Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) requiring OpenAI to generate at least $100 billion in profits. OpenAI is not expected to reach this milestone until 2029.

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ChatGPT, Sora, and OpenAI’s developer API experienced a major outage for over an hour, caused by one of OpenAI’s upstream providers. This is the second disruption for OpenAI’s services this month.

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23andMe suffered a data breach exposing genetic and ancestry data of nearly 7 million customers. Hackers exploited weak security by brute-forcing access to thousands of accounts. 23andMe later implemented multi-factor authentication.

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Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has secured $6 billion in a Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to $12 billion. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Fidelity, and other prominent investors, with Kingdom Holdings contributing approximately $400 million. This investment values xAI at $45 billion, nearly double its previous valuation.

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AMD is set to hold a press conference at CES 2025, where it is expected to unveil its next-gen GPU, possibly as part of the RX 8000 or RX 9000 series, to compete with Nvidia's RTX 5000 announcement.

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The holiday season is a good time to help loved ones improve their cybersecurity by sharing good security advice and making meaningful changes to protect them from common online threats.

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Kruze Consulting analyzed data from 450 seed-stage startups and found that technical engineering/product positions tend to be paid more than CEOs, while COO/operations roles are paid even higher on average.

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GV, a venture firm backed by Google, has invested in 800 companies over the last five years, with a total investment of over $10 billion across its 15-year history.

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OpenAI has considered building a humanoid robot, having previously invested in robotics companies and having a robotics division that was closed in 2021.

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Onyx Motorbikes has been revived by its original founder, Tim Seward, one year after its owner James Khatiblou's sudden death. The brand is selling 100 electric dirtbikes, but it's unclear if they are new or part of a previous batch.

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