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All the blows are allowed, Elon Musk tries to brake from Openai
Elon Musk and a group of investors, including Vy Capital And xaisubmitted an offer of $ 97.4 billion To acquire the assets of the non -profit branch of Openai. Presented as an attempted buyout, this initiative aims above all to slow the transition from OpenAi to a commercial structure (Pbc) and to weaken its fundraising, currently estimated at $ 40 billion.
This coup intervenes in full Summit for Action on AIa Musk’s also media maneuver in his confrontation with Sam Altman. We save you tweets.
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Red tempo: France wants to devote 1 GW of nuclear energy to AI
The French government plans to allocate 1 Gigawatt (GW) nuclear energy to artificial intelligence, of which 250 megawatts (MW) by the end of 2026to support the development of IA infrastructure. This initiative aims to strengthen the attractiveness of the country and to secure a low-carbon energy supply for Data Centers.
With an energy mix dominated by nuclear (67.41 %) and renewables (27.6 %),, Emmanuel Macron intends to position France as a European hub of High performance calculation. 1 GW corresponds to 2 % of annual electricity consumption of France, the equivalent of electricity consumption of approximately 1.5 million households over a year.
Ireland: the consumption of data centers IA puts the country under tension
In Ireland, the Data Centers now absorb 21 % national electricity, against 5 % in 2015. Dublinwhere are established Google, Amazon and Metathe operator Eirgrid has suspended the construction of new centers until 2028 To avoid tensions on the network.
Faced with the fears of breakdowns and the rise in electricity bills, the government now redirects infrastructure to the west coast of the country.
Meta reduces the influence of its Privacy teams on product launches
While Regulation and ethics Resonate in the Large palace,, Meta limits the authority of its teams dedicated to confidentialityreducing their ability to delay product launches.
The company also provides for Rexaminate certain past decisionsbelieving that certain practices have become too cautious.
NXP semiconductors accelerates in the AI Edge with the acquisition of Kinara
Dutchman NXP semiconductors ($ 13.28 billion turnover in 2023) strengthens its position on theOn -board AI with the acquisition of Kinara For $ 307 million.
Specialized in semiconductors for theautomobile, IoT and Edge Computing,, Nxp thus incorporates advanced capacities into Neuronal treatment units (NPU)a segment coveted by Qualcomm And Nvidia.
OPENAI finalizes the design of its first homemade chip to reduce its dependence in Nvidia
OPENAI completes the design of his first Chip dedicated to artificial intelligence and plans to send it in manufacturing to TSMC in the coming months.
This project aims at Reduce his dependence to NVIDIA GPUbecome a bottleneck For IA models. Openai thus joins other actors such as Google And Amazonwhich develop their own semiconductors To optimize their calculation capacities.
China is preparing a list of American technological targets in the trade war
Beijing Develop a list ofAmerican technological companies to target in case of climbing trade tensions, including Apple, Broadcom and Synopsys.
The latter awaits the approval of China to finalize its acquisition of Ansys For 35 billion dollars. While Washington multiplies semiconductive restrictionsChina seeks to retaliate in threatening access From these giants to its market, key for their growth.
Crypto and public funds: 16 American states plan to invest in bitcoin
Sixteen American states, of which Utah, Texas and Arizonastudy bills aimed at integrating the bitcoin in their public financial strategies.
L’Utah has already adopted a measure authorizing the investment of public funds in qualified digital assets. At the same time, some Public Pension Fund start this transition:
- THE Wisconsin Investment Board allocated more than $ 160 million to ETF Bitcoin.
- THE Michigan State withdrawal system Invested there $ 6.6 million.
This trend highlights thegrowing institutional interest For cryptocurrencies, despite the regulatory uncertainties and market volatility.
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Defense: how far can the state collaborate with the private sector without compromising its sovereignty?
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Speeral rises € 1.7M to connect brands to the second -hand market via AI
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- COUNTACT raises 1.3 million euros to digitize emergency management in business
- Mantle8 focuses on AI to map natural hydrogen and raises € 3.4 million
- From Versailles to Fort Alamo: HistoVery raises € 4M to impose the French Touch in increased cultural mediation
- Stockly raises 26 million euros to strengthen its stock pooling network
🥐 previous edition of the Good Morning Frenchweb:
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- Summit of AI, the speeches not to be missed / defense: what public-private cooperation without loss of sovereignty? / Klarna aims for a valuation of $ 15 billion
- Summit of AI, first announcements / Apple, victim of the showdown between Trump and Beijing / Gsai: Elon Musk imposes AI on the Federal Administration
- But where did the report of the AI commission go? / AI2 defies Deepseek and Openai with tulu 3 405b / Mistral AI accelerates the cadence
🚀 To read on Frenchweb.fr:
“We have not benefited enough twenty years of digital revolution,” said Labor Minister Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet
- “The greatest technological war in the history of journalism is declared” for Laurent Guimier
- For Jean-Marc Jancovici, “AI is the new promise of Eldorado formulated by a part of the world” Tech “”
- “Our democracy is based on technological infrastructure that we do not have”
- What to remember from the intervention of Emmanuel Macron at the opening of the AI action Summit Paris
- Faced with the frenzy of the AI, the Hiatus collective offers a counter-discourse
- Jean Luc Mélenchon castigates the “digital vassalization” of France
- Bpifrance hires 10 billion euros over 4 years to structure the French IA ecosystem
