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🤖 EU Orders Meta to Restore Rival AI Chatbots on WhatsApp

OpenAI is in advanced talks to lease a massive 10-gigawatt data center campus in Pike County, Ohio, developed by SB Energy on former federal land. The full project could cost at least $500 billion, marking OpenAI’s largest infrastructure commitment with a 20-year lease.

Nvidia would act as guarantor for both the lease and project financing, with first phase targeted for 2028. WUI-7UFHBVCPNC

SpaceX’s record IPO has drawn over $250 billion in orders — nearly four times the $75 billion target — at a $1.8 trillion valuation. Shares are expected to price at $135, with strong interest from long-only funds.

The massive demand is creating a liquidity squeeze across tech and crypto markets as investors reposition capital.

OpenAI has filed draft S-1 paperwork and aims to go public within the next year, but CEO Sam Altman told staff that rapid advances in self-improving AI could make it advantageous to delay.

A new model codenamed 5.6 — described as a meaningful improvement on GPT-5.5 — is expected this month. Compute needs and market timing remain key variables.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published “Policy on the AI Exponential,” calling for regulators to move at the speed of frontier AI development.

He proposes independent screening of models across four risk areas, government power to ground unsafe systems, frameworks for mass job displacement including AI equity shares and UBI, plus bans on autonomous weapons.

The European Commission has ordered Meta to immediately restore free access for third-party general-purpose AI assistants on WhatsApp.

Meta blocked rivals in October 2025 and now has five working days to comply while the antitrust investigation continues. Meta called the move “regulatory overreach” and plans to appeal.

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