This Week in AI: OpenAI gains an invaluable infrastructure advantage

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January 22, 2025 · 5 min · 1044 words · Adam Sampson

Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

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January 22, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Tonya Taylor

UK appoints ex-Amazon executive Doug Gurr as interim chair of antitrust body

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January 22, 2025 · 5 min · 887 words · William Woods

Vertice bags $50M for its AI-powered SaaS spend platform

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January 22, 2025 · 6 min · 1092 words · Michelle Perry

YouTube launches speed controls and high-quality audio tests for Premium users

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January 22, 2025 · 3 min · 525 words · Bryan Brock

Zombie nuclear reactors could be revived thanks to AI data center demand

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January 22, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Phillip King

Anthropic plans to release a ‘two-way’ voice mode for Claude

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January 21, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Bradley Sanders

Funding to fintechs continues to decline, but at a slower pace

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January 21, 2025 · 4 min · 704 words · Julie Kelly

Govtech giant Conduent won’t rule out cyberattack as outage drags on

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January 21, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Cynthia Stewart

HPE investigating security breach after hacker claims theft of sensitive data

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January 21, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Rebecca Porter

Karmen secures $9.4 million for its revenue-based financing products

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January 21, 2025 · 4 min · 718 words · Jason Pierce

Meta is building Oakley smart glasses for athletes: Report

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January 21, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Mr. Craig Jenkins

Microsoft is no longer OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider

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January 21, 2025 · 3 min · 495 words · Jacqueline Mckenzie