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Maduro Ally Pleads Guilty In Miami To Scheme That Stole Venezuelan Welfare Funds Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, The former minister of industry for Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's regime pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a global money laundering conspiracy that skimmed millions from a Venezuelan public welfare program. Colombian businessman Alex Saab (L) leaves after a meeting with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (R) at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on Dec. 20, 2023. Federico Parra/AFP According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) news release, Alex Saab, 54, who was...

DeepSeek Pauses Fundraising After Founder's Remarks Leaked Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times, Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek has paused a second fundraising round after founder Liang Wenfeng’s remarks at a conference circulated online, including a statement that the company could obtain some processors he described as “noncompliant.” Liang made the remarks during a May 20 closed-door investor meeting on why DeepSeek was receiving fewer Huawei processors than China’s major internet companies. The transcript of the meeting was shared online and posted on GitHub on July 22. “For us, we...

"A Lot Of BS, Honestly": Apollo Head Says Everyone Is Measuring AI Wrong The tokenomics debate got its sharpest contrarian voice this morning, and it came from inside the building. John Zito Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg John Zito, co-president of Apollo Asset Management, sat for a fireside chat at the Morgan Stanley US Financials Conference on Wednesday, where he suggested to Bloomberg that measured per unit of intelligence delivered rather than per token, prices are collapsing - even as low-value usage drives the actual bills up. "I think tokenmaxxing and token talk is - it's a lot...