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SpaceX in talks with Pentagon to provide multibillion-dollar AI data centre capacity

SpaceX is negotiating with the U.S. Department of Defense to provide data centre capacity to run AI models, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The talks involve several billion dollars and could still fall through. SpaceX has been expanding its cloud computing business and has discussed offering lower-priced capacity to AI customers. The Pentagon is seeking cloud infrastructure and has asked Congress for $30 billion for an AI initiative.

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AI agent payments spreading, existing card networks not enough, Visa-Artemis report says

Commercialisation of autonomous AI agent economies is being held back by payment-infrastructure bottlenecks, an analysis said. Visa and Artemis said in a joint report that existing global card payment networks are insufficient to process AI agents’ high-frequency, low-value payments. The report said AI agent payments would need near-zero fees and faster settlement. It said some standards, including Coinbase’s x402 protocol, are showing early adoption.

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Anthropic begins talks to lease Meta computing power

Anthropic is in early-stage talks on a plan to lease computing power from Meta Platforms, CNBC reported on Thursday. The potential deal is being discussed at about $10 billion. After the report, Meta shares rebounded from an intraday low. The talks come as Anthropic expands efforts to secure external infrastructure and continues large contracts to access Nvidia AI chips, while Meta separately reviews entering the cloud computing business.