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• 2026-02-03 17:44 UTC [L..T] Nvidia’s $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished «In September 2025, Nvidia and OpenAI announced a letter of intent for Nvidia to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI’s AI infrastructure. At the time, the companies said they expected to finalize details “in the coming weeks.” Five months later, no deal has closed, Nvidia’s CEO now says the $100 billion figure was “never a commitment,” and Reuters reports that OpenAI has been quietly seeking alternatives to Nvidia chips since last year.»
• 2026-02-01 17:32 UTC [L..T] Selfish AI «All of this discussion, from Jeffrey's video to 99% of what shows up in forums or Mastodon discussions, is about how all of this will impact "me." Me, the developer. Me, the person writing code, who may not be writing code now. Me the person who just got laid off because some accountant thinks that Claude means they need only two engineers now instead of 10. Me the person who just had to lay off half my company. Me, me, me. [..] What I almost never see is the impact of AI code on our society.»
• 2026-01-26 05:30 UTC [L..T] Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence «The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”» This is bonkers. Safety regulations are "written in blood", i.e. the lives lost through preventable situations. This is clearly a sop to the transportation industry so they can cut corners at the expense of their passengers' lives.
• 2025-12-19 16:30 UTC [L..T] 34-year-old entrepreneur earns $200 an hour from side gig training AI models: ‘Intellectual curiosity drew me in’ «Utkarsh Amitabh says he definitely wasn’t in the market for a new job in January 2025, when data labeling startup micro1 approached him about joining its network of human experts who help companies train artificial intelligence models. [..] The U.K.-based, 34-year-old entrepreneur already had a busy schedule as an author, university lecturer, founder and CEO of global mentorship and careers platform Network Capital, and student working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. He also had a newborn at home, he tells CNBC Make It. [..] Ultimately, Amitabh agreed to take on the added role, admitting that “intellectual curiosity drew me in,” he says. The prospect of training enterprise AI models felt like a perfect fit with his own background in “business strategy, financial modeling and tech,” he adds.»