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May 20, 2024, 1:28 PM

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Bloomberg:
OpenAI pulls ChatGPT's Sky voice after users said it sounded like Scarlett Johansson, saying it is an actress' voice and wasn't chosen to be an “imitation”  —  - Selecting the Sky profile redirects ChatGPT users to Juniper  — Company said it was not trying to imitate Johansson's voice
The Verge:
A live blog of Microsoft's Surface and Windows AI event  —  Are you ready for Microsoft's latest Windows on Arm push?  That's what we're expecting at today's Surface and Windows AI event.  —  Rumors suggest Microsoft will unveil a new Arm-powered Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 devices and a host of new AI features for Windows.
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein resigns, to be replaced by the head of strategy for asset and wealth manager at Goldman Sachs, Peter Mintzberg, on August 15  —  Sonnenshein's replacement will be Peter Mintzberg, currently head of strategy for asset and wealth management at Goldman Sachs.
Chae-Yeon Kim / KED Global:
Sources: LG has ended its Meta partnership due to a lack of “synergy”, three months after the companies agreed to develop XR devices; LG may partner with Amazon  —  Industry sources say LG, recently cut ties, may have seen little synergy from its collaboration with Meta on XR devices
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
NY AG announces a $2B settlement with crypto lender Genesis, after claiming Genesis misled investors about its Gemini Earn program, leading to $1B+ in losses  —  WATCH NOW  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James is settling with crypto lender Genesis for $2 billion, in an effort to repay defrauded investors.
Financial Times:
PE firm EQT is in advanced talks to buy video game services company Keywords Studios for £2.2B, or £25.5 per share, a 70%+ premium on Friday's close  —  Private equity firm has already made four unsolicited proposals for Keywords Studios  —  European private equity group EQT …
Sophie Shulman / CTech:
CyberArk acquires machine identity management company Venafi from Thoma Bravo in a deal valued at around $1.54B; Thoma Bravo bought Venafi for $1.15B in 2020  —  The Israeli company is purchasing the machine identity management company from Thoma Bravo as it looks to combine Venafi's machine …
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Inflection AI, which had ~70 staffers follow Mustafa Sulyman and leave for Microsoft in March, debuts a new leadership team and says it has 18 months of runway  —  When Mustafa Sulyman, a leading figure in artificial intelligence, left Inflection AI in March to head Microsoft's AI division …
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