Intel Takes Major Step in Plan to Acquire Chip Startup SambaNova
The two chip companies have signed a term sheet, according to sources with direct knowledge of the agreement.
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Check Out Highlights From WIRED’s 2025 Big Interview Event
On December 4, WIRED sat down with some of the biggest names in tech, culture, business, and science for a day full of in-depth interviews.
It’s Time to Save Silicon Valley From Itself
Big Tech has lost its way. At WIRED’s Big Interview event, Techdirt editor Mike Masnick and Common Tools CEO Alex Komoroske announced a manifesto designed to help the industry get back on track.
An AI Dark Horse Is Rewriting the Rules of Game Design
The Chinese video game giant Tencent is now building some of the world’s best 3D AI models. This could have implications far outside gaming.
Jeff Bezos’ New AI Venture Quietly Acquired an Agentic Computing Startup
Project Prometheus has raised over $6 billion in funding and hired over 100 employees, a handful of whom joined through its acquisition of General Agents, according to records and sources.
Amazon Workers Issue Warning About Company’s ‘All-Costs-Justified’ Approach to AI Development
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools.
WIRED Roundup: Gemini 3 Release, Nvidia Earnings, Epstein Files Fallout
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we cover the news of the week and take a closer look at the Gemini 3, Google’s latest AI model and chatbot.
OpenAI Locks Down San Francisco Offices Following Alleged Threat From Activist
A message on OpenAI’s internal Slack claimed the activist in question had expressed interest in “causing physical harm to OpenAI employees.”
4 People Indicted in Alleged Conspiracy to Smuggle Supercomputers and Nvidia Chips to China
A federal prosecutor alleged that one defendant boasted that his father “had engaged in similar business for the Chinese Communist Party.”
Nvidia CEO Dismisses Concerns of an AI Bubble. Investors Remain Skeptical
Record sales, a strong financial forecast, and CEO Jensen Huang’s impassioned arguments on his company’s earnings call weren’t enough to push Nvidia shares back to their October high.