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Top stories today: - Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise at $30B - $40B
- Telegram to share users' IPs, phone numbers with governments
- Sam Altman predicts "superintelligence in a few thousand days"
- Cloudflare launches tools to help analyze, control AI scrapping
- U.S. has top 4 startup cities, China has 3 out of top 10
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0. Data and calendar |
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1. Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise at $30B - $40B, ~2x from its last valuation |
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Talks are said to be early about the new funding round. 50x its projected $800M ARR. $7B raised over the last year by Anthropic. Anthropic archrival OpenAI is reportedly raising $6.5B at a $150B valuation.
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2. Telegram to share users' IP addresses, phone numbers with governments |
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4. Sam Altman predicts "superintelligence in a few thousand days" |
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5. Cloudflare launches tools to help website owners analyze, control AI scrapping |
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7. U.S. has top 4 startup cities, China has 3 out of top 10 |
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San Francisco led the world's top startup cities, with 19,443 deals closed. China's Shanghai came 5th, with deal count of 6,995.
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Most startup cities concentrate on the Northern Hemisphere |
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8. AI PCs to surpass non-AI PCs in 2026, be widespread by 2028 |
Neural Processing Units (NPUs) supporting AI software are expected to spread to lower PC market tiers over the next 4 years: |
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9. Interesting videos, posts, and memes |
 | Nikesh Arora | All-In Summit 2024 |
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 | Amazon's RTO Impact, Lina Khan's 60 Minutes, and Microsoft's Big Nuclear Deals | E2013 |
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 | How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm |
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10. Other headlines |
AI |
Google, OpenAI, others tie up with U.S. to advance "sustainable" AI. UAE President meets Biden in push for more U.S. AI tech. U.S., Vietnam firms sign MoUs on energy, AI, data center. Meta's AI chatbot to speak voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others. YouTube conversational AI chatbot now more widely available in the U.S. Harmonic, co-founded by Robinhood CEO to build AI for maths, raises $75M.
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Tech |
TikTok to shut down music streaming business in Nov. X will let people you've blocked see your public posts. Taiwan accuses China of being real hackers of recent cyberattacks. TikTok rolls out subscription feature to non-Live creators.
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Tech & law |
Biden proposes to ban Chinese, Russian software, components in vehicles. California Gov. Gavin signs law to restrict phones from schools by Jul. 2026. Qualcomm's potential Intel buyout could raise antitrust accusations. WP Engine sends cease-and-desist to Automattic over Mullenweg's comments.
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Biotech |
Novo says Ozempic to be eligible for U.S. price negotiations in less than a year. Drug price negotiation program sees challenge revive by U.S. appeals court. Biogen-UCB's lupus drug meets main goal of late-stage trial. Epic hit with lawsuit over U.S. patient records.
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Business |
China unveils stimulus package to revive economy, boost markets. Boeing proposes "final" offer to striking workers. Visa said to be sued by DOJ over debit card market monopoly. Nippon Steel says it will sell Posco shares to improve asset efficiency. Aramco taps debt markets for second dollar-bond sale after raising $6B in Jul.
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Crypto |
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U.S. politics |
Zelensky wants Democrats to win U.S. election, says Trump. Trump says he'd handle Ukraine "differently" ahead of UN meeting. $11B in tax cuts (over 10 years) promised by Trump so far. Nebraska Republican blocks change to how state award electoral votes.
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World |
Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire after Lebanon suffers huge casualties. Iran's president says he's prepared to ease tensions with Israel. Russia's new Sarmat missile fails test, evidence suggests.
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