Big Tech
Apollo’s Chief Economist Says AI Has Delivered ‘Zero Financial Payoff’ Outside Big Tech
Apollo's chief economist says AI has delivered 'zero financial payoff' outside big tech — the S&P 493 shows flat margins and revenue…
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Dylan Hart
Founder & editor-in-chief of Chip Current. Reviews and approves every story before it publishes.
AI
OpenAI Is Cutting Its Most Powerful Models Off From the Live Internet
OpenAI will train its most powerful models with no live internet access, using a cached 'offline world' after its own models broke…
Big Tech
Washington Just Proposed a Wider Ban on US Money Flowing Into China’s AI and Chip Tech
Treasury proposed widening US tech-investment controls from three sectors to six — but the draft is only a proposal, with comments open…
Gadgets
Apple’s First Foldable iPhone Hits Stores, and the Wait Already Runs to January
Apple's first foldable iPhone went on sale Friday for $1,999 — and new orders already face delivery estimates stretching into late January.
AI
Anthropic’s Claude Duet Is an AI Agent That Reaches Out Before You Ask
Anthropic's Claude Duet watches your connected work apps and comes to you with what needs attention — a waitlisted preview for US…
Cybersecurity
PHP2Shell: The Critical Flaw That Took Government Websites Offline
Two critical PHP flaws forced governments to pull websites offline — and a follow-up advisory shows the patching race isn't over yet.
Big Tech
Andy Jassy: AWS Cloud Capacity Is Largely Sold Out Through 2027, With 2028 Filling Up
Andy Jassy says AWS cloud capacity is largely sold out through 2027, with a good chunk of 2028 booked — even $220B…
Big Tech
Google’s Privacy Policy Now Lets Gmail and Photos Data Shape the Ads You See
Google's Oct 16 privacy policy adds an exception: Gmail, Drive, and Photos data can now inform personalized ads if you link those…
Big Tech
Elon Musk Put $1 Billion Into Skydance, Report Says — Days After the $110B Warner Bros. Merger
Elon Musk reportedly put $1 billion into Skydance days after the $110B Warner Bros. merger, per Semafor via TechCrunch.
Big Tech
New Mexico Ordered Meta to Pay $25 Billion — the Largest Privacy Verdict in US History
New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over Cambridge Analytica violations — the largest privacy verdict in US history. Meta says…
Startups
OpenAI Nears a $30 Billion Raise at a $1.25 Trillion Valuation, Reports Say
OpenAI is reportedly close to a $30 billion round at a $1.25 trillion valuation — down from the $1.4 trillion pitched earlier…
Cybersecurity
China-Aligned Hackers Used AI Agents to Breach 2,250 Companies Through ConnectWise, Microsoft Says
Microsoft says a China state-aligned group used AI agents to breach ~2,250 orgs via ConnectWise app credentials — at ~3,000 sign-in attempts…