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Blackstone and Coatue grant a $10B loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, among Australia's largest private credit deals (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Blackstone and Coatue grant a $10B loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, among Australia's largest private credit deals  —  Australian AI startup Firmus Technologies Pty. secured a $10 billion loan from a group including Blackstone Inc.-led funds …

How China boosts its humanoid robot industry, giving companies land, favorable bank loan terms, and sometimes subsidizing the robots' purchase price by ~10% (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
How China boosts its humanoid robot industry, giving companies land, favorable bank loan terms, and sometimes subsidizing the robots' purchase price by ~10%  —  Beijing is showering companies with support, but some fear a bubble  —  SUZHOU, China—Elon Musk has been telling investors …

An interview with Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, who was promoted to president of General Catalyst in January, about investing in European tech and defense startups (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
An interview with Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, who was promoted to president of General Catalyst in January, about investing in European tech and defense startups  —  Jeannette zu Fürstenberg invests in the continent's most geopolitically important startups—and throws legendary soirees in her family's castle.

As Section 230 turns 30, a look at how upcoming court cases involving Meta, Alphabet, and others in the US could reshape the bounds of Section 230's protections (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
As Section 230 turns 30, a look at how upcoming court cases involving Meta, Alphabet, and others in the US could reshape the bounds of Section 230's protections  —  Thirty years ago today, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a bill credited with creating the groundwork for the modern internet …

Moltbook was peak AI theater, less of a glimpse at the future and more of a mirror simply reflecting society's current obsession with AI (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
Moltbook was peak AI theater, less of a glimpse at the future and more of a mirror simply reflecting society's current obsession with AI  —  For a few days this week the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called Moltbook, which billed itself as a social network for bots.