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Nvidia CEO hints at end of investments in OpenAI, Anthropic Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the latest investments in OpenAI and ​Anthropic might be the chipmaker's last in those companies, ‌as the AI companies prepare to go public this year.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the chipmaker's $30 billion investment in OpenAI "might be the last" before the AI company goes public. Do these comments signal a maturing market? www.reuters.com/business/nvi...

2025 US All In: Female Founders in the VC Ecosystem - PitchBook The 2025 US All In: Female Founders in the VC Ecosystem report focuses on trends surrounding US-based, VC-backed companies founded by women.

A new PitchBook report finds that U.S. startups founded by women raised more money than ever in 2025. But much of that growth came from a handful of massive #AI deals, suggesting the broader ecosystem is still uneven. pitchbook.com/news/reports...

Introducing GPT-5.4 Introducing GPT-5.4, OpenAI’s most most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work, with state-of-the-art coding, computer use, tool search, and 1M-token context.

#OpenAI has released GPT-5.4, now available in ChatGPT, Codex, and the API. The model combines advanced reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows into a single system designed to complete complex business tasks. #AI openai.com/index/introd...

Our agreement with the Department of War Details on OpenAI’s contract with the Department of War, outlining safety red lines, legal protections, and how AI systems will be deployed in classified environments.

I wonder if there will be any blowback considering current events- OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Pentagon to deploy its advanced AI systems in classified environments openai.com/index/our-ag...

Anthropic Economic Index report: Economic primitives This report introduces new metrics of AI usage to provide a rich portrait of interactions with Claude in November 2025, just prior to the release of Opus 4.5.

If you work in tech, using AI has become a job requirement. www.anthropic.com/research/ant...

The Best New Bars in New York City Where to drink in NYC this February

This is important- The best new bars in New York City, mapped ny.eater.com/maps/nyc-bes...

City Council forms Animal Welfare Caucus to protect animals and make pet ownership more affordable for New Yorkers | amNewYork A new caucus by the City Council is advocating to make New York City more friendly for animals and those who care for them.

NYC City Council just launched an Animal Welfare Caucus to make NYC more pet-friendly www.amny.com/politics/cit...

OpenAI’s $110 Billion Funding Round Reveals How AI Now Finances Itself Amazon puts in $50 billion and gets $100 billion in cloud commitments. Nvidia puts in $30 billion and earns it back in chips. Here's what the math means for everyone else.

The AI arms race continues- OpenAI has secured a $110 billion funding round at an $840 billion valuation, the largest private raise in history www.forbes.com/sites/renana...

NYC's congestion pricing lives on- A federal judge ruled today that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s attempt to kill the toll program was unlawful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/n...

Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center | TechCrunch Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees.

This is smart. Especially as LLM's get integrated into more products- Stripe has released a preview of a new billing feature that lets companies selling AI-powered products pass through the underlying costs of model usage to their customers. techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/s...

The best way to learn how to build projects is build more projects. It's corny but true. And this is exactly why AI helps accelerate learning. I've been able to build and work on more projects than ever.

Detecting and preventing distillation attacks Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Is it any surprise that AI is being used to train AI? Anthropic has revealed that three Chinese AI labs, DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax, ran industrial-scale campaigns to illicitly extract Claude's capabilities to train their own models. www.anthropic.com/news/detecti...

NYPD is training to take down drones ahead of World Cup, Sept. 11 anniversary Security experts say anti-drone technology could also present unexpected challenges.

A risk that didn’t even exist a few years ago. The NYPD is gearing up for its drone era. Officers are now being trained to use technology to neutralize rogue drones ahead of major events like the World Cup. gothamist.com/news/nypd-is...

Meta and AMD Partner for Longterm AI Infrastructure Agreement We’re announcing a long-term agreement with AMD to power our AI infrastructure with up to 6GW of AMD Instinct GPUs, helping us build a flexible, resilient tech stack for our AI workloads.

While everyone is talking about NVIDIA, look what AMD is doing- Meta has announced a multi-year agreement with AMD to power its AI infrastructure with up to 6GW of AMD Instinct GPUs. about.fb.com/news/2026/02...

Why everything is becoming a prediction market DraftKings, FanDuel, Coinbase, and Robinhood, are part of a wave of companies piling into events contracts.

Prediction markets keep getting bigger. Monthly bets on Polymarket and Kalshi jumped from under $100 million in early 2024 to $13 billion this November. www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025...

It amazes me how many new skyscrapers #NYC keeps adding to its lineup. American Express announced plans today to build its new global HQ at 2 World Trade Center. pix11.com/news/local-n...

NYC AI Demos #7 · Luma New York’s tech ecosystem is powered by the diversity of people and perspectives that make this city what it is. This Women’s History Month, NYC AI Demo's is…

The lineup is set for Tech:NYC’s next NYC AI Demos event on March 5 with Pensar and The Refinery at Domino! For Women’s History Month luma.com/e9hr2wgt?utm...

Mount Sinai uses AI to help screen for congenital heart defects before birth The health system says the new digital tool can help clinicians catch more congenital heart defects, faster.

I see so much potential for ai in health sciences. Mount Sinai uses AI to help screen for congenital heart defects before birth. www.crainsnewyork.com/health-pulse...

Remember Google Glass? Apple is ramping up development of three new wearable products: smart glasses, an AI pendant, and camera-equipped AirPods. 9to5mac.com/2026/02/17/a...

Work on Gateway tunnel project to resume next week More than $205 million in federal funding has been released, allowing work on the nation's largest public works project to restart.

This project is too important to have been played with politically like it was The feds have unfrozen the remaining $205 million for the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel project and construction is expected to resume next week. gothamist.com/news/work-on...

China’s humanoids are dazzling the world. Who will buy them? The market for robot dancers, alas, is limited

China's annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the country's most-watched broadcast with a Super Bowl-sized audience, featured humanoid robots from multiple Chinese startups performing sword fights, backflips, and "drunken boxing" www.economist.com/business/202...

Before you get too over reliant on the latest LLM, keep in mind models still fail basic logic tests www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

Had a nice coffee on the patio to start the day

A one-prompt attack that breaks LLM safety alignment | Microsoft Security Blog As LLMs and diffusion models power more applications, their safety alignment becomes critical. Our research shows that even minimal downstream fine‑tuning can weaken safeguards, raising a key…

This shows how a simple prompt attack can bypass #LLM safety guardrails - turning the rules meant to protect them into a weakness. More urgent work is needed before prime time, yet many companies already treat LLMs as mission‑critical. Worrying sign!
#ResponsibleAI #CyberSecurity #GRPObliteration

ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads Ads have arrived.

OpenAI announced last Monday that it has officially begun testing ads on ChatGPT. The ads will appear as labeled "sponsored" links at the bottom of answers, but OpenAI says they do not influence the responses ChatGPT gives users. What do you think about this? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Elon Musk wants an AI satellite factory on the moon Musk pitched a lunar industry for AI — a moon supply chain and a mass-driver launcher — plus an X growth moonshot

Such a quick pivot from Mars, lol. At a recent xAI all-hands meeting, Elon Musk outlined plans to build a factory on the moon that would manufacture AI satellites, along with a mass driver (an electromagnetic launcher) to catapult them into orbit. "You have to go to the moon," qz.com/elon-musk-xa...

Anthropic to donate $20 million to US political group backing AI regulation Anthropic will spend $20 million to back U.S. political candidates who support regulating the AI industry, according to a company statement released on Thursday.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was that if you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re the one being eaten. Anthropic is putting $20M into the 2026 midterm elections by donating to a bipartisan group supporting candidates who back AI regulation. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

How to Use Data to Fight For Safe Streets and Stop Super Speeders - Streetsblog New York City College coders built a simple tool for DMV staff and administrators to identify repeat dangerous speeding behavior.

One of the benefits of the growth of autonomous technology in all vehicles is the ability to constrain bad human driving habits. This is a step in the right direction. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/29/h...

Brooklyn high school becomes first in NYC to heat entirely with vegetable oil biofuel. Here's how it works. Edward R. Murrow High School's new boiler system cuts emissions while doubling as a hands-on sustainability lesson for students.

How cool is this- Brooklyn high school becomes first in NYC to heat entirely with vegetable oil biofuel.

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US military used Anthropic’s AI model Claude in Venezuela raid, report says Wall Street Journal says Claude used in operation via Anthropic’s partnership with Palantir Technologies

Apparently the US military used Anthropic's AI model Claude during its operation to snatch Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela. But what does this actually mean? I see an article like this and it raises a lot of questions for me beyond just the ethical concerns. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...