Global Infrastructure Partners Nears $40 Billion Acquisition of Aligned Data Centers

Global Infrastructure Partners, backed by BlackRock, is in advanced talks to acquire Aligned Data Centers for about $40 billion. This deal highlights the rising demand for AI-focused data center infrastructure. Abu Dhabi's Mubadala, an investor in Aligned, is also involved with a potential independent investment. An announcement may come soon.

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Huawei’s Bold Bet on Open-Source AI

At Huawei Connect 2025, Huawei pledged to fully open-source its AI stack by December 31, 2025, including CANN toolkits, Mind series toolchains, and openPangu foundation models. Aiming to ease developer friction, the move emphasizes transparency, ecosystem growth, and PyTorch/vLLM compatibility, with adoption success hinging on documentation, licensing, and community support

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OpenAI Transforms ChatGPT into an Instant Shopping Hub with Seamless Checkout

OpenAI introduces “Instant Checkout” in ChatGPT, enabling U.S. users to buy products directly within chat. Powered by an open-source Agentic Commerce Protocol, this feature streamlines single-item purchases from platforms like Etsy, promising to revolutionize e-commerce by blending AI, convenience, and secure transactions.

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Preparing the Next Generation to Lead AI Transformation at Slippery Rock University.

Slippery Rock University equips students to lead in AI with comprehensive courses and real-world applications. Professor Sam Thangiah emphasizes AI’s broad impact, integrating it across majors, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration to prepare graduates for evolving workforce demands shaped by AI-driven innovation.

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Anthropic Appoints Rahul Patil as New CTO to Boost AI Infrastructure

Anthropic named Rahul Patil, former Stripe CTO, as its new Chief Technology Officer, overseeing compute, infrastructure, and inference. Co-founder Sam McCandlish transitions to Chief Architect. The change strengthens Anthropic amid fierce AI infrastructure competition with OpenAI and Meta

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OpenAI Launches Sora 2, a TikTok-Style AI Video App with Realistic Physics, Synchronized Audio, and Customizable Digital Avatars, Reinventing Short-Form Social Content Creation and Sharing"

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Generative AI could automate 26% of creative tasks in art, design, and media, enhancing human creativity by boosting idea generation and critical thinking while reshaping workflows and skills needed.

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NVIDIA RTX PCs accelerate local LLMs like Ollama, AnythingLLM, and LM Studio, enabling fast, private AI assistants for personalized learning, creativity, and developer applications.

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CAMIA is a new privacy attack that reveals whether AI models have memorised specific training data. It analyzes AI uncertainty during text generation to detect sensitive data leakage, highlighting critical privacy risks in large AI models and urging improved protection measures.

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