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Trump administration says it will partially fund SNAP benefits this month. With the federal government shutdown on track to become the longest ever tonight, the Trump administration told the Rhode Island federal judge who ordered the continuation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that it would use all of the $4.65 billion from a contingency fund “to cover 50% of eligible households’ current allotments.” It was not immediately clear when the 42 million Americans who use the food assistance program will receive their monthly benefits. Before the judge’s ruling, the USDA had said last month that SNAP benefits would not be paid at all in November, which has not happened during previous shutdowns.
OpenAI and Amazon made a $38 billion cloud deal. The seven-year deal marks the first partnership between the two tech giants. OpenAI bought $38 billion worth of capacity from Amazon Web Services, allowing it to access hundreds of thousands of Nvidia’s graphics processing units at Amazon’s data centers. The companies inked the deal less than a week after OpenAI revised its agreement with Microsoft to let OpenAI get more computing resources without first offering the business to Microsoft. It’s much smaller than OpenAI’s $250 billion cloud deal with Microsoft and its $300 billion deal with Oracle, but it still represents a significant new relationship.
Coke doubles down on AI-generated holiday advertising. Coca-Cola, the company whose marketing department cemented the modern image of Santa, released a new AI-generated ad yesterday, even though last year’s attempt evoked more jeers than holiday cheer. In 2024, the company’s AI-made holiday spot prompted backlash, both for its uncanny valley dwelling AI-produced humans, and for the tech’s potential to take jobs away from the creative professionals who would otherwise be creating ad imagery. But it garnered billions of impressions, and the company said this year’s offering—which features animals, not humans—is better.—AR
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