The Neural Daily 2026-11-04: Jet Engines & Digital Janitors
From jet-powered data centers and the "verification tax" of AI productivity to the high-stakes world of HBM chip smuggling, the AI arms race is getting dystopian. We dive into the rise of "LLMjacking," Fal’s massive valuation, and why OpenAI is essentially building its own State Department. Topics covered: ActivTrak, ProEnergy, xAI, Fal, GPT-6, GPT-6 Astra, FlashProve, Claude 4.5, Ascend accelerators
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