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💰 Elon Musk wins $1 trillion Tesla payday
🙅 Sam Altman says OpenAI wants no government bailout
💥 Google DeepMind AI finds new solutions to unsolved math problem
🛑 US blocks Nvidia from selling AI chips to China
🏎️ Tesla delays Roadster 2 reveal to April Fools' Day
⏳ EU may delay AI Act amid US and tech pressure
🎁 + 10 other news you might like
🔮 + 5 handpicked research papers and tools
💰 Elon Musk wins $1 trillion Tesla payday LINK
Tesla shareholders have approved Elon Musk’s new compensation package, a plan potentially worth $1 trillion that is broken into 12 tranches tied to difficult operational and profit goals.
One of the plan’s main hurdles requires Tesla to steadily increase its market capitalization from about $1.5 trillion today all the way up to $8.5 trillion in a decade.
Musk encouraged the vote by claiming the package is the best way to get more control, saying he needs around 25% ownership to manage the “robot army” Tesla is building.
🙅 Sam Altman says OpenAI wants no government bailout LINK
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar asked for a government "backstop" on infrastructure loans, a guarantee where taxpayers would cover defaults, to make financing cheaper for getting the latest, greatest chips.
CEO Sam Altman quickly stated on X that his company does not want federal guarantees for datacenters, adding that the public should not bail out any firms that make bad business decisions.
He did specify that loan guarantees were discussed for one thing: helping the buildout of semiconductor fabs in the US, a program where OpenAI did not formally apply.
💥 Google DeepMind AI finds new solutions to unsolved math problem LINK
Google DeepMind's AlphaEvolve AI, in collaboration with mathematicians, discovered novel constructions for several challenges by testing and refining algorithmic solutions across 67 different complex math problems.
The AI produced a promising new construction for Nikodym sets and found lower-order improvements for the finite field Kakeya problem, inspiring a forthcoming paper from mathematician Terence Tao.
For a 3D version of the classic 'moving sofa' problem, the agent generated a novel construction with a verified volume of at least 1.81, which researchers believe surpasses known candidates.
🛑 US blocks Nvidia from selling AI chips to China LINK
The White House has informed federal agencies it will not permit Nvidia to sell its latest scaled-down AI chip, the B30A, to companies currently operating within the nation of China.
Since the B30A can train large language models when arranged in clusters, Nvidia is now working to modify its design in hopes the U.S. administration reconsiders the recent sales ban.
Meanwhile, Beijing has issued guidance requiring new state-funded data center projects to use only domestically developed chips, which effectively blocks Nvidia from a valuable segment of the market.
🏎️ Tesla delays Roadster 2 reveal to April Fools' Day LINK
CEO Elon Musk announced the second-generation Roadster will be shown on April 1, 2026, a date he jokingly picked to have "deniability" should another deadline be missed.
This final car "will be very different from what was shown previously" and is not expected to enter production until 12 to 18 months after its 2026 unveiling.
As a gesture to "long-suffering" customers, people who preordered the $250,000 "Founders Series" edition back in 2017 are invited to attend the vehicle's official presentation event.
⏳ EU may delay AI Act amid US and tech pressure LINK
The European Commission is considering "targeted implementation delays" for its AI Act, a significant policy reversal following intense lobbying from U.S. tech giants and political pressure from Washington.
EU officials frame the potential pause as a "simplification process" meant to clarify technical standards, addressing industry complaints about the law's lack of legal certainty for developers.
Tech companies are divided, with Meta refusing to sign the voluntary AI Code of Practice while Google offers reserved support and Microsoft positions itself as a key strategic partner.
Other news you might like
- Netherlands willing to give up Nexperia control if China resumes exportsLINK
- Elon Musk says Tesla needs to build 'gigantic chip fab' to meet AI and robotics needsLINK
- Google Finance wants to become your smartest investing assistant with these new featuresLINK
- Amazon will start using AI to translate Kindle booksLINK
- WhatsApp finally lets you message people on other appsLINK
- SpaceX’s Starlink secures more spectrum and airlines as it passes 8 million customersLINK
- Foxconn hires humanoid robots to make servers at Nvidia's Texas factoryLINK
- OpenAI faces fresh lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusionsLINK
- FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.isLINK
Latest research and tools
Updated practice for review articles and position papers in ArXiv CS category: review articles and position papers submitted to arXiv's computer science category must now be peer-reviewed and accepted by a journal or conference before submission.LINK
Dillo, a multi-platform graphical web browser: Dillo: a multi-platform web browser known for its speed, small footprint, and focus on user security and privacy.LINK
Open Source Implementation of Apple's Private Compute Cloud: OpenPCC: an open-source framework that allows users to run AI models on their own infrastructure while keeping prompts, outputs, and logs completely private.LINK
NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware: NoLongerEvil-Thermostat: a custom firmware for first and second-generation Nest thermostats that disconnects them from Google's servers, allowing for independent operation and giving users complete control over their device.LINK
Pg_lake: Postgres with Iceberg and data lake access: an extension for Postgres that integrates Iceberg tables and data lake files, enabling direct queries on data in object storage like S3 with full transactional support.LINK
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