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In this week's episode:
OpenAI is feeling the pressure to meet demand, widening the scope of "Stargate" and looking at debt financing for chips by 2025.
Creepy AI companion toys are posing risks to student mental health, and we look at a family's unsettling week with one.
Microsoft is bringing Claude to Copilot, diversifying beyond OpenAI, while xAI is suing OpenAI for allegedly poaching talent and secrets.
An AI safety tool sparked backlash after flagging art as porn and deleting emails, leading to a student lawsuit.
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
OpenAI’s 10+ Gigawatt Plans:
OpenAI Feeling the Pressure (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openai-under-pressure-meet-demand-widens-scope-stargate-eyes-debt-finance-chips-2025-09-24/
Sam Altman Blog Post: https://archive.is/iPaU9
OpenAI Partnership with NVIDIA (Fortune): https://fortune.com/2025/09/24/sam-altman-ai-empire-new-york-city-san-diego-scary/
NVIDIA letter of intent: https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/openai-and-nvidia-announce-strategic-partnership-to-deploy-10gw-of-nvidia-systems
Creepy AI Toys:
AI ‘companions’ pose risks to student mental health. What can schools do?: https://www.k12dive.com/news/ai-companions-student-mental-health-schools/761054/
‘I love you too!’ My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/16/i-love-you-too-my-familys-creepy-unsettling-week-with-an-ai-toy
Curio: https://heycurio.com/
Oh… and a visit from a “Friend” (https://friend.com/) – we’ve mentioned them before. This interview is… interesting: https://fortune.com/videos/watch/creator-of-'creepy'-ai-friend-necklace-says-it's-'like-god'/41086999-face-458f-b917-ee465c56d187
Crossing Lines: Microsoft & xAI:
Microsoft bringing Claude (and Deepseek?) to Copilot (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-brings-anthropic-ai-models-365-copilot-diversifies-beyond-openai-2025-09-24/
xAI is suing OpenAI for poaching talent & secrets (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/musks-xai-accuses-rival-openai-stealing-trade-secrets-2025-09-25/
The official complaint: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/byvreaygope/XAI%20OPENAI%20TRADE%20SECRETS%20LAWSUIT%20complaint2.pdf
AI safety tool sparks backlash:
AI safety tool sparks student backlash after flagging art as porn, deleting emails: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/24/students-lawsuit-ai-tool-gaggle/
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