OpenAI 'pauses' its Stargate UK data center plan, Meta's Muse Spark model brings reasoning capabilities to the Meta AI app, and Greece will ban all kids under 15 from using social media episode artwork

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OpenAI 'pauses' its Stargate UK data center plan, Meta's Muse Spark model brings reasoning capabilities to the Meta AI app, and Greece will ban all kids under 15 from using social media

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-OpenAI is putting the brakes on Stargate UK, according to Bloomberg. That’s the company’s AI infrastructure project with NVIDIA that’s meant to help the UK build out its sovereign computing capabilities. -Following the icy reception to Llama 4, Meta is releasing the first in a new family of AI systems built by its recently formed Superintelligence team. The company is kicking off its new Muse era with Spark, a lightweight model geared toward consumer use. -Greece will ban children under the age 15 from using social media starting next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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