Saturday, February 22, 2025

Focus

Egg Prices Skyrocket as U.S. Faces Backlash Over Avian Flu Response Cuts

Avian influenza causes egg prices to soar in the U.S., while the Trump administration faces backlash for layoffs in response personnel.

Meta Pursues FuriosaAI Acquisition to Strengthen AI Chip Capabilities

Meta Platforms is in talks to acquire South Korean AI semiconductor startup FuriosaAI, specializing in AI inference chips for data centers.

Elon Musk’s Bold Move: A $97.4 Billion Bid to Buy OpenAI!

Elon Musk proposed a $97.4 billion acquisition of OpenAI, aiming to return it to its open-source roots, while Altman responds sarcastically.

DeepSeek AI Raises Eyebrows with Conflicting Answers on Dokdo Ownership and Data Practices

DeepSeek AI gives contradictory answers in different languages, raising data privacy and credibility concerns, prompting bans in South Korea.

Goldman Sachs Sees Little Disruption in Energy Prices from Tariffs on U.S. Goods

Goldman Sachs forecasts minimal impact on energy prices from China's tariffs on U.S. goods and Canadian crude oil this year.

Anthropic’s New AI Tool Blocks Jailbreaks and Harmful Content

AI companies enhance censorship to prevent "jailbreaking," with Anthropic introducing a constitutional classifier to block harmful content.

Bill Gates Slams Cryptocurrencies as ‘Useless’ Ahead of New Memoir

Bill Gates criticizes cryptocurrencies, calling them useless and warns about their environmental impact in his upcoming autobiography.

NVIDIA CEO Clarifies Misstatement on RTX 50 Series Memory Supply

NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang clarified that Samsung, not Micron, will supply the RTX 50 series GPUs, addressing earlier confusion from CES 2025.