BlueQubit, a startup founded by Stanford alumni, has raised $10M in Seed funding led by Nyca Partners. The company's Quantum Software as a Service (QSaaS) platform offers access to Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) and quantum computing emulators, aiming to integrate quantum computing into enterprise applications, particularly in sectors like finance, pharmaceuticals, and material science where classical computing faces limitations.

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Microsoft bought 485,000 Nvidia Hopper chips in 2024, more than twice as many as its biggest rival Meta, and tripled its 2023 purchase. The company is also developing its own custom AI chips, Maia.

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Over 130,000 job cuts have occurred across 457 companies in 2024, including major tech firms like Tesla, Amazon, and Google, as well as smaller startups.

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OpenAI is making its ChatGPT AI-powered assistant accessible to landline phones, allowing users to call 1-800-CHATGPT for a conversational experience similar to Advanced Voice Mode.

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GitHub has launched a free version of its Copilot code completion tool, which will also be included with VS Code editor by default. The move aims to make the tool more accessible to developers, with the platform now having 150 million users.

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Salesforce is expanding its sales force by 2,000 to promote its AI tools, with CEO Marc Benioff reporting 9,000 referrals already received.

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Odyssey, an AI startup, is developing a tool called Explorer that can generate photorealistic 3D images from text or images, trained on real-world landscapes.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT, with its new 'Advanced Voice Mode with Vision', can access real-time video but made a factual error by mistaking an ottoman for a sofa.

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Odyssey, an AI startup, is developing a tool called Explorer that can transform text or images into 3D renderings, particularly photorealistic scenes, using a custom-designed camera system and AI training.

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OpenAI is hosting a series of live events called '12 Days of OpenAI' through December 23rd, showcasing new ChatGPT features and products. Events include the launch of ChatGPT Pro, the reasoning model 'o1', the text-to-video generator Sora, and more.

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