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Source: OpenAI completed a secondary sale letting staff sell ~$6.6B in shares at a $500B valuation, making it the world's most valuable startup ahead of SpaceX (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

It's hard to overstate Nvidia’s AI dominance.
Founded in 1993, Nvidia first made its mark in the then-new field of graphics processing units (GPUs) for personal computers.
But it’s the company’s AI chips,
not PC graphics hardware,
that vaulted Nvidia into the ranks of the world’s most valuable companies.
It turns out that Nvidia’s GPUs are also excellent for AI.
As a result, its stock is more than 15 times as valuable as it was at the start of 2020;

Nvidia AI: Challengers Are Coming for Nvidia’s Crown
In AI’s game of thrones, don’t count out the upstarts

The Dutch coast paying tribute to Ukraine.

Next door Cornell took down Columbia in Volleyball -- here's Nº 18 Mikayla Gray and Nº 16 Ava Bogan
#photo #photography #sports

Source: OpenAI authorized up to $10.3B in shares for sale, but only $6.6B was sold, which insiders see as a sign of staff confidence and strong investor demand (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/openai-share-sale-500-billion-valuation.html…

OpenAI wraps $6.6 billion share sale at $500 billion valuation
OpenAI has completed a $6.6 billion secondary share sale at a $500 billion valuation, cementing its status as the most valuable private company in the world.

How will the chaotic political three body problem (Trump, Putin, Xi) develop in 2026?
Happy New Year everyone!

"When LLMs learn to take shortcuts, they become evil."
(Article in The Econimist)
Lousy Language Models?

Today, the Indian festival of Dusshera is celebrated. It signifies the victory of good over evil.
If only there were a reason for celebration.

The "trickle down effect" does exist. No, not with regard to economics or wealth, but when it comes to anger, hate, violence, racism, and mendacity, there is no doubt that they trickle down.

Vaak wordt de PVV gezien als de oorzaak van de bestuurlijke chaos in het land, maar in feite is het de VVD geweest en dat zou nog wel zo kunnen zijn als ze bij hun standpunt blijven. Lijken wel Franse toestanden.