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iFixit pokes the iPhone Duo, SpaceX borrows $40 billion for chips, and an AI model goes rogue on GitHub.
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SpaceX closes $40 billion debt financing to buy GPUs, Elon Musk said, while predicting a shakeout among neocloud providers as credit for AI infrastructure dries up.
Why it matters Access to financing is becoming a deciding factor in who can buy the chips needed to compete in AI.
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Toyota wants to be a global robotics company, and it is betting $6.4 billion a year on humanoid robots and factory automation.
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Wall Street's fastest traders are building data centers and backing chip startups, with firms like Jane Street and Hudson River Trading now racing each other for AI computing power.
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Markets · Fri, Oct 23 US stocks dipped as tech earnings and macro shifts weighed, while trading stayed quieter among AI shares after the previous day's slump.
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