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Jan 26, 2025
Google Bets Big on AI: $1 Billion Investment in Anthropic
In a strategic maneuver to bolster its position in the AI arena, Google has invested an additional $1 billion in Anthropic, a leading AI company and a direct competitor to OpenAI. This move, bringing Google's total investment to over $3 billion, aims to harness Anthropic's expertise in AI safety and model development. With Anthropic's valuation nearing $60 billion and its CEO's focus on developing industry-leading AI systems, Google's backing positions both companies as formidable contenders against the Microsoft-OpenAI alliance.
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Jan 26, 2025
Aravind Srinivas and Nandan Nilekani Clash Over India's AI Future!
A storm is brewing in India's tech world as Perplexity AI's CEO Aravind Srinivas openly challenges Nandan Nilekani, Infosys co-founder, on India's AI strategy. While Nilekani advises startups to concentrate on AI applications, Srinivas believes developing indigenous Large Language Models (LLMs) is crucial for India's technological autonomy. With $1 million and personal mentorship pledged, Srinivas aims to empower local AI innovation, sparking a nationwide debate on India's role in the global AI race.
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Jan 26, 2025
Astronomers Discover 'Asteroid' Turns Out to Be Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster in a Celestial Comedy of Errors
A citizen scientist recently uncovered what was thought to be a new asteroid, only to reveal it as Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, launched in 2018. This identification error exposed critical gaps in deep-space tracking, spurring calls for improved transparency and system upgrades.
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Telus’s BC AI data centre cluster is a sovereign-compute bet, not a finished build
Ottawa and Telus announced a three-site AI data centre cluster in British Columbia: Kamloops, Mount Pleasant, and downtown Vancouver. But the project is still at MOU stage, with no funding committed yet and no public pricing, GPU counts, or power capacity disclosed. For Canadian builders, the real question is whether this becomes usable domestic AI infrastructure — or just a polished policy signal that arrives after the market has already moved on.
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Telus’s BC sovereign AI build could add real Canadian compute — or just better branding
Canada and Telus say they’re advancing a sovereign AI infrastructure build in British Columbia, with three planned data centres and more than 60,000 GPUs by 2032. The big question for builders is not the ribbon-cutting; it’s whether this becomes usable Canadian compute with clear access, pricing, and procurement paths — or stays a policy label with nice hardware attached.
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Ryan Holmes Returns as Hootsuite's Interim CEO Amid Strategic Turbulence
Hootsuite's founder, Ryan Holmes, steps back into the CEO role on an interim basis after Irina Novoselsky steps down amidst 'differences in vision' with the board. This change comes as the company navigates challenges like financial restructuring and a strategic pivot towards enterprise AI solutions.
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