🧭 OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas browser
OpenAI rolled out Atlas-a full browser with ChatGPT built in. Summaries in the sidebar, autofill that actually helps, and an agent mode that can do tasks for you.
Early access lands on macOS first, with Windows and mobile promised next. Chrome suddenly looks… a tad old-school-or maybe that’s just me.
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☁️ Anthropic and Google in talks on a mega cloud deal
Bloomberg’s scoop, echoed by Reuters, says Anthropic is negotiating with Google for compute worth tens of billions. Because training big models isn’t cheap-understatement of the year.
Nothing signed yet, but investors perked up. The subtext is simple: AI scale is all about GPU rent, and lots of it.
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🏗️ Meta sets up $27B JV for Hyperion AI data center
Meta and Blue Owl formed a joint venture to finance the Hyperion campus in Louisiana. Blue Owl takes 80%, Meta keeps 20%-speedy build, less cash drag.
Target capacity is more than 2 GW of compute. That’s not a data center, it’s basically a small power grid with GPUs attached.
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📰 Study finds AI assistants flub the news far too often
New research reviewed thousands of AI answers about current events and found big problems in accuracy and sourcing. Some assistants struggled to separate opinion from fact-awkward.
Takeaway isn’t shocking, but it stings: great at summarizing, shaky at reporting. Maybe don’t outsource your news sense-check just yet.
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🏥 NHS Copilot trial hints at 400k hours saved per month
A large pilot across 90 NHS orgs suggests Microsoft 365 Copilot can save staff roughly 43 minutes a day. Emails, meeting notes, paperwork-the usual suspects.
Big, if reproducible. It sounds almost too tidy, but even half that would be a win for overworked teams.
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🔌 Hitachi and OpenAI team up on global AI data centers
Hitachi announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI focused on expanding AI data center infrastructure worldwide. Details are light; ambition isn’t.
Infra is the new oil-or maybe the new plumbing. Either way, everyone’s rushing to lay pipes for the model flood.
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