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Paris AI summit: US VP JD Vance warns the EU that excessive AI regulation could strangle the tech and rejects content moderation as “authoritarian censorship” — U.S. Vice President JD Vance warned Europeans on Tuesday that what he called their excessive regulation …
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| Liv McMahon / BBC: |
The US and the UK refuse to join France, China, India, and 57 other countries in signing the international agreement in Paris promoting “transparent”, “safe” AI — The UK and US have not signed an international agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) at a global summit in Paris.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sam Altman says “OpenAI is not for sale” and “OpenAI's mission is not for sale”, especially to “a competitor who is not able to beat us in the market” — - “OpenAI is not for sale. … - Altman said the board has not determined a valuation for OpenAI's operations yet …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
The bid for OpenAI's nonprofit is top-tier M&A trolling by Musk, as it complicates OpenAI's fundraising by likely altering the cost of equity for new investors — Also passthrough fees, memecoins and financial advisers who tell you how to give away all your money. — OpenAI hostile takeover
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| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Thomson Reuters wins the first major US AI copyright ruling against fair use, in a case filed in May 2020 versus legal research AI startup Ross Intelligence — The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rights holders.
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says the TV has overtaken mobile as the “primary device for YouTube viewing in the US”, indicating YouTube is “the new TV” — YouTube CEO Neal Mohan released his annual letter Tuesday morning, outlining his priorities for the video platform.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
| The Logic: |
Internal message: Shopify's general council said the company closed Ye's store since the swastika shirt listed for sale “brought with it the real risk of fraud” — TORONTO — Shopify's general counsel said the company took down musician Kanye West's online store because of the potential … | Patrick Smith / NBC News: |
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple now lets users migrate apps, music, books, shows, and movies between Apple accounts, but the feature isn't available to users in the EU, the UK, or India — If you have two Apple Accounts with multiple digital purchases between them, Apple now has a way for you to consolidate the accounts …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google confirms it removed Calendar's Pride Month, Black History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and other events for not being “scalable or sustainable” — Google says it switched to only showing default entries for public holidays and national observances last year.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple is renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America in Apple Maps, following Google, first for users in the US and soon for all users globally — - Change to occur for US users and then roll out globally later — Move follows Google; Microsoft and MapQuest haven't made shift
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google schedules I/O 2025 for May 20 to 21 in Mountain View, with the main keynote on May 20 at 10am PT; Gemini, Android 16, and more announcements are expected — Following the “Prism Shift” puzzle this morning, Google has announced that I/O 2025 is taking place Tuesday, May 20
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| Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
Anduril plans to assume the management and eventual manufacturing of the US Army's infantry goggles from Microsoft, in a $20B+ deal that the Army must approve — It expands the previously announced role of the defense technology startup in a project that could be valued at more than $20 billion … | Anna Tong / Reuters: |
Reno, Nevada-based Positron, which sells AI chips intended for inference and manufactured in Arizona, raised a $23.5M seed from Flume, Valor Equity, and others — Positron, a startup chip maker that aims to compete with Nvidia (NVDA.O), said Tuesday it raised $23.5 million to scale production … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The US, the UK, and Australia sanction Russia-based bulletproof hosting provider Zservers and two Russian nationals for supplying the LockBit ransomware gang — The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Zservers, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) …
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| New York Times: |
Elon Musk's six companies, which face 32+ ongoing probes, pending complaints, or enforcement actions from 11+ US agencies, score benefits from Trump shake-ups — Elon Musk controls six companies, including Tesla. Mr. Musk's companies secured $13 billion in federal contracts …
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| The Information: |
Source: Apple and Alibaba submitted their co-developed AI features for approval by China's cyberspace regulator; Apple considered but rejected DeepSeek's models — Apple has recently started working with Chinese internet and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to roll out artificial intelligence features …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple debuts the $250 Powerbeats Pro 2 with heart rate monitoring, an H2 chip, ANC, IPX4 water resistance, and a 20% lighter design than the previous generation — Apple's Beats brand is officially introducing the Powerbeats Pro 2 today, bringing significant updates to the wireless earphones aimed at active users.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
After the UK ordered Apple to build an encryption backdoor, Congress must enact a law prohibiting US tech companies from providing such backdoors to any country — Beijing would quickly exploit the British order to allow access to encrypted data. — The U.K. has ordered Apple to build … Sponsor Posts
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