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Sources: Hugging Face has been exploring a sale that could value it at $13B , up from $4.5B in 2023, and has been working with a bank to gauge bidders' interest (Katie Roof/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-could-be-acquired-1…

Hugging Face could be acquired for $13 billion amid AI boom
Hugging Face, an AI developer platform, has been exploring a potential $13 billion sale, highlighting its key role in the AI ecosystem.

Journalists from CNN and MS Now belatedly regain access to White House after judge ruling
US ⁠news ⁠outlets MS ⁠Now and ⁠CNN have once again been ‌granted access to the ⁠White House, Reuters has just reported.
The reinstated access was granted just hours after a federal judge ordered Trump to lift the ban.
CNN has also just confirmed that they have been allowed back inside the White House, with reporter Betsy Klein being allowed to reenter on Thursday.
She was previous…

Journalists from CNN, Politico, and MS Now belatedly regain access to White House after judge ruling – live
A federal judge had ruled Trump administration must immediately return the outlets’ press passes and said ban likely unconstitutional

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Friday Links 26-23
I have been on vacations, which means today is a bit longer than usual.
AI stuff is taking over, so there is a new section.
I'll keep it balanced, as I bounce between loving and hating it.
If you are looking for something good, check out the videos about Spike Jonze's skate video and about Belle and locations.

The AI investment race
#ai #bubble

The AI investment race
The AI build-out ranks among the largest technology-driven investment booms in US history. Its scale, reliance on debt and circular equity ties raise questions about the boom's sustainability and financial stability. We study a dynamic contest in which firms competing for a few dominant positions over-commit resources. The over-investment leaves the sector exposed to revenue disappointment that could turn boom into bust. The larger the boom, the deeper the eventual bust. The race to commit earl…

Trump shrugs as award goes to Wall Street Journal team that revealed birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein
A series of awards for reporting on the Trump White House have just been handed out to journalists Donald Trump has harangued and threatened for their unflattering portrayals of him and his administration.
At one stage, Trump theatrically shrugged as the CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer mentioned that the president had filed a $20bn lawsuit
“revealing the reporter Khadeeja Safdar’…

WHCA Announces 2026 Journalism Awards | White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA)
Groundbreaking reporting about the first year of President Trump’s second term dominated the winners of this year’s journalism awards from the White House Correspondents’ Association. The reporting being honored included such subjects as the exercise of power in the White House, loyalty of civil servants to a new administration, a dramatic meeting in the Oval […]

Sources: OpenAI told Hugging Face only this week its models caused the July 11 hack; the models appear to have been active online for days before being stopped (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-the-futuri

News outlets banned from White House seek emergency hearing
after being denied entry despite judge's order
Lawyers for the news outlets Trump banned from the White House have requested an emergency hearing
after several journalists were turned away from the building Thursday morning,
in apparent defiance of a federal judge’s order to restore their access.
“This morning journalists from each of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO attempted to enter the White House and …

News outlets banned from White House seek emergency hearing after being denied entry despite judge’s order – live
A federal judge had ruled Trump administration must immediately return the outlets’ press passes and said ban likely unconstitutional

Meta unveils the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first pair of glasses without cameras, offering up to 12 hours of battery life, starting at $349 and shipping October 3 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Ramses must reach space by spring 2028 in order to rendezvous with the cruise-liner-sized Apophis asteroid as it passes Earth on Friday 13 April 2029, representing less than three and a half years from contract signing to lift-off.
The spacecraft’s Core Module, containing all its main electronics, is currently being assembled in the Milan cleanroom facility of OHB Italia. Key Ramses units have been mounted within the module’s U-shaped body, and then linked together via intricate cabling…

First switch on for ESA-JAXA Ramses asteroid mission
The European Space Agency’s and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Ramses planetary defence spacecraft has been turned on for the first time by its prime contractor – marking a major milestone in its time-critical development schedule.