An investigation finds rampant caste bias in ChatGPT and Sora; a researcher also finds caste bias in Sarvam AI, which touts itself as a sovereign AI for India (Nilesh Christopher/MIT Technology Review)

Nilesh Christopher / MIT Technology Review:
An investigation finds rampant caste bias in ChatGPT and Sora; a researcher also finds caste bias in Sarvam AI, which touts itself as a sovereign AI for India  —  When Dhiraj Singha began applying for postdoctoral sociology fellowships in Bengaluru, India, in March, he wanted to make sure …

Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill says the Trump administration doesn't support CHAI, an effort by OpenAI, Mayo Clinic, and others to vet AI tools for healthcare (Ruth Reader/Politico)

Ruth Reader / Politico:
Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill says the Trump administration doesn't support CHAI, an effort by OpenAI, Mayo Clinic, and others to vet AI tools for healthcare  —  AI is transforming care.  Hospitals are adopting high-tech systems to improve diagnoses and recommend treatments, but there's little formal regulation.

AI chip startup Groq, last valued at $6.9B, says it plans to break ground on 12+ new data centers in 2026; Groq has set up 12 data centers in 2025 so far (Kimberley Kao/Wall Street Journal)

Kimberley Kao / Wall Street Journal:
AI chip startup Groq, last valued at $6.9B, says it plans to break ground on 12+ new data centers in 2026; Groq has set up 12 data centers in 2025 so far  —  The company, which makes chips and software to run artificial-intelligence models, was last valued at $6.9 billion

TechInsights: Huawei used components from TSMC, Samsung, and SK Hynix in some of its Ascend 910C chips; TSMC says the analyzed dies were made before Oct. 2024 (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
TechInsights: Huawei used components from TSMC, Samsung, and SK Hynix in some of its Ascend 910C chips; TSMC says the analyzed dies were made before Oct. 2024  —  Huawei Technologies Co. used advanced components from Asia's largest technology firms in at least some of its leading Ascend AI processors …

Indonesia suspends TikTok's local operating license, saying it failed to share complete livestream activity data during protests following a government request (Chandra Asmara/Bloomberg)

Chandra Asmara / Bloomberg:
Indonesia suspends TikTok's local operating license, saying it failed to share complete livestream activity data during protests following a government request  —  Indonesia suspended TikTok's local operating license after the company refused to fully share data on its live streaming activity during nationwide protests in August.

Asahi says most of its 30 factories in Japan have not operated since September 29 after a cyberattack, leaving Japan with just days of Asahi Super Dry stock (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Asahi says most of its 30 factories in Japan have not operated since September 29 after a cyberattack, leaving Japan with just days of Asahi Super Dry stock  —  Vast majority of factories of nation's most popular beer have stopped work this week  —  Japan is just a few days away from running …

Source: HR software company Gusto paid ~$600M to acquire Guideline, which offers 401(k) plans to SMBs; Guideline raised $340M and had a $1.15B valuation in 2021 (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch:
Source: HR software company Gusto paid ~$600M to acquire Guideline, which offers 401(k) plans to SMBs; Guideline raised $340M and had a $1.15B valuation in 2021  —  Last month, Gusto, a payroll and HR software company, announced that it agreed to acquire Guideline, a startup offering retirement plans to small and medium businesses.

Epic says Apple's iOS 18.6 "updated user experience" for alt app marketplaces increased installations "for the first time", cutting drop-offs from 65% to ~25% (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Epic says Apple's iOS 18.6 “updated user experience” for alt app marketplaces increased installations “for the first time”, cutting drop-offs from 65% to ~25%  —  But Google still makes them intentionally difficult to install.

Education software maker Anthology files for bankruptcy, listing $1B to $10B in both assets and liabilities after its Blackboard merger debt became unmanageable (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Education software maker Anthology files for bankruptcy, listing $1B to $10B in both assets and liabilities after its Blackboard merger debt became unmanageable  —  Anthology Inc., the Veritas Capital-backed education-software provider, sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US …

Jaguar Land Rover secures £2B from banks as "a liquidity backstop", on top of a £1.5B UK government loan, and aims to resume manufacturing after its huge hack (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Jaguar Land Rover secures £2B from banks as “a liquidity backstop”, on top of a £1.5B UK government loan, and aims to resume manufacturing after its huge hack  —  UK carmaker plans to resume manufacturing this week following month-long shutdown

OpenAI launches its first extended ad campaign for ChatGPT featuring three 30-second cinematic ads with a focus on everyday AI use cases in the US and the UK (Tim Nudd/Ad Age)

Tim Nudd / Ad Age:
OpenAI launches its first extended ad campaign for ChatGPT featuring three 30-second cinematic ads with a focus on everyday AI use cases in the US and the UK  —  After running a Super Bowl commercial last February, OpenAI is now launching its first extended brand campaign for ChatGPT …

Singapore-based Neptune Robotics, which makes robots to clean the underside of giant ships, raised $52M and aims to use AI to help clean ~150 ships per month (Yuan Gao/Bloomberg)

Yuan Gao / Bloomberg:
Singapore-based Neptune Robotics, which makes robots to clean the underside of giant ships, raised $52M and aims to use AI to help clean ~150 ships per month  —  Neptune Robotics, which makes robots that clean the underside of giant ships, raised $52 million to accelerate its artificial intelligence-fueled global expansion.

Education software company EdSights, which uses SMS texting and AI to reach students and identify those at risk of dropping out, raised $80M from JMI Equity (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Chris Metinko / Axios:
Education software company EdSights, which uses SMS texting and AI to reach students and identify those at risk of dropping out, raised $80M from JMI Equity

A look at AI-powered "nudify" tools, which make it fast and easy to make nonconsensual, deepfake porn, and the limited legal options available to their victims (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
A look at AI-powered “nudify” tools, which make it fast and easy to make nonconsensual, deepfake porn, and the limited legal options available to their victims  —  In June of last year, Jessica Guistolise received a text message that would change her life.

Experts warn that Nvidia's large investments in data centers and startups, almost like a stimulus program, could be artificially inflating demand for its GPUs (The Information)

The Information:
Experts warn that Nvidia's large investments in data centers and startups, almost like a stimulus program, could be artificially inflating demand for its GPUs  —  Even by the standards of one of the most prodigious dealmakers in tech, the past month or so has been a head-spinning one for Nvidia's Jensen Huang.