How the rise of AI has divided Hollywood, as some oppose the use of the technology while others say they are exploring ways to utilize AI tools (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
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How Will Hollywood Contend With AI Without Destroying Itself?
The entertainment industry is torn between keeping up and keeping talent happy.
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How the rise of AI has divided Hollywood: some oppose all AI use, while others, like director Timur Bekmambetov, say they are exploring ways to embrace AI tools
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Sources say Monzo CEO TS Anil, who announced his exit and handover to ex-Googler Diana Layfield in October, was pushed out by the board over an IPO timing clash (Financial Times)
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Shares in Chinese companies critical to AI infrastructure surged in 2025, with CATL up 45% and Sungrow up 130%, as exports boost margins despite Trump's tariffs (William Sandlund/Financial Times)
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Shares in Chinese companies critical to AI infrastructure surged in 2025, with CATL up 45% and Sungrow up 130%, as exports boost margins despite Trump
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CoreWeave's market value fell $33B in six weeks amid construction delays at its Denton, TX AI data center, criticism from short seller Jim Chanos, and more (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/coreweave-stock-market-ai-bubble-a3c8c321
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CoreWeave lost $33B in market value in six weeks amid construction delays at its data center in Denton, Texas, criticism from short seller Jim Chanos, and more
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OpenAI's chief communications officer Hannah Wong will leave in January; Wong joined in 2021 and led PR during Sam Altman's brief ouster and return in 2023 (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
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OpenAI’s Chief Communications Officer Is Leaving the Company
Hannah Wong told staff she is moving on to her β€œnext chapter.” The company will be running an executive search to find a replacement, according...
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OpenAI Chief Communications Officer Hannah Wong plans to leave in January; Wong joined in 2021 and led PR during Sam Altman
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Sources: the US has paused a tech trade deal with the UK, signed in September, over disagreements about the UK's digital regulations and food safety rules (New York Times)
U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block
The U.S. government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food s...
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Sources: the US has paused its Tech Prosperity Deal with the UK, signed in September, over frustrations about UK online safety rules and digital services taxes
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The Allen Institute of AI launches Bolmo 7B and Bolmo 1B, claiming they are "the first fully open byte-level language models", built on its Olmo 3 models (Emilia David/VentureBeat) https://venturebeat.com/ai/bolmos-architecture-unlocks-efficient-byte-level-lm-training-without
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The Allen Institute for AI launches Bolmo 7B and Bolmo 1B, claiming they are “the first fully open byte-level language models”, built using its Olmo 3 models
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Shares of Tesla closed at a 2025 high on Monday after the company confirmed it is testing driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
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Tesla stock closes at 2025 high after Musk confirms driverless Robotaxi tests underway in Austin
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a social media post that his company is testing driverless cars in Austin, Texas, without a safety driver in the vehicle.
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PayPal says it has filed applications to establish PayPal Bank to provide loans more efficiently to US small businesses and reduce its reliance on third parties (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/paypal-applies-to-establish-bank-25172927?st=5AcfXV&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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PayPal says it filed US applications to establish PayPal Bank, to offer savings accounts and cut its reliance on third parties when loaning to small businesses
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Ford plans to repurpose its US battery manufacturing capacity to launch a battery energy storage business for data centers, amid a shift away from large EVs (TechCrunch)
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Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the gridΒ  | TechCrunch
Ford will invest about $2 billion into the new business over the next two years.
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Ford plans to repurpose its Kentucky factory manufacturing capacity to launch a battery storage business for data centers, amid its shift from making large EVs
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