Wed. 04/16 – Why Does OpenAI Want A Social Network?

Well, it looks like DOGE has finally come for cybersecurity. It sounds like the tariff stuff is already biting Nvidia to the tune of $5 billion. Why is OpenAI building a social network? The government would have settled the antitrust case with Meta to the tune of $30 billion. And why did Mark Zuckerberg consider spinning off Instagram voluntarily?

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Links:

• Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program (The Register)
• Nvidia says it will record $5.5 billion charge tied to H20 processors exported to China (CNBC)
• OpenAI is building a social network (The Verge)
• Figma confidentially files for IPO more than a year after ditching Adobe deal (CNBC)
• Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Failed Negotiations to End Antitrust Case (WSJ)
• Zuckerberg Says He Considered Spinning Off Instagram in 2018 (Bloomberg)