From TLDR 2025-02-19

OPENAI BOARD CONSIDERS SPECIAL VOTING POWERS TO PREVENT ELON MUSK
TAKEOVER (2 MINUTE READ) [6]

OpenAI is considering granting new voting rights to its nonprofit
board to help it fight the unsolicited takeover bid from Elon Musk.
Giving the nonprofit's board outsized voting power would ensure it
retains control of the restructured company and is able to overrule
other investors, ensuring OpenAI can fight off hostile bids from
outsiders. OpenAI could also consider a plan that would let
shareholders buy up additional shares at a discount to fend off
hostile takeovers.

TODAY WE'RE OPEN-SOURCING R1 1776, A VERSION OF THE DEEPSEEK-R1 MODEL
THAT HAS BEEN POST-TRAINED TO PROVIDE UNBIASED, ACCURATE, AND FACTUAL INFORMATION (9 MINUTE READ) [16]

Perplexity trained an unbiased, accurate, and factual version of
DeepSeek-R1 and open sourced it.

FRANCE RUNS FUSION REACTOR FOR RECORD 22 MINUTES (3 MINUTE READ) [19]

The next step will be to create even longer reactions that could
amount to a combined time of several hours.


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[6] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/openai-board-considers-special- voting-powers-to-prevent-elon-musk-takeover/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[16] https://links.tldrnewsletter.com/kqG3PC
[19] https://newatlas.com/energy/france-tokamak-cea-west-fusion-reactor-record- plasma-duration/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

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