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May 26, 2023, 8:30 PM

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Reuters:
Sam Altman says OpenAI “of course” has no plans to leave Europe, reversing a threat to exit the region if the company can't comply with the EU's upcoming AI Act  —  OpenAI has no plans to leave Europe, CEO Sam Altman said on Friday, reversing a threat made earlier this week …
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The Verge:
A California jury finds Google's products infringed on a Sonos smart speaker patent and orders Google to pay $32.5M, or $2.30 for each of the 14M+ devices sold  —  Google has been ordered to pay Sonos $32.5 million for infringing on the company's smart speaker patent.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
German newspaper Handelsblatt: a Tesla whistleblower leaked 100GB of customer FSD complaint data from 2015 to 2022, including 2,400+ self-acceleration issues  —  A Tesla whistleblower has leaked 100GB of data to the German outlet Handelsblatt containing thousands of customer complaints …
CNBC:
Sources: as part of its layoffs, Meta cut a project that would have let third-party fact-checkers like Reuters add comments at the top of articles on Facebook  —  - Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Twitter have all drastically reduced the size of their teams focused on internet trust and safety …
Reuters:
Sources: PE firms Francisco Partners and TPG have ended talks to acquire observability software company New Relic after failing to secure enough debt financing  —  Private equity firms Francisco Partners and TPG Inc (TPG.O) have ended talks to acquire New Relic Inc (NEWR.N) …
Akriti Sharma / Reuters:
Neuralink says the company received US FDA approval to conduct its first in-human clinical trial of brain implants and plans to offer more details soon  —  Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink on Thursday said it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval to launch first-in-human clinical study.

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