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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says content on the open web is “freeware” that anyone can copy or use to reproduce, due to the fair use “social contract” — Microsoft's CEO of AI said that content on the open web can be copied and used to create new content.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon hires the CEO and co-founders of Adept, which builds AI agents that automate enterprise workflows, to join its AGI team and will use some of Adept's tech — Amazon is amping up its AI efforts by hiring executives from Adept, a San Francisco-based startup building “agents” that automate enterprise workflows.
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| The Verge: |
A look at the possible impact of SCOTUS overturning Chevron deference and curbing federal agencies' power on net neutrality, Big Tech regulation, and more — Since the New Deal era, the bulk of the functioning US government is the administrative state — think the acronym soup of agencies like the EPA, FCC, FTC, FDA, and so on.
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LinkedIn: Christopher Perkins, Michael Elkins, and Dan Spuller
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| Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg: |
Source: Microsoft told over a dozen Texas agencies and public universities that their emails were exposed in the Russian hack of Microsoft, disclosed in January — - Company initially disclosed the cyberattack in January — Some agencies say exposed emails related to routine matters
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| Financial Times: |
The EU explores an antitrust probe into Microsoft's OpenAI deal, after the EC dropped a merger review due to a lack of evidence that Microsoft controls OpenAI — EU executive arm drops merger review into US tech companies' alliance — Brussels is preparing for an antitrust investigation …
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| Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
The US Treasury finalizes a rule requiring cryptocurrency brokers to report new information on users' sales and exchanges of digital assets to the IRS — The U.S. Treasury Department finalized a rule on Friday requiring cryptocurrency brokers, including exchanges and payment processors … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
The US SEC sues Consensys over its MetaMask service, alleging the wallet tool was an unregistered broker that “engaged in the offer and sale of securities” — The SEC alleged that MetaMask acted as an unregistered securities broker and that its staking service violated securities laws.| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
TeamViewer warns that its corporate environment was breached on June 26 and attributes the cyberattack to the Russian hacking group APT29, aka Midnight Blizzard — The remote access software company TeamViewer is warning that its corporate environment was breached in a cyberattack yesterday …
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| Tim Marchman / Wired: |
Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe is providing users with downloadable HTML files of paywalled articles from outlets including NYT, Forbes, and The Atlantic — WIRED was able to download stories from publishers like The New York Times and The Atlantic using Poe's Assistant bot.
X: @timmarchman, @aerocles, and @carnage4life
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Lambda, which rents out servers powered by Nvidia's AI chips, is in talks to raise $800M, after a $320M Series C at a $1.5B valuation in February — Silicon Valley start-up that rents out servers powered by chip giant seeks to capitalise on investor interest
More: Tom's Hardware
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Infosys McCamish Systems, which provides consulting, IT, and outsourcing services, says LockBit stole sensitive info of 6M+ people in a 2023 ransomware attack — Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS) disclosed that the LockBit ransomware attack it suffered earlier this year impacted sensitive information of more than six million individuals.| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
A US judge rules the SEC has plausibly alleged Binance, Binance.US, and Changpeng Zhao violated federal securities laws, but dismisses secondary sales charges — A federal judge ruled the SEC had plausibly alleged Binance, Binance.US and Changpeng Zhao violated federal securities laws.
More: Cointelegraph and United States District Court
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Center for AI Safety's Dan Hendrycks about his work on California's AI safety bill, the backlash against the bill, advising xAI on safety, and more — We talked to a rising star of the AI policy world, Dan Hendrycks, about why he thinks the we need to be paying more attention to the catastrophic risks of AI.
X: @anjneymidha, @shiringhaffary, and @drtechlash
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