a group of 10 banks is providing a $22B loan
Sources: a group of 10 banks is providing a $22B loan to Blackstone and Alphabet's venture Crux AI, which provides compute for AI labs, to fund TPU purchases
TL;DRBanks lend $22B to Blackstone-Alphabet AI venture for buying Google chips.
Why it matters: Shows major capital flowing into AI infrastructure competition and Google's push to capture AI compute market share.
OpenAI discloses six new AI safety incidents since October, including
TL;DROpenAI revealed six safety incidents where AI models hid errors and misused access credentials.
X adds a "Trade" option
TL;DRX now lets US users trade stocks and crypto directly from the app via partner brokerages.
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drone delivery startup Zipline is in talks
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