Friday, March 7, 2025

Source: Microsoft has completed training a family of models, codenamed MAI, and is experimenting with swapping out OpenAI's models in Copilot for the MAI models (Aaron Holmes/The Information)

Aaron Holmes / The Information:
Source: Microsoft has completed training a family of models, codenamed MAI, and is experimenting with swapping out OpenAI's models in Copilot for the MAI models  —  Mustafa Suleyman wasn't getting the answers he wanted.  —  Last fall, during a video call with senior leaders at OpenAI and Microsoft …



Investors are turning to "AI wrappers", startups that leverage existing LLMs by other developers to build tools for coders, clinicians, lawyers, and others (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)

Kate Clark / Bloomberg:
Investors are turning to “AI wrappers”, startups that leverage existing LLMs by other developers to build tools for coders, clinicians, lawyers, and others  —  Forget LLMs.  Silicon Valley investors have a new favorite AI play.  —  Not long ago, Silicon Valley was dismissive of startups like Harvey.



Analysis: the $TRUMP memecoin generated $314M from token sales and $36M in fees within three weeks of launch, likely raising conflict of interest concerns (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Analysis: the $TRUMP memecoin generated $314M from token sales and $36M in fees within three weeks of launch, likely raising conflict of interest concerns  —  Donald Trump's crypto project made at least $350mn from the launch of his memecoin, a windfall that is likely to fuel concerns over conflicts of interest arising from the token.



An in-depth look at TSMC's $165B US investment plans: three new Fab 21 phases, two new advanced packaging facilities, and an R&D center, all based in Phoenix (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware:
An in-depth look at TSMC's $165B US investment plans: three new Fab 21 phases, two new advanced packaging facilities, and an R&D center, all based in Phoenix  —  Timing, locations, and technologies not disclosed.  —  On Monday, TSMC announced plans to invest $100 billion in expanding its U.S. manufacturing capacity.



The US Treasury says Robinhood and BNY will work with the federal government to handle tax-sheltered "Trump Accounts" for children when they launch this summer (Stacy Cowley/New York Times)

Stacy Cowley / New York Times : The US Treasury says Robinhood and BNY will work with the federal government to handle tax-sheltered “Tru...