Sunday, October 4, 2026

DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi says his data center investment group will become SoftBank's "third-party infrastructure arm" after SoftBank's ~$4B takeover closed (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi says his data center investment group will become SoftBank's “third-party infrastructure arm” after SoftBank's ~$4B takeover closed  —  DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi says his data centre investment group will be SoftBank's ‘third-party infrastructure arm’ after $4bn takeover



Trump announces a new Super Intelligence Force, to be led by DNI Jay Clayton, along with FTC's Andrew Ferguson, DOD's Emil Michael, and OPM's Scott Kupor (Politico)

Politico:
Trump announces a new Super Intelligence Force, to be led by DNI Jay Clayton, along with FTC's Andrew Ferguson, DOD's Emil Michael, and OPM's Scott Kupor  —  President Donald Trump said Sunday that Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will assume the newly created role …



A profile of Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, who is the company's first senior executive from Gen Z and has succeeded in building hype for Muse (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, who is the company's first senior executive from Gen Z and has succeeded in building hype for Muse  —  Alexandr Wang drove Muse to the top of the charts, putting the company back in the AI race—even if he ruffled feathers inside the tech giant



Saturday, October 3, 2026

YouTube says it is adjusting its Shorts recommendations to prioritize "original content" and reduce the reach of channels re-uploading others' content (Andrew Romero/9to5Google)

Andrew Romero / 9to5Google:
YouTube says it is adjusting its Shorts recommendations to prioritize “original content” and reduce the reach of channels re-uploading others' content  —  YouTube says it wants to ‘focus on originality’ in a push to surface better Shorts recommendations for users.



OpenAI's DevDay 2026 announcements to turn ChatGPT into a place to discover, launch, and use software could potentially disrupt the traditional app store model (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
OpenAI's DevDay 2026 announcements to turn ChatGPT into a place to discover, launch, and use software could potentially disrupt the traditional app store model  —  The focus of OpenAI's Dev Day on Tuesday may have been on its agentic assistants known as Dots, or its new AI models, but combined …



A look at a radio show co-hosted by an AI DJ and a human that is expanding in LA and other cities, as radio workers worry synthetic hosts may soon replace them (Nilesh Christopher/Los Angeles Times)

Nilesh Christopher / Los Angeles Times:
A look at a radio show co-hosted by an AI DJ and a human that is expanding in LA and other cities, as radio workers worry synthetic hosts may soon replace them  —  - 8 min Click here to listen to this article  — Coyotec, an AI co-host on Los Angeles' José FM …



Center for Technology & Statecraft: Chinese fabs had acquired ~343 DUVi tools by early 2026, with ~270 from ASML; DUVi can be adapted to make 7nm chips and HBM (Howard Liu/South China Morning Post)

Howard Liu / South China Morning Post:
Center for Technology & Statecraft: Chinese fabs had acquired ~343 DUVi tools by early 2026, with ~270 from ASML; DUVi can be adapted to make 7nm chips and HBM  —  DUV tools, though not as advanced as EUV, can be adapted to manufacture 7-nm logic chips and advanced memory for AI processors, report says.



DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi says his data center investment group will become SoftBank's "third-party infrastructure arm" after SoftBank's ~$4B takeover closed (Financial Times)

Financial Times : DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi says his data center investment group will become SoftBank's “third-party infrastructu...