailed their lives and careers; Meta is in litigation with Sarah Wynn-Williams
Washington Post · 2025-12-15 · #22
The three carriers are engaging in explicit customer poaching efforts against one another.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
AT&T T-Mobile Verizon customers
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon's rivalry is moving beyond ads, with explicit customer poaching efforts and lawsuits; AT&T blocked T-Mobile's Easy Switch tool twice
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-15 · #25
None of the remaining nine ongoing crypto cases involved firms with known Trump ties.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Remaining crypto cases 9 crypto cases
Investigation: after Trump returned to the White House, the SEC eased up on or dismissed 60%+ of ongoing crypto cases, including ones about Trump-tied companies
New York Times · 2025-12-15 · #32
Social media influencers are used as recruiters for crypto casinos, targeting teens and problem gamblers.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
Social media influencers teens problem gamblers
Crypto casinos have become online gambling havens for teens and problem gamblers, propped up by operators who turn social media influencers into recruiters
New York Times · 2025-12-14 · #8
There is public discourse characterizing US-China relations as an existential AI race.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
United States China artificial intelligence
Despite talk of an existential US-China AI race, the Chinese state and its major companies are spending more to dominate other domains, such as EVs and robotics
Financial Times · 2025-12-14 · #9
Suleyman asserts that AI is already superhuman.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
Mustafa Suleyman AI
Q&A with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on defining superintelligence, its application in the medical field, universal basic income, regulation, and more
Bloomberg · 2025-12-14 · #20
A University of Cambridge analysis finds that cheap SMS text message verification used to create online accounts enables and fuels global influence and manipulation campaigns.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
University of Cambridge SMS text message verification online account creation global influence and manipulation campaigns
A University of Cambridge analysis reveals how cheap SMS text message verification to create online accounts fuels global influence and manipulation campaigns
Financial Times · 2025-12-14 · #7
Crypto casinos have become online gambling havens for teens and problem gamblers.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
Crypto casinos teens problem gamblers
Crypto casinos have become online gambling havens for teens and problem gamblers, propped up by operators who turn social media influencers into recruiters
New York Times · 2025-12-14 · #8
Steve Bannon says that Sacks misled President Trump.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-13
Steve Bannon Sacks Trump
Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump
Axios · 2025-12-13 · #7
Sora is already hosting bootleg content from Disney.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-13
Sora Disney
OpenAI hopes the Disney deal boosts Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users average 13 minutes per day on Sora vs. 90 on TikTok
Financial Times · 2025-12-13 · #12
David Sacks says China is rejecting Nvidia's H200 chips because it seeks semiconductor independence and will prop up and subsidize Huawei.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-13
David Sacks China is rejecting Nvidia H200 AI chips China wants semiconductor independence China will prop up and subsidize Huawei
David Sacks says China is rejecting Nvidia's H200 AI chips, because the country wants “semiconductor independence” and to “prop up and subsidize Huawei”
Bloomberg · 2025-12-13 · #30
Tony Sung thanked the Wall Street Journal for coverage and commented on how improbable the Nex Playground's origin story is.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-13
Tony Sung Nex Playground WSJ
A profile of Nex, which makes the $249 Nex Playground motion-based gaming system targeted toward kids and projects more than $150M of sales this year
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-13 · #11