Author HubMaximilian Schreiner

Max is the managing editor of THE DECODER, bringing his background in philosophy to explore questions of consciousness and whether machines truly think or just pretend to.
AI and society

OpenAI restructures under new foundation, Microsoft takes 27 percent stake

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OpenAI outperforms humans and Google at the world's top collegiate programming contest

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New data from OpenAI and Anthropic show how people actually use ChatGPT and Claude

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Microsoft has introduced Agent 365, a new platform designed to help organizations manage their AI agents as if they were part of the workforce.

Agent 365 includes five core features: a centralized registry for every AI agent in the organization through Microsoft Entra, access control using unique agent IDs, performance dashboards for tracking efficiency, integration with Microsoft 365 apps and corporate data, and built-in security managed by Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview.

The system works with Microsoft's own tools like Copilot Studio, but it also supports open-source frameworks and third-party solutions from partners such as Adobe, Nvidia, ServiceNow, and Workday. Agent 365 is available in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center and is currently being tested through Microsoft's Frontier program.

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Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is looking to raise up to five billion dollars in new funding, according to The Information. That would at least triple the nine-month-old company's existing capital. A second source says the startup is aiming for a valuation of at least 50 billion dollars.

The company previously raised two billion dollars at a ten-billion-dollar valuation from backers including Andreessen Horowitz. The money will support research, new hires, and computing resources. In October, the company launched Tinker, a tool that lets developers customize open AI models. Thinking Machines is also working on a consumer-facing product, potentially a voice-based AI assistant.

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Arm and Nvidia plan closer collaboration. Arm says its CPUs will be able to connect directly to Nvidia's AI chips using NVLink Fusion, making it easier for customers to pair Neoverse CPUs with Nvidia GPUs. The move also opens Nvidia's NVLink platform to processors beyond its own lineup.

The partnership targets cloud providers like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, which increasingly rely on custom Arm chips to cut costs and tailor their systems. Arm licenses chip designs rather than selling its own processors, and the new protocol speeds up data transfers between CPUs and GPUs. Nvidia previously tried to buy Arm in 2020 for 40 billion dollars, but regulators in the United States and the United Kingdom blocked the deal.

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According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon, Microsoft, and AI startup Anthropic are backing a US law that would further restrict Nvidia's chip exports to China. The proposed Gain AI Act would require semiconductor companies to satisfy US demand first before shipping chips to countries under arms embargos. The law would give tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft priority access to chips.

Nvidia opposes the plan, warning it would create unnecessary market interference. Some government officials question whether the law is even needed, pointing out that the Commerce Department already has the authority to enforce export controls. Meta and Google haven't commented on the proposal. The Gain AI Act could be attached to the defense budget as an amendment.

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German court deepens the split on AI and copyright with its latest ruling

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