Nvidia to provide up to $105B guarantee for OpenAI's record Ohio data center lease
OpenAI signed a 20-year lease for an 8-gigawatt Ohio data center, with Nvidia guaranteeing up to $105 billion in financing and serving as exclusive chip supplie
The Decoder · +14 outlets
Stripe finalizes $7B deal for AI firm OpenRouter
Stripe acquires OpenRouter for $7 billion, expanding its AI payments ambitions by adding an API gateway for large language models.
PYMNTS.com · +8 outlets
Anthropic's annualized revenue surges to $65B
Anthropic added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months, reaching $65 billion as AI model demand accelerates.
AI News & Artificial Intelligence · +14 outlets
Amazon caught destroying rare books to train AI models
An AirTag tracking revealed Amazon is purchasing and physically destroying rare printed books to scan them as AI training data, raising questions about intellec
Hacker News · +11 outlets
Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX as AI data center spending surges
Nvidia revealed a $21 billion stake in SpaceX after Elon Musk arranged an exclusive deal to use Nvidia chips in SpaceX data centers, highlighting AI infrastruct
Biz & IT · +8 outlets
Groq raises $350M to pivot from AI chips to neocloud business
Former AI chipmaker Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation to expand its Nvidia-powered neocloud data center footprint.
AI News & Artificial Intelligence · +4 outlets
Anthropic's Claude to add watermarks to AI-generated text and files
Anthropic announced Claude will begin watermarking AI-generated content, sparking backlash from some subscribers concerned about quality and utility.
CNET · +14 outlets
Suno and Anthropic face $1B copyright lawsuits from Round Hill Music
Round Hill Music filed $1 billion copyright lawsuits against Suno and Anthropic, alleging unauthorized use of music catalogs for AI training.
Billboard · +2 outlets
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI backlash is a crisis of trust, warns open-weight models won't decentralize power
Dario Amodei defended AI messaging amid backlash, arguing open-weight models are insufficient for power decentralization while acknowledging the industry faces
Hacker News · +14 outlets
EU AI Act transparency rules for AI-generated content come into force
New EU regulations requiring labels for all AI-generated content take effect under the AI Act, raising concerns about effectiveness against deepfakes.
Compliance Week · +14 outlets
AI-Generated GitHub Copilot 'Autofix' allowed compromise of Snowflake's Jira
Researchers demonstrated that an AI-generated Copilot autofix introduced a vulnerability that led to compromise of Snowflake's internal Jira system.
Hacker News · +1 outlets
Wispr Flow valued at $2B as AI voice-to-text demand surges
Wispr raised $280 million at a $2 billion valuation to expand beyond dictation into AI note-taking and meeting tools.
Reuters · +6 outlets
SEC guidance removes risk rules from Nvidia's $500B AI financing push
SEC guidance eased risk retention rules, enabling Nvidia to lead a $500 billion private equity push into AI infrastructure and power solutions.
qz.com · +2 outlets
Higgsfield valuation soars fourfold to $5.4B on AI content demand
AI video production company Higgsfield saw its valuation jump to $5.4 billion in six months, as Netflix now uses AI in 300 of its 1,000 titles.
Reuters · +1 outlets
Alibaba selling gaming studio for at least $1.5B to fund AI buildout
Alibaba is selling its entire stake in Lingxi Games for at least $1.5 billion to redirect funds toward AI infrastructure investment.
Tom's Hardware · +2 outlets
Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project
Nvidia's investment in SoftBank's data center developer guarantees its chips power the OpenAI Ohio data center project.
AI News & Artificial Intelligence · +2 outlets
MPA and ByteDance reach AI copyright protection deal
The Motion Picture Association and ByteDance agreed on a framework for AI copyright protection, marking a significant content licensing precedent.
tvtechnology.com · +9 outlets
Corporate America's top 1% spend $7,400 per employee on AI
A new report shows the most AI-intensive companies are spending $7,400 per employee, far outpacing average corporate AI investment.
PYMNTS.com · +5 outlets