HSBC signs a deal with Mistral to access Mistral's AI models and collaborate on developing new models for internal use, as big banks rush to adopt generative AI (Ortenca Aliaj/Financial Times)
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Omnicom's DM9 returned three Cannes awards after a NC state senator and CNN Brazil found the company had used AI to manipulate their content and used it for ads (Emmanuel Felton/Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/11/30/deep-fake-whirlool-brazil/
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The AI boom has led to high demand and more pay for the construction workers that build data centers; a trade group says there is a shortage of ~439K workers (Te-Ping Chen/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/data-centers-are-a-gold-rush-for-construction-workers-6e3c5ce0?st=jr1y94&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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The AI boom has led to high demand and more pay for the construction workers who build data centers; a trade group estimates there
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China's central bank reaffirmed its stance on crypto, calling virtual currency activity illegal and saying stablecoins fail KYC and anti-money-laundering rules (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/chinas-central-bank-vows-crackdown-virtual-currency-flags-stablecoin-concerns-2025-11-29/
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New York becomes the first US state to require retailers to disclose use of algorithmic pricing tied to personal data; 10+ states are considering similar bills (Tim Balk/New York Times)
N.Y. Law Could Set Stage for A.I. Regulation’s Next ‘Big Battleground’
The new law seeks to prevent retailers from ripping off consumers by using artificial intelligence and their personal data to charge them higher pr...
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New York becomes the first US state to require that retailers disclose using algorithmic pricing tied to personal data; 10+ states are considering similar bills
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How Animaj, a startup in Disney's Accelerator Program, uses AI to drastically speed up the animation process, while also claiming to let artists stay in control (Corinne Reichert/CNET)
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300,000 AI-Animated Poses in an Instant: My Visit to Disney and the New Reality for Cartoons
Disney checked out "thousands of AI companies" before backing one that keeps animators in the driver's seat.
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How Animaj, a startup in the Disney Accelerator Program, uses its generative AI tool to expedite the animation process, while claiming artists stay in control
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US startups are increasingly adopting Chinese open source AI models, as some capabilities of Chinese models start to catch up with those of frontier US labs (NBC News)
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More of Silicon Valley is building on free Chinese AI
AI startups are seeing record valuations, but many are building on a foundation of cheap, free-to-download Chinese AI models.
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US startups are increasingly adopting open-weight Chinese AI models, which are cheaper, more customizable, and sufficiently capable compared to frontier US ones
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Q&A with ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on the "decay" at Intel, the Chip Act's terrible execution, the irony of Lip-Bu Tan broadly following his strategy, and more (Michael Acton/Financial Times)
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Q&A with ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on the “decay” at Intel, the Chip Act
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How a Chinese entrepreneur amassed 10M+ IPv4 addresses, mostly from Africa, to lease them outside Africa, leaving African ISPs struggling to expand capacity (Alexandra Wexler/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/business/telecom/africa-ip-addresses-china-3e543b9d?st=Wk6YWj&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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How a Chinese entrepreneur amassed 10M+ IPv4 addresses, mostly from Africa, to lease them outside Africa, leaving African ISPs struggling to expand capacity
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Anthropic says over 60% of its business customers use more than one Claude product, a trend it began noticing after Claude Code's rise in popularity (Richard Nieva/Forbes) http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/11/28/anthropic-enterprise-claude/
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Anthropic says 60%+ of its business customers use more than one Claude product, a trend it began noticing in summer 2025 after Claude Code
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