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Chamath Is Back In The Arena

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Morning Brew
Published
Tue 19 Aug 2025
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Masa Son is investing $2B into Intel, and the Uncle Sam might join in as well. Small AI models continue to have a moment. Chamath is reentering the arena with a new SPAC. The Texas AG is investigating AI chatbots. And does GPT-5 prove that we’ve hit an AI ceiling, even if only temporarily?

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⁠Intel is getting a $2 billion investment from SoftBank⁠ (CNBC)


⁠Nvidia releases a new small, open model Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with toggle on/off reasoning⁠ (VentureBeat)


⁠‘SPAC King’ Chamath Palihapitiya is back with a new one⁠ (Pitchbook)


⁠Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims⁠ (TechCrunch)


⁠Is AI hitting a wall?⁠ (FT)

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