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These data centers hold Putin’s AI aspirations. They’re big targets.

A stout man with a graying beard, wearing a bright-blue Yandex-branded hoodie, shouted over the din of the cooling fans.

Two fears will decide the fate of Anthropic’s giant IPO

Investors must weigh missing out on extraordinary AI growth against potential pitfalls that include “existential” risks to humanity

US economy beats forecasts to grow at 3.4% rate in third quarter

Myles McCormick in Washington and Kate Duguid in New York

The NYT Cooking app is testing AI recipe modifications

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Mistral AI has officially released its Large 4 (Le Chonk) model.

After making Large 4 available in a public preview earlier this month, Mistral is now releasing an improved version to everyone, which it says ranks as the “best open-weight model for coding.” The model offers advancements in cybersecurity-related tasks, like creating patches or reproducing vulnerabilities, and is more likely to refuse “malicious cyber requests” compared to other open models, according to Mistral.

Wabi, the AI agent that builds mini apps, now valued at $1.25B after latest round

On Thursday, AI app, Wabi, now describing itself as a "personal agent," said it has raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation.

A New Dawn For Mathematical Progress

Artificial intelligence is already a transformative chapter in the story of mathematics, but it won’t be the final one.

Mark Cuban says communities are falling victim to 'contractual terrorism' in data center deals

Mark Cuban said many communities have been "really dumb" in data center deal negotiations, adding they've fallen for "contractual terrorism."

Finland is investigating a Google data center site suspected of breaking environmental law.

Reuters reports that Finnish police said the criminal probe will look into “ambiguities and shortcomings in the drainage and water management at the construction site.” Google also reportedly cleared forests around the data center site near Muhos, Finland before completing required environmental impact assessments.

Steve Eisman gets more conservative with portfolio as AI trade nears 'tipping point'

The noted investor, famous from "The Big Short," says it would be "impossible" for an AI crash not to hurt the broader market

Christine Lagarde to step down as ECB president in February

Olaf Storbeck in Frankfurt and Mercedes Ruehl in Zurich

Mistral says its new model, Large 4, is the best open model for agentic coding and cyber defense

French AI lab Mistral has released it’s newest model, Mistral Large 4, to the public—claiming it has chased its Chinese rivals to the frontier of open-weight AI.