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US government grounds all flights across the United States 'due to extraordinary circumstances': A spokesperson for the FAA told TechCrunch that it issued the ground stop "following communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers." Read More

Export-banned Nvidia chips are behind China's most powerful AI models — uh oh, Jensen!: New research shows the most advanced AI models from China were trained on banned Nvidia chips. Read More

Microsoft's latest email outage turned into a full-blown global cloud crisis: Microsoft's day-long outage began with Outlook and Teams, and ended up taking much of the company's cloud services offline. Microsoft says it's gradually restoring service. Read More

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Jensen Huang didn't show confidence in his successor, report says: Huang described Kress as a "deer in the headlights" during a meeting in summer. Read More

The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline: Jensen Huang has resigned from Nvidia following an affair, which could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure. Read More

ChatGPT's new Wallet lets AI agents shop and check out for you: ChatGPT Wallet lets AI agents shop and check out on users' behalf, starting with a limited rollout to U.S. Pro subscribers. Read More

Uber confirms hackers stole thousands of drivers' license information in data breach: The ridesharing giant said drivers' license information stored by AI cloud company Fireworks AI was stolen during a security incident. Read More

This young startup wants to power floating data centers with the ocean’s heat, and investors are already on board: Drogue is harvesting heat from the ocean to power data centers on floating vessels. The first prototype should be bobbing around the ocean, crunching bits, in less than two years. Read More

Last but Not Least

AI agent startup LangChain hits $3B valuation: LangChain now claims 7,000 customers of its model and platform agnostic agent management tool LangSmith. Read More