Archive snapshot · Tech
Sat, Oct 31, 12:02 PM ET
OpenAI slashes funding target by $10B to roughly $20B as AI investor appetite cools
The cut comes as AI stocks sell off and some investors trim commitments to the company's latest round.
The Next Web · +10 outlets
AI enthusiasm collapses and Big Tech earnings make it worse, sending stocks into a late-week reversal
Investors rotated to defensive names as data center spending fears overshadowed earnings.
CNBC · +10 outlets
Reddit stock plunges 28% as Google AI Mode cuts US traffic to the site
The drop highlights how AI-generated search results are reshaping referral traffic across the web.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and Anthropic back a single robots.txt opt-out for AI training
A shared signal would let sites exclude content from generative AI training with one rule instead of separate policies per vendor.
The Next Web · +14 outlets
Nvidia in talks to guarantee billions in debt for Nscale's Anthropic data center in West Virginia
Having the chip supplier cosign the loan could ease investor nerves about AI infrastructure spending.
The Next Web · +13 outlets
OpenAI's Altman meets Samsung executives as the memory chip crunch deepens
Altman's DRAM remarks days earlier drew attention to the tight global supply of memory used for AI.
The Next Web · +7 outlets
Chinese executive close to Nvidia's CEO suspected of passing information to China
The case touches a key figure in Nvidia's China business amid ongoing export tensions.
WSJ · +14 outlets
Tampered Claude Code extension sat in Cursor's marketplace for 11 hours, hitting up to 5,000 users
Anthropic denies a breach; the malicious versions tried to plant an SSH backdoor on developers' machines.
The Next Web · +9 outlets
Microsoft offers voluntary exits to 60,000 workers
The buyout push adds to a broad wave of tech layoffs tracked across major companies this year.
24/7 Wall St. · +14 outlets
Accenture contractor ran a Claude agent inside a Pentagon network for two months
The agent ran on a Defense Department system after being linked to a personal Claude Code account.
The Next Web · +9 outlets
Intel shifts production capacity from consumer to server CPUs amid 'unprecedented' AI demand
The company is expanding chipmaking and packaging capacity in the US, Ireland and Malaysia.
Tom's Hardware · +6 outlets
Amazon borrows against its own data center gear to fund more data centers
The financing structure shows how hyperscalers are stretching balance sheets to keep pace with AI demand.
24/7 Wall St. · +14 outlets
Binance says $6.3 billion in stolen crypto is manageable, freezes about $3 billion
North Korean hackers are the prime suspect in what would be a record crypto heist.
Gizmodo · +14 outlets
Apple takes back the top spot from Nvidia after a rough day for AI stocks
The shift in market capitalization reflects investor unease with AI-linked valuations.
TechPowerUp · +8 outlets
Trump declares robot imports a national security threat, orders trade talks
A Commerce Department investigation found foreign-made robots and industrial machinery threaten national security.
The Next Web · +5 outlets
New infostealer 'Volta-Autodoxer' uses AI to gather victim data
The malware harvests credentials, card numbers and app sessions from infected machines.
WIRED · +3 outlets
AMD to invest $1 billion in Meta
The move deepens ties between the chipmaker and a major buyer of AI hardware.
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Hackers took over ChatGPT accounts through a gap found by researchers
Details of the account-takeover method were published by a security research firm.
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