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Hackers Exploit WhatsApp Images to Target Samsung Galaxy Phones
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#spyware alert: Hackers used #WhatsApp images to target Samsung Galaxy phones for months! https://
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Tesla shareholders approve record billion dollar Musk compensation package
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À ceux qui s’offusquent de la rémunération de 1 000 milliards de dollars que les actionnaires de Tesla viennent d’approuver pour Elon Musk, je voudrais dire ceci : Cette rémunération est indexée sur des objectifs gigantesques : valorisation multipliée par six, vente de 20
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Chinese AI Models Optimized for Cheaper GPU Hardware
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Side effect of blocking Chinese firms from buying the best NVIDIA cards: top models are now explicitly being trained to work well on older/cheaper GPUs. The new SoTA model from @Kimi_Moonshot uses plain old BF16 ops (after dequant from INT4); no need for expensive FP4 support.
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AI Mass Layoffs: Truth Behind Job Cuts
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The Truth About AI And The Mass Layoffs! https://
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… via @YouTube #layoffs #artificial_intelligence #AI #JobIess #jobcut @smaksked @anand_narang @Khulood_Almani @AlbertoEMachado @baski_LA -

AI Sovereignty Claims: Training From Same Base Problem
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Moi ça me fume, pareil que ceux qui disent qu'on a une IA souveraine, en te disant qu'ils ont entrainé depuis zero, alors que y'a de la merde de base qui est toujours là, vu qu'ils sont tous parti de la même base. Un seul test, je te laisse admirer… "raconte moi une blague"
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Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s Record $1 Trillion Compensation
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9. Elon Musk’s $1T Tesla pay package approved Tesla shareholders approved Musk’s record compensation plan, tied to milestones like selling 1M humanoid robots and reaching an $8.5T market cap.
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Michael Burry Shorts AI Giants With $1.1B Bet
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8. Michael Burry bets $1B against top AI stocks The “Big Short” investor is shorting NVIDIA and Palantir with $1.1B in puts, warning on X that “sometimes, the only winning move is not to play.”
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OpenAI CFO Proposes U.S. Government-Backed AI Infrastructure Loans
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7. OpenAI CFO hints at U.S.-backed AI infrastructure loans Sarah Friar suggested government loan guarantees could help fund the trillion-dollar data center buildout, though Altman later clarified OpenAI isn’t seeking them directly.
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Apple Finalizes $1B Annual Google Deal for Gemini-Powered Siri
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4. Apple finalizes $1B/year deal with Google for the new Siri Apple will use a custom Gemini model (1.2T parameters) for Siri’s reboot, focusing on summarization, reasoning, and privacy-preserving cloud compute.
