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Microsoft Recorded $10 Billion in Revenue from OpenAI

Microsoft said it made $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue-sharing payments, in the quarter ending September 30. It underscores the still-enormous financial dependency of the partnership.

Microsoft Hits 10 Quarters of Record-Breaking Revenue in a Row

Whatever the future of AI might be, the current situation is still very good for Microsoft. The tech giant reported yet another record for quarterly revenue on Wednesday: $92.3 billion, a 19% increase over the year-ago quarter.

Creating AI value with enterprise context

How establishing a company brain can support more accurate, cost-effective AI and autonomous agents.

Google is aware its AI sometimes won't answer who won the 2020 election: 'We're fixing the issue'

Users documented how Google's AI Mode tried to avoid giving a straight answer when asked who won the 2020 US presidential election.

Microsoft expects 'very few people' to accept buyout, CFO says in internal memo

Microsoft is offering a buyout to about a quarter of its workforce. The company expects "very few people" to accept, a CFO memo said.

The DOJ is reportedly looking into Nvidia’s Hugging Face acquisition.

The US Department of Justice has “made inquiries” about the $13 billion deal, including how it could affect competition in the AI industry, according to a report from Reuters. It adds to existing regulatory scrutiny surrounding Nvidia, as it’s also reportedly facing a DOJ investigation over its AI chip dominance.

Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon with a ‘significant leap’ in cybersecurity

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Opinion

Ordinary shareholders will have unusually little say in the governance of Anthropic when it goes public. The firm argues that artificial intelligence is too consequential a technology to be governed by ordinary commercial incentives. To ensure that the public interest is protected, the business says it believes its seven founders are “distinctly equipped to be stewards of our mission.”

The All-In Guys Can't Stick to SI

As reported by Semafor, the hosts of the popular podcast haven’t been using President Trump’s preferred “super intelligence” word for AI as much as they did at the beginning of the month.

AI & Tech Brief: Ben Goertzel on AI regulation

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Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying

The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.

Opinion

We should think about artificial intelligence safety as a race against time. Nobody knows what dangers the technology might bring. But by the time the United States and China eventually talk seriously about guardrails and rules of the road, it may be too late to prevent a catastrophic accident.