Broadcom CEO Hock Tan reveals that Anthropic placed a $10B order for Google's Ironwood TPU racks in Q3 and says it placed an additional $11B order in Q4 (CNBC)
CNBC
Broadcom reveals its mystery $10 billion customer is Anthropic
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said Anthropic placed an additional $11 billion order in the fourth quarter.
Techmeme
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan reveals that Anthropic placed a $10B order for Google
From CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying "we want to have one central source of approval" (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-will-sign-order-curbing-state-ai-laws-2025-12-11/
Techmeme
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
From Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
New White House guidance says AI models procured by federal agencies must have "unbiased AI principles" and ensure "truth-seeking" and "ideological neutrality" (Maria Curi/Axios) https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/white-house-woke-ai-guidance-federal-agencies
Techmeme
New US OMB guidance states that LLMs procured by federal agencies must comply with two “unbiased AI principles”: “truth-seeking” and “ideological neutrality”
By Maria Curi / Axios. View the full context on Techmeme.
A US judge sentences Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to 15 years in prison; Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud charges in August (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)
Terra Creator Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
The Terraform Labs co-founder pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud in August.
Techmeme
A US judge sentences Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to 15 years in prison; Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud charges in August
By Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk. View the full context on Techmeme.
Broadcom reports Q4 revenue up 28% YoY to $18.02B, vs. $17.49B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates, with AI chip sales doubling to $8.2B (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
CNBC
Broadcom beats on earnings and revenue, says AI chip sales will double in current quarter
Broadcom's stock is near an all-time high and has climbed 75% so far in 2025 as the company benefits from booming demand for AI infrastructure.
Techmeme
Broadcom Q4: revenue up 28% YoY to $18.02B, vs. $17.49B est., forecasts Q1 revenue above est., and expects AI chip sales to double YoY to $8.2B; AVGO falls 10%+
By Kif Leswing / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.
Sources: the NY governor proposes a rewrite of the RAISE Act, the AI bill that recently passed NY legislature, with text copied verbatim from California's SB 53 (Shakeel Hashim/Transformer)
New York’s governor is trying to turn the RAISE Act into an SB 53 copycat
EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to strike the entire text of the RAISE Act, replacing it with verbatim language from SB 53, sources tell ...
Techmeme
Sources: New York
By Issie Lapowsky / Transformer. View the full context on Techmeme.
A US appeals court upholds a contempt ruling in Epic v. Apple but says Apple can charge commissions on external links, with the rate to be set by a lower court (Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-11/apple-loses-appeals-court-ruling-in-app-store-fight-with-epic
Techmeme
A US appeals court upholds a contempt ruling in Epic v. Apple, but says Apple can argue in a lower court to charge <27% for transactions outside the App Store
From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
Fortnite returns to the Google Play Store in the US following a US District Court injunction; Google and Epic announced a settlement last week (Kritika Lamba/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/business/fortnite-returns-google-play-us-after-court-order-2025-12-11/
Techmeme
Fortnite returns to Google Play in the US following a US District Court injunction; Google and Epic settled last week, after a years-long antitrust dispute
By Kritika Lamba / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
Bob Iger says the OpenAI deal "does not in any way represent a threat to the creators at all" because it doesn't include name, likeness, or character voices (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
Bob Iger Favors Paramount Bid for Warner Bros., Defends OpenAI Deal
Bob Iger favors Paramount bid for Warner Bros. defends OpenAI Sora deal as about respecting creativity.
Techmeme
Bob Iger says Disney
By Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter. View the full context on Techmeme.
[Thread] GPT-5.2 is now available in the API, priced at $1.75/1M input and $14/1M output tokens; GPT-5.2 Pro is priced at $21/1M input and $168/1M output tokens (@openaidevs)
X (formerly Twitter)
OpenAI Developers (@OpenAIDevs) on X
GPT-5.2 is now available in the APIβ€”our most advanced frontier model for long-running agents. https://t.co/J5i4czpKsL
Techmeme
[Thread] GPT-5.2 is now available in the API, priced at $1.75/1M input and $14/1M output tokens; GPT-5.2 Pro is priced at $21/1M input and $168/1M output tokens
From @openaidevs. View the full context on Techmeme.