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💥 AI agents now have their own social network

💰 Nvidia $100 billion OpenAI investment plan stalls

🚀 Blue Origin pauses space tourism flights for two years

🧠 Apple loses four AI researchers and Siri executive to rivals

👀 Apple 'runs on Anthropic,' says Mark Gurman

🛰️ Amazon asks FCC for 2-year satellite deadline extension

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• A social network called Moltbook now lets AI assistants interact with each other, post to forums, and share information on topics like automating phones or analyzing webcam streams.
• The viral AI assistant project formerly called Clawdbot has rebranded to OpenClaw after a legal challenge from Anthropic, with the creator checking trademarks and getting OpenAI's permission this time.
• OpenClaw has grown to over 100,000 GitHub stars in two months, but maintainers warn that serious security risks make it unsafe for general users who lack technical expertise.

• Nvidia's planned $100 billion investment in OpenAI has stalled, with the Wall Street Journal reporting the deal is "on ice" after negotiations never moved past early stages despite a September announcement.
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has privately told industry partners the original agreement was non-binding and criticized what he sees as a lack of discipline in OpenAI's business approach.
• The companies are now discussing a smaller equity investment worth tens of billions of dollars, while competition from Google and Anthropic has made Huang question the original partnership structure.

• Blue Origin announced it will stop its space tourism flights for at least two years so the company can focus all of its resources on upcoming missions to the moon.
• The New Shepard rocket has flown 38 times over the past decade, carrying 98 humans past the Kármán line and more than 200 scientific payloads into space.
• The pause comes as President Trump pressures NASA to land astronauts on the moon before his term ends, opening opportunities for companies beyond SpaceX to compete for lunar missions.

• Apple has lost four artificial intelligence researchers and a senior Siri executive in recent weeks, with the staff leaving for competitors including Meta Platforms and Google DeepMind.
• The departures come from Apple's Foundation Models team, which builds the technology behind Apple Intelligence, and follow the company's decision to outsource some AI work to Google.
• Stuart Bowers, a top Siri manager who previously led Apple's failed self-driving car project, left for Google DeepMind, which is helping Apple build the AI models powering Siri.

• According to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, Apple heavily depends on Anthropic technology for building its products, with employees at the company saying it essentially "runs on Anthropic."
• Apple recently announced an AI partnership with Google, but the company first tried to make a deal with Anthropic, which fell apart because Anthropic wanted several billion dollars per year.
• Apple's deal with Google costs about one billion dollars annually, much less than Anthropic's asking price, which also included a plan to double fees over time.

• Amazon has asked the FCC for a two-year extension to deploy half of its satellite internet constellation, Leo, after admitting it will miss the July 2026 deadline.
• The company expected to have about 700 satellites in orbit by the deadline, far short of the required 1,600, blaming launch shortages, manufacturing disruptions, and satellite redesigns.
• Amazon says it has secured over 100 launch missions through early 2029, averaging three launches per month, and has already invested more than $10 billion in the project.

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