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Bible Verses of the Day

22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.” [Matthew 13:22-23, ESV]

What's in this week's issue?

• 💸 Elon Musk’s xAI lands $6B in new cash to fuel AI ambitions

• 🇺🇸 Sriram Krishnan named Trump’s senior policy advisor for AI

• ⛅️ Easy Cloud News

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xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, has raised $6 billion, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. Investors gave a minimum of $77,593, per the filing (97 participated, but the document doesn’t reveal their identities).

xAI later announced (confirming some earlier reporting) that Andreessen Horowitz , Blackrock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Nvidia, AMD, and others numbered among them.

The new cash brings xAI’s total raised to $12 billion, adding to the $6 billion tranche xAI raised this spring. CNBC reported in November that xAI was aiming for a $50 billion valuation — double its valuation of six months prior.

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed reports that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Trump said in a statement that Krishnan will “help shape and coordinate AI policy across government, working with the president’s council of advisors on science and technology.” And in a post on X, Krishnan said that he’ll be working closely with ex-PayPal COO David Sacks, who was recently named Trump’s crypto and AI “czar.”

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Listen or read the following transcript as Joel Beeke elaborates on how true repentance involves a heartfelt turn from sin to God, driven by a recognition of God’s holiness and one’s own sinfulness. The sermon aims to deepen understanding of repentance as not only a one-time act but a continual practice essential to spiritual growth and sanctification.

The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.

AI News

• 🎒 Arizona’s getting an online charter school taught entirely by AI (link)

• 🤼 Manhattan Project 2.0? US eyes AGI breakthrough in escalating China rivalry (link)

• 🪖 Are AI companies just defense tech now? (link)

• 🌉 Machine psychology: A bridge to general AI? (link)

• ⚡️ Laser-based artificial neuron mimics nerve cell functions at lightning speed (link)

AI Tools

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• 🤖 Nuanced: Detecting authenticity in the age of AI (link)