Friday scoop: Ares, Blue Owl lead a $4.8 billion private credit deal for Novo Holdings buyout of Catalent Pharma — one of the biggest of all time. With Ellen Schneider and John Sage: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaking w/ ⁦Riley Ray Griffin⁩ at ⁦Bloomberg⁩ event in Washington… on covid, Cohen says “this virus is constantly changing” and says it’s critical U.S. does not get “complacent.”

NEW: Microsoft investigated reports of disturbing interactions with its Copilot chatbot which, in one case, offered contradictory advice to someone who asked about suicide. Microsoft blamed users' deliberate attempts to trick the bot. W/Dina Bass bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court ruling embryos should be considered children, UAB paused their IVF services as the future of the state’s fertility care remains uncertain.

W/ Riley Ray Griffin and Jackie Davalos via Bloomberg

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New: Microsoft and AFL-CIO announce a partnership including an “open dialogue” about AI and a template for union neutrality that could expand organized labor’s new foothold at the software giant far beyond video games: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/ Jackie Davalos

Tech sales used to be an easy way to get rich, now it 'kinda sucks.' Think less $800 dinners, more performance-based firings. I dug into ground-zero of these changes at Salesforce with Drake Bennett.

In response to Brody Ford’s question about whether the OpenAI drama is sparking concern among customers Microsoft UK CEO Clare Barclay said, “No, no. If anything, they're more excited about about doing work with us because they can see the path for innovation.” 🤔🤔

NEW: Per internal memo, OpenAI is still involved in 'intense discussions' with the board, Sam Altman, Emmett Shear to unify company. No resolution this evening.

Discussions will resume tmrw morning “when everyone’s had a little more sleep,”

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IMPACT.

About a week after we published the story below, the VA asked mortgage servicers to pause foreclosing on veteran homeowners.

For over six months.

A huge reprieve for veterans facing foreclosure.

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w/ Polly & Ann Choi 최주연

bloomberg's Caleb Melby Polly Ann Choi 최주연 investigated veterans being foreclosed on. now the US is asking for a 6-month pause!

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SOON: From Sam Altman’s ouster and the hiring of a new CEO, to a potential staff mutiny, we’re discussing everything you need to know about what’s going on at OpenAI. 👂 🎧 @ 4:30pmET!!!!

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Can we all take a moment to reflect that the US government spent the past few months talking about AI regulation. And we go on and on and on about safe AGI. And yet four people on a video call took control of the world's most advanced AI and now appear to have it held hostage

Everything you need to know about the shakeup at OpenAI. Tune in:

Wild stuff: coup leader regrets the coup, joins counter coup

so honored to work with Max Chafkin, Shirin Ghaffary, Emily Chang, Ellen Huet, Dina Bass, Ashlee Vance, Jackie Davalos, Ed Ludlow, Julia Love and so many others on this and all of our breaking OpenAI stories this weekend. it has been a whirlwind!

EXCLUSIVE: We got the details on the new venture Eric Schmidt is backing called Future House and the AI system it's building to transform scientific research.
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Seeing lots of calls for starlink to be activated in Gaza. Elon Musk is this on the table?

Another excruciating story from Gaza: Two doctors, Muhammad Al-Ran, Head of the Surgery Department at the Indonesian Hospital & Dr. Muayyad Al-Ran received news that their house was hit with an airstrike & their family members were killed while they were at work a short while ago

The PRCS has announced that it will be forced to shut down its ambulance services in #Gaza within 24 hours due to a lack of fuel.

“We are packing ambulances with tens of people now, trying to save as many as we can,” says spox Nebal Farsakh.

In awe of your courage, وائل الدحدوح Wael Al dahdouh