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Google has signed a deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to buy half the output of its first commercial power plant, expected to come online in the early 2030s. The deal marks a significant investment in fusion energy, which could provide a clean and reliable source of power for Google's data centers.

A maximum-severity vulnerability in the AMI MegaRAC firmware package is being actively exploited, giving hackers complete control over thousands of servers. The vulnerability allows for authentication bypasses and can be used to pivot into internal networks and compromise other servers.

Amazon has deployed its 1 millionth robot in its warehouses, with 75% of global deliveries assisted by robots. The company also released a new generative AI model called DeepFleet to increase robotic fleet efficiency by 10%.

Cloudflare has launched a marketplace called Pay per Crawl, allowing websites to charge AI bots for scraping their content. The platform gives website owners control over their content and allows them to set rates for AI crawlers. Cloudflare acts as an intermediary, charging AI companies and distributing earnings to publishers. This move could provide a new business model for publishers in the AI era.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticized Meta's AI talent-poaching spree, stating it will lead to deep cultural problems. He emphasized OpenAI's mission-oriented approach and announced the company is evaluating compensation for its research organization. Altman expressed confidence in OpenAI's research roadmap and culture, encouraging employees to stay with the company.

Microsoft has open-sourced the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code, providing access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding assistant. This move is part of the company's plan to integrate AI features into the popular open-source code editor.

Denys Linkov discusses lessons on preventing LLM production issues, flaws of single metrics, treating models as observable systems, building user-issue-alerting metrics, and focusing on business value. He emphasizes a 'crawl, walk, run' approach to LLM metric maturity for successful deployments.

X is piloting a program that allows AI chatbots to generate Community Notes, which are fact-checking comments that add context to posts. The AI notes will go through the same vetting process as human-submitted notes, but there are concerns about the potential for AI-generated inaccuracies.

Meta is adding business voice calling to WhatsApp, allowing large businesses to reach customers through voice calls. The company is also exploring AI-powered product recommendations and expanding its AI-powered chat-based customer support feature.

OpenAI is looking to expand its compute providers, including Google, but won't be using Google's TPUs due to optimization issues with its software stack. OpenAI has been diversifying its hardware stack, running on various hardware including Nvidia's DGX systems, Microsoft's Maia accelerators, and AMD's Instinct MI300-series accelerators.

Grammarly has acquired AI email client Superhuman to build out its AI productivity suite. Superhuman's tech will be used to create AI agents for emails, a top use case for Grammarly. The deal's financial terms were not disclosed.

Genesis AI, a startup building AI models for robots, has launched with $105M in seed funding from Eclipse Ventures and Khosla Ventures. The company aims to develop a general-purpose model that enables robots to automate repetitive tasks using synthetic data generated by a proprietary physics engine.

xAI, Elon Musk's AI company, has raised $10 billion in debt and equity to support its development of cutting-edge AI solutions, including its flagship Grok platform.

Cloudflare has introduced a new system to charge AI firms for crawling website content, aiming to protect online publishers from uncompensated use of their material. The move comes as AI companies increasingly use web content for training their models without providing fair compensation to creators.

Cloudflare has introduced a new measure to block AI bot scrapers unless they pay a fee. New customers will be asked if they want to block AI crawlers by default. The company has also launched a private beta experiment called 'pay per crawl,' which would only allow crawlers to access a website's content if they pay for it.

Amazon has deployed over 1 million robots in its warehouse facilities, with the goal of increasing productivity and efficiency. However, this shift towards automation has raised concerns about job security for human employees, who may be replaced by robots in the future. Despite the potential benefits of automation, data shows that Amazon warehouse workers are still experiencing high injury rates and poor working conditions.

The US Senate has voted 99-1 to remove a 10-year ban on state-level artificial intelligence laws from a spending bill. The ban, proposed by Ted Cruz, would have prevented states from passing AI regulations if they received federal broadband funding. The move is seen as a win for states, which are moving faster on AI regulation than the federal government.

Cloudflare is beta testing a pay-per-crawl feature, allowing content creators to charge AI crawlers for scraping their websites. The feature aims to stop endless AI scraping and ensure that creators are compensated for their content. Cloudflare has partnered with AI companies to make the feature work, and it will evolve to include dynamic pricing and more granular settings.

Cloudflare has started blocking AI crawlers by default for its customers, and has introduced a Pay Per Crawl program to let customers charge AI companies for scraping their websites. This move aims to prevent unauthorized scraping and give publishers more control over their content.

The US Senate voted 99-1 against an amendment that would have restricted states' power to regulate AI for 5-10 years, allowing states to continue regulating the AI industry.