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OpenAI asked Trump administration to expand Chips Act tax credit to cover data centers: A recent letter from OpenAI reveals more details about how the company is hoping the federal government can support the company's ambitious plans for data center construction. Read More

GoWish's shopping and wish list app is having its biggest year yet: GoWish, an app for making wish lists, is having a record year, and has doubled its users. Read More

Is Wall Street losing faith in AI?: A rough week for tech stocks might signal a loss of investor confidence in artificial intelligence. Read More

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Rivian gives RJ Scaringe a new pay package worth up to $5B: The company canceled a similar-sized award from 2021, when EV optimism was sky-high, due to the "unlikeliness" that the associated goals could be met. Read More

Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in suicides, delusions: In one case, 23-year-old Zane Shamblin had a conversation with ChatGPT that lasted more than four hours. Read More

'Breaking Bad' creator's new show 'Pluribus' was emphatically 'made by humans,' not AI: If you watched all the way to the end of the new Apple TV show "Pluribus," you may have noticed an unusual disclaimer in the credits: "This show was made by humans." Read More

I tried the Apple Crossbody Strap. It's convenient, but the phone looks silly when the strap is removed.: Apple's new Crossbody Strap is a convenient way to go hands-free but the strap can rub uncomfortably at times, and the phone looks silly when the strap is removed. Read More

How startups can lure good talent fairly without big tech bank accounts : Three industry insiders walk through how startups can set up an employee equity strategy that remains fair as a company grows. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Washington Post confirms data breach linked to Oracle hacks: The Washington Post is the latest victim of a hacking campaign by the notorious Clop ransomware gang, which relied on vulnerabilities in Oracle software used by many corporations. Read More