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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing  —  - The iPhone maker has also been holding discussions with Google  — Negotiations center on powering AI chatbot in iOS 18 update
Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015  —  - Report reassures investors about its prospects with AI  — Google parent already twice breached level on intraday basis
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure  —  Panel will advise Department of Homeland Security on deploying artificial intelligence safely within America's critical infrastructure
Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Congress considers legislation to block DJI drones from running on US communication networks, effectively killing the Chinese company's US commercial business  —  U.S. authorities consider DJI a security threat.  Congress is weighing legislation to ban it, prompting a lobbying campaign from the company …
Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal:
ByteDance says it has no plans to sell TikTok, responding to a report suggesting that the Chinese company is considering selling a majority stake in TikTok US  —  The company was responding to a report by The Information that it is considering scenarios for selling a majority stake in TikTok's U.S. business
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China's muted response to TikTok bill reflects the view that TikTok is of less strategic value than Huawei; China prefers TikTok US closure to sale  —  Chinese officials have been relatively muted in defense of the app, while quietly signaling that they would prefer a ban to a sale
The Baltimore Banner:
Baltimore Police arrest a high school teacher for allegedly framing his principal by using AI to create an audio file of the principal making racist comments  —  Baltimore County Police arrested Pikesville High School's former athletic director Thursday morning and charged him with crimes related …
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Apple removes three AI image generation apps from the App Store after a 404 Media probe found the apps advertised being able to create nonconsensual nude images  —  Apple and Google appear more willing to take action against these apps than they were in the past.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Discord bans Spy Pet-affiliated accounts, which were scraping 12K+ Discord servers to archive and sell user data, and says it is considering legal action  —  Discord banned a mass of accounts that were part of a service that scraped and sold user data, including messages posted across servers …
Nikkei Asia:
Apple's latest supplier list shows the challenges the company is facing in diversifying its supply chain, as its Chinese suppliers grew from 48 to 52 in 2023  —  Japan, Taiwan and U.S. supplier numbers dip as iPhone maker expands in Southeast Asia  —  TAIPEI — Apple is deepening its ties …
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The NHTSA finds that Tesla's driver-assist features insufficiently keep drivers engaged in the task of driving, and links them to 100+ crashes and 10+ deaths  —  In March 2023, a North Carolina student was stepping off a school bus when he was struck by a Tesla Model Y traveling at …
Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch:
The NHTSA closes a 2021 investigation into Tesla's Autopilot and opens a new probe to evaluate whether a December 2023 Autopilot recall fix is effective enough

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Financial Times:
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Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk:
New rules that allow UK law enforcement agencies to seize, destroy, or transfer crypto holdings used for crime before making an arrest take effect
CoinDesk:
Consensys sues the US SEC over what it calls the agency's “unlawful seizure of authority over ETH”, after getting a Wells notice for its MetaMask wallet product
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate the US' net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet
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