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The Department of Commerce loosens export controls to the UAE, letting G42 and US companies like Apple, Meta, and xAI export AI chips to UAE without a license (Karen Freifeld/Reuters)

Karen Freifeld / Reuters : The Department of Commerce loosens export controls to the UAE, letting G42 and US companies like Apple, Meta, and xAI export AI chips to UAE without a license   —  The U.S. Department of Commerce loosened export controls on the United Arab Emirates on Friday, making it easier to export military items … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/hZlndgP via IFTTT
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Filing: college social app Fizz accuses Maveron's Jerry Lu of giving confidential info to rival Sidechat after he met with Fizz as a potential investor in 2022 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Filing: college social app Fizz accuses Maveron's Jerry Lu of giving confidential info to rival Sidechat after he met with Fizz as a potential investor in 2022   —  A years-long lawsuit between the college-focused social app Fizz and rival Sidechat over unfair competition practices has taken an interesting turn. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/mo2zxPU via IFTTT

Sources: AI contractor marketplace Mercor is discussing raising new funds at a roughly $20B valuation, less than a year after raising money at a $10B valuation (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources: AI contractor marketplace Mercor is discussing raising new funds at a roughly $20B valuation, less than a year after raising money at a $10B valuation   —  Mercor, a startup that helps improve artificial intelligence models with rich specialized data, is discussing raising new funds … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/9wABhO2 via IFTTT

OpenAI merges Codex and ChatGPT desktop apps for Mac and Windows under a new ChatGPT desktop app, allowing users to switch between Codex, Chat, and Work (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : OpenAI merges Codex and ChatGPT desktop apps for Mac and Windows under a new ChatGPT desktop app, allowing users to switch between Codex, Chat, and Work   —  OpenAI held its second livestream this week today at 10 am PT. The video teased that the company was “introducing the next chapter for ChatGPT” today. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/JCXrLjF via IFTTT

OpenAI says it found widespread task issues in SWE-Bench Pro, estimates ~30% of tasks are broken, and retracts its earlier recommendation to adopt the benchmark (OpenAI)

OpenAI : OpenAI says it found widespread task issues in SWE-Bench Pro, estimates ~30% of tasks are broken, and retracts its earlier recommendation to adopt the benchmark   —  Through a detailed audit, we find widespread task issues in SWE-Bench Pro and estimate that ~30% of the tasks are broken. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ktOv2pC via IFTTT

Meta announces its first data center in Canada, a 1GW facility in Alberta that will cost the company about $9B and take two to three years to construct (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Meta announces its first data center in Canada, a 1GW facility in Alberta that will cost the company about $9B and take two to three years to construct   —  Meta's AI expansion is heading north of the border.  —  The company said in a blog post on Wednesday that it's building its first data center … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/NEM6mUS via IFTTT

SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first model built in partnership with Cursor, designed to "handle difficult, long-running" legal, finance, and coding tasks (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg : SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first model built in partnership with Cursor, designed to “handle difficult, long-running” legal, finance, and coding tasks   —  SpaceXAI has unveiled a new artificial intelligence model built in partnership with AI coding startup Cursor that's meant … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/j9LiRms via IFTTT