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THE DAILY BRIEF

SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2026

■ TOP STORY

AFTER NVIDIA’S $20B NOT-AQUI-HIRE, AI CHIP STARTUP GROQ…

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to…

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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS DATA BREACH AFFECTS 4.9 MILLION…

The ShinyHunters extortion gang stole personal information from 4.9 million accounts after hacking the U.S.

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LENOVO DOUBLES IN BEST MONTH SINCE 1999 ON AI-FUELED RALLY

Lenovo Group Ltd. is set for its best month in more than a quarter-century, with the stock doubling in May as investor enthusiasm builds around the company’s AI-driven growth…

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SOURCES: BYTEDANCE HAS PARTNERED WITH CHIPMAKER INNOSTAR TO…

The Information: Sources: ByteDance has partnered with chipmaker InnoStar to develop an AI inference chip modeled after Groq's LPUs, which are built to run AI models at low cost —…

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TENCENT BETS ON SMALLER AI MODELS IN THE RACE WITH CHINESE…

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia: Tencent bets on smaller AI models in the race with Chinese rivals, as EVP Dowson Tong says AI now contributes 20%+ of its revenue and 95%+ of new…

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