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Good morning. Today is Thursday, August 15th. I'm Julie Morgan. What happened to those discussions between Soft Bank and

Intel about an AI chip? Meta shuts down crowd tangle and fast food delivery is looking a little different in some areas.

Softbanks talks with Intel about manufacturing an artificial intelligence chip to compete with

NVIDIA have failed in recent months.

This plan was aimed at ramping up Soft Bank's efforts to combine the chip designs of arm holdings

with the production expertise of its latest acquisition, British AI chipmaker Grafcore.

People familiar with the matter told the Financial Times, however, that discussions collapsed

as Soft Bank believed Intel could not meet its demands for volume and speed.

This happened before Intel announced drastic cost cuts, but sources said talks may restart

as only a few chipmakers have the capabilities to manufacture

cutting edge AI processors.

Soft Bank is now said to be focused on talks with Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing, the world's largest

contract chipmaker. But a deal has not been reached as TSM is reportedly struggling to meet

demand from existing customers.

Intel and Soft Bank declined to comment on the report.

Meta platforms has officially shut down Crowdtangle,

a tool used by researchers, watch dog organizations, and journalists to monitor

social media content, especially for tracking misinformation.

The decision was announced earlier this year and faced significant backlash from various groups who relied on crowd tangle for oversight, particularly in light of the upcoming U.S. presidential elections.

Numerous groups wrote letters to Meta to upcoming US presidential elections.

Numerous groups wrote letters to Meta

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