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Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews and worked on Astra  —  Rival companies in fierce battle for talent in race to build powerful artificial intelligence ‘agents’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Alphabet expects 2025 capex of ~$75B, vs. ~$58B est., and reports Google Cloud Q4 revenue up 30% YoY to $11.96B, vs. $12.16B est.; GOOG drops 7%+ after hours  —  Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said on Tuesday it will spend $75 billion on its AI buildout this year, 29% more than Wall Street expected … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Subin / CNBC: Alphabet expects to invest about $75 billion in capital expenditures in 2025 … Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is planning another big year of spending as it continues to build out its artificial intelligence tools and core businesses.  —  “We are confident about the opportunities ahead … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max Goldbart / Deadline: Ampere predicts streamers will outspend commercial broadcasters on content for the first time in 2025, and overall content spend will rise 0.4% YoY to $248B  —  For the first time this year the streamers will spend more on content than commercial broadcasters. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Sources: Sonos will release an Android-based streaming box in the coming months, priced between $200 and $400, that combines content from Netflix, Max, and more  —  After the most tumultuous nine months in Sonos’ history, the brand is trying to find its footing again. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The EC releases its prohibited AI practices guidelines under the EU’s AI Act, like using AI to track employees’ emotions or to manipulate app and website users  —  Employers will be banned from using artificial intelligence to track their staff’s emotions and websites will not be allowed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Robotics startup Figure exits its February 2024 OpenAI deal, which aimed to develop AI models for robots, to focus on in-house AI after a “major breakthrough”  —  Figure AI founder and CEO Brett Adcock announced Tuesday that the humanoid robotics firm is exiting a deal with OpenAI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Kuhn / The Block: Bitcoin Ordinals project Taproot Wizards raised $30M to expand work on OP_CAT, a scripting capability for Bitcoin to enable automated, customizable transactions  —  – Bitcoin Ordinals project Taproot Wizards is raising $30 million in a round led by Standard Crypto. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Bell / Wallpaper*: OpenAI unveils a visual rebrand, featuring a new bespoke typeface called OpenAI Sans, a refined logo, and a new color palette  —  A new typeface, word mark, symbol and palette underpin all the ways in which OpenAI’s technology interacts with the real world  — Sign up to our newsletter – Lees verder op Tech Meme

Olivia Reingold / The Free Press: Andreessen Horowitz hires ex-Marine Daniel Penny, who was recently acquitted in a controversial NYC subway chokehold case, to work on its American Dynamism team  —  “Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,” said partner David Ulevitch in a statement explaining the hire. Lees verder op Tech Meme