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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:

OpenAI announces a live stream at 10AM PT on May 13 to demo “some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates”, which Sam Altman says are “not gpt-5, not a search engine” — Following a report that the company plans to launch a Google Search competitor next week …

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Threads: @vthallam and @duanecforrester

LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and LinkedIn. Forums: r/OpenAI

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:

Sources: OpenAI is preparing to demonstrate an AI voice assistant that recognizes objects and images and has better logical reasoning than its current products — In the race to develop artificial intelligence that communicates the way humans do, OpenAI is preparing to demonstrate technology …

More: 9to5Mac, The Decoder, Analytics India Magazine, and SiliconANGLE

X: @andrewcurran_, @vikhyatk, and @bindureddy. Forums: r/singularity

New York Times:

Sources: Apple made generative AI a tent-pole project after Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing ChatGPT and found Siri to be antiquated — Apple plans to announce that it will bring generative A.I. to iPhones after the company's most significant reorganization in a decade.

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Forums: r/ChatGPT, r/apple, r/technology, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums

Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple is finalizing a deal with OpenAI to use ChatGPT features in iOS 18; talks with Google to license Gemini are still ongoing — - Move is part of push to add AI features to Apple devices — Company also held talks with Google about using Gemini

More: Hindustan Times, Financial Express, ZDNet, The Decoder, Livemint, The Week, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, Cult of Mac, Benzinga, and NewsBytes

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Daysia Tolentino / NBC News:

At the Bloomberg Technology Summit, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd said the future of dating could have digital, AI-powered personas setting each other up — Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder and executive chair of Bumble, said that the dating app wants to use AI to “create more healthy and equitable relationships.”

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Forums: r/blackmirror, r/zizek, r/scifi, and r/idiocracy

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:

Email: criminals target WPP CEO Mark Read in a deepfake scam by using a voice clone and public YouTube footage to set up a video meeting with his executives — Mark Read says criminals set up Microsoft Teams call with senior executives in unsuccessful attack

More: The Guardian, New York Post, Telegraph, and The Drum. Forums: r/technology

Christopher Yasiejko / Bloomberg Law:

A US jury says Microsoft must pay IPA Technologies $242M after finding that Cortana infringed a patent that expired in Jan. 2019; Microsoft plans to appeal — Microsoft Corp. must pay IPA Technologies Inc. $242 million after a federal jury in Delaware found its Cortana digital assistant infringed a patent that expired in January 2019.

More: WinBuzzer and Reuters

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Julie Weed / New York Times:

How United, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, and others use AI to reduce costs and streamline operations, including holding flights for delayed passengers — Airlines are using artificial intelligence to save fuel, keep customers informed and hold connecting flights for delayed passengers.

More: Politico and Blockworks

Raksha Kumar / Reuters Institute:

Some Indian journalists who turned to YouTube to dodge censorship say the company is banning or demonetizing their news channels citing government notices — As the country votes in this year's crucial election, news channels are being banned or demonetised in a move criticised by press freedom groups

X: @risj_oxford

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Matthew Belloni / Puck:

Sources: David Ellison told execs he will move Paramount out of California if AG Rob Bonta doesn't negotiate a settlement of the WBD antitrust case by October 1

Wall Street Journal:

Ari Emanuel's Mari agrees to buy British theater group ATG Entertainment from PE firm Providence, sources say in a deal valuing ATG at ~£4.5B including debt

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Sources: Trump took a secret flight from Turkey on July 8 amid an Iranian assassination threat, leaving journalists and others aboard a “decoy” Air Force One

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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

Filing: Indian e-commerce startup Meesho, which has ~150M transacting users, raised $275M, sources say at a $3.9B valuation as part of an ongoing $500M+ round

More: The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, US Securities …, and Inc42 Media

Abubakar Idris / The Information:

Waymo says its Waymo One robotaxis now complete over 50K paid trips every week across San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, up from 10K rides in May 2023

More: The Verge. X: @waymo, @waymo, and @waymo

Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars and r/waymo

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:

About 48 government websites associated with different Indian states have allowed scammers to plant ads that can redirect visitors to online betting websites

Zachary Small / New York Times:

Christie's experienced a “technology security issue” that took its website down and affected some systems, ahead of auctions that are expected to generate $840M

More: Bloomberg and ARTnews

Gregory Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal:

Jim Simons, a mathematician and founder of hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies who pioneered computer-based approaches to quantitative trading, dies at 86

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Threads: @genebensinger, @sbuprez, @marckramer, @marckramer, and @cnn. Mastodon: @phonner@mathstodon.xyz

Bloomberg:

Epic v. Apple: Apple says it received just 38 applications to use its outside payments option for the App Store, out of ~65K app devs that offer in-app payments

More: mjtsai.com. X: @balancecrafting, @megangra, @jason_kint, @balancecrafting, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @balancecrafting, @balancecrafting, @balancecrafting, @jason_kint, @florian4gamers, @florian4gamers, @balancecrafting, @balancecrafting, and @matthewstoller

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:

Filings and sources: autonomous vehicle company Motional cut ~550 employees in a restructuring that included delaying a robotaxi service from 2024 to 2026

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:

Cloud GPU provider CoreWeave opens its European HQ in London and plans two UK data centers this year as part of a £1B investment, after raising $1.1B last week

More: SiliconANGLE, CoreWeave, DatacenterDynamics, and Tech.eu. X: @sriramk

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Raymond Wong / Inverse:

An interview with Claude Zellweger, Google's director of industrial design, on hardware becoming a critical element for Google, Pixel's camera bar design, more

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Bluesky rolls out an app update that lets users customize their algorithmic feeds through “Show more like this” and “Show less like this” post menu options

More: jwz, Tubefilter, Crypto Briefing, Android Headlines, crypto.news, and PhoneArena

Threads: @quillmatiq. Bluesky: @jay.bsky.team, @brendelbored.bsky.social, and @fernandogros.com

Financial Times:

A look at the efforts in Japan, South Korea, and Australia to create stronger regulations for Big Tech, posing fresh regulatory challenges for Apple and Google

X: @maxvonthun and @eric_seufert

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:

Memo: Spotify's head of podcast studios, Julie McNamara, is leaving the company after nearly three years, emphasizing Spotify's reduced ambitions in podcasts

More: The Information, Digital Music News, Variety, Fortune, MakeUseOf, and Business Insider

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