OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a special projects role reporting to Sam Altman; Fidji Simo is taking medical leave for several weeks (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg : OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a special projects role reporting to Sam Altman; Fidji Simo is...

Sources: Mercor asked professionals in fields like entertainment to sell their prior work materials for AI training, even if the IP could belong to ex-employers (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

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Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal : Sources: Mercor asked professionals in fields like entertainment to sell their prior work mater...

The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the "exclusive" authority to regulate such markets (Alex Harring/CNBC)

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Alex Harring / CNBC : The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the “...

OpenAI acquires popular tech news show TBPN; the show will stay the same and will continue to air live at 11am PT weekdays (John Coogan/@johncoogan)

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John Coogan / @johncoogan : OpenAI acquires popular tech news show TBPN; the show will stay the same and will continue to air live at 11am...

Cognichip, which is building an AI model for chip design, raised a $60M Series A led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from new board member Lip-Bu Tan (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)

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Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch : Cognichip, which is building an AI model for chip design, raised a $60M Series A led by Seligman Ventures, wi...

Franklin Templeton agrees to acquire CoinFund spinoff 250 Digital to form Franklin Crypto, which will offer strategies designed for institutional investors (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal)

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Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal : Franklin Templeton agrees to acquire CoinFund spinoff 250 Digital to form Franklin Crypto, which w...

Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw pleads not guilty to US federal charges of helping smuggle billions of dollars' worth of Nvidia-powered servers to China (Bob Van Voris/Bloomberg)

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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg : Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw pleads not guilty to US federal charges of helping smuggle billions of ...