Subj : OpenAI eyes $100B+ valuation 🤖, SpaceX preps Starship catch 🚀, inside OpenSea's fall 🌊,

Subj : OpenAI eyes $100B+ valuation 🤖, SpaceX preps Starship catch 🚀, inside OpenSea's fall 🌊,
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Date : Thu Aug 29 2024 10:35 am

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OpenAI is reportedly in talks to raise funds at a valuation of more
than =
$100B, substantially higher than the company's previous $86B
valuation.=
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NFTs haven't recovered desp=
ite crypto values rising. While they're
hanging on, the technology is in =
troubled waters. OpenSea, once the
largest marketplace for NFTs, is facin=
g pending litigation from the
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e FTC, inbounds from US and
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petition, accusations of
gender discrimination, and employee attrition. T=
his article tells the
story of the marketplace's rise and fall.=20

OP=
ENAI REPORTEDLY IN TALKS TO CLOSE A NEW FUNDING ROUND AT $100B+
VALUATION=
(2 MINUTE READ) [7]=20

OpenAI is reportedly in talks to raise funds at=
a valuation of more
than $100 billion, substantially higher than the com=
pany's previous
$86 billion valuation. Investors include Thrive Capital a=
nd Microsoft.
The financing will be OpenAI's biggest outside infusion of =
capital
since Microsoft invested nearly $10 billion in January last year.=

While OpenAI's revenue eclipsed $3.4 billion early this year, the
comp=
any is on track to lose nearly $5 billion by year end. It has
already bur=
ned through $8.5 billion on AI training and staffing.=20

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

SPARKS ARE FLYING DAY AND NIGHT=
AS SPACEX PREPS STARSHIP PAD TO CATCH
A ROCKET (8 MINUTE READ) [8]=20
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Workers have been making last-minute upgrades to SpaceX's Starship
la=
unch pad in South Texas pretty much every day for the last couple of
week=
s. If all goes well on the Starship's next test flight, the launch
pad's =
mechanical arms will close together to capture the Super Heavy
booster as=
it descends back to Earth. SpaceX announced that Starship
and Super Heav=
y were ready to fly, pending regulatory approval, on
August 8. The FAA is=
still evaluating SpaceX's proposed flight
profile. It is unclear how lon=
g approval will take, but the state of
the launch pad suggests that the n=
ext test is still at least a couple
of weeks away.=20

AI INFERENCE CO=
MPETITION HEATS UP (6 MINUTE READ) [9]=20

The competition for AI infere=
nce is heating up, particularly in terms
of power efficiency. ML Commons =
has released the results of its latest
AI inferencing competition. The ro=
und included first-time submissions
from teams using AMD Instinct acceler=
ators, the latest Google Trillium
accelerators, chips from Untether AI, a=
nd Nvidia's new Blackwell chip.
This article looks at the results - while=
Nvidia's chips are still
ahead in many categories, chips from other manu=
facturers are starting
to catch up.=20

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Using ChatGPT to code can be a real productivity boost. Instead =
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specific n=
eeds. It can make developers more efficient, but they need
to remember th=
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pdate is purely
internal and cannot affect the observable state, then it =
doesn't
advance time. This model can be used to reason about abstract sys=
tems.

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MISCELLANEOUS

NVIDIA REVENUE JUMPS 1=
22% IN POSITIVE SIGN FOR TECH'S A.I. BOOM (4
MINUTE READ) [14]=20

Nvi=
dia recently reported that its sales and profits had more than
doubled du=
ring the last quarter. The company also projected that sales
in the curre=
nt quarter will increase by 80% compared to a year ago,
exceeding earlier=
estimates. Nvidia's revenue was $30.04 billion last
quarter, and its net=
income rose to $16.95 billion. It will spend $50
billion on repurchasing=
its own shares. Nvidia now supplies more than
90% of the chips essential=
to building AI, but competition is on the
rise, with other companies dev=
eloping custom chips to lessen their
dependence on Nvidia.=20

TELEGRA=
M CEO CHARGED WITH NUMEROUS CRIMES AND IS BANNED FROM LEAVING
FRANCE (3 M=
INUTE READ) [15]=20

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been indicted in Franc=
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e an
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al and Microsoft. The financing will be OpenAI's biggest outside infusion o=
f capital since Microsoft invested nearly $10 billion in January last year.=
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is on track to lose nearly $5 billion by year end. It has already burned th=
rough $8.5 billion on AI training and staffing.
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for the last couple of weeks. If all goes well on the Starship's next test=
flight, the launch pad's mechanical arms will close together to capture th=
e Super Heavy booster as it descends back to Earth. SpaceX announced that S=
tarship and Super Heavy were ready to fly, pending regulatory approval, on =
August 8. The FAA is still evaluating SpaceX's proposed flight profile. It =
is unclear how long approval will take, but the state of the launch pad sug=
gests that the next test is still at least a couple of weeks away.
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t Google Trillium accelerators, chips from Untether AI, and Nvidia's new Bl=
ackwell chip. This article looks at the results - while Nvidia's chips are =
still ahead in many categories, chips from other manufacturers are starting=
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