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Juicy new details on Elon Musk's efforts to raise a boatload of money for xAI

SPVs, fees and other interesting stuff here: businessinsider.com/elon-musk-xai-… via @businessinsider Kali Hays

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Spotify is in the entertainment business, so big parties are part of the deal.

But how much is enough?

Some employees are questioning the company's lavish spending on events.

Especially while the company is laying off thousands of workers and trying to cut more costs:…

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A 'Jensen special'

It's a juicy extra equity grant for Nvidia employees

Check out the exclusive details here
businessinsider.com/nvidia-jensen-… via @businessinsider Jyoti Mann

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AI talent is the most prized asset in Silicon Valley

Ahead of even GPUs

So, when Microsoft's back-door acqui-hire of Inflection went down, it didn't look good for the remaining startup

Now, we can see an example of the damage from an internal email.

This email is from…

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Meet Jensen Huang's worst nightmare.

Sharon Zhou is an AI startup founder who is doing just fine without Nvidia GPUs

Check out how she's making this work, with some help from Lisa Su:
businessinsider.com/nvidia-chips-l… via @businessinsider Hasan Chowdhury Sharon Zhou

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OpenAI's $175 million startup fund had an unusual HQ for a while.

It was based in a two-story affordable-housing complex in Santa Ana, California.

That's according to documents filed with the California Secretary of State.

We asked OpenAI about this and the company said the…

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If you engage with my posts. And I engage with yours. And we do this 1000s of times to loads of Facebook accounts, we'll make money.

And it will look like Facebook has a lot of engagement.

When in fact, it's fake engagement to game a system to make money…

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Exclusive on early Copilot customer feedback from inside Microsoft

Surprising complaint: Copilot is not as good as ChatGPT

Microsoft thinks customers just aren't using Copilot right
businessinsider.com/microsoft-cust… via @businessinsider Ashley Stewart

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There are well-known AI blindspots when it comes to Black history and culture.

That results in shocking examples of bias in AI model outputs.

In an ocean of white data, this Black founder is trying to do something about this huge problem.

Just don't call it 'BlackGPT.'…

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AI has upended US copyright laws. Upcoming proposals could change the rules. businessinsider.com/us-copyright-o… via @businessinsider Kali Hays

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The first streaming show built on Business Insider reporting is a huge hit.

From Deadline: 'Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV has been watched by more than 16 million viewers, according to ID and Max/discovery+, with the largest audience of an unscripted series since the…

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Some lucky folks have been testing Google's powerful new Gemini AI model

A couple of CEO/VC types asked Gemini for stock investing tips

Big surprise: Gemini recommended shares

The reason? Gemini said the company has a 'virtual monopoly' on digital advertising

This…

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Just make the dang text messages work between iPhones and Android phones. Then move on. This is easy to do! businessinsider.com/antitrust-doj-… via @businessinsider

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