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March 27, 2025, 7:10 AM
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
After OpenAI released a new ChatGPT image generator, social media has been flooded with AI memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, highlighting copyright concerns  —  It's only been a day since ChatGPT's new AI image generator went live, and social media feeds are already flooded with AI-generated memes …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Sam Altman says OpenAI will support Anthropic's Model Context Protocol, an open-source standard that connects AI models to data for more relevant answers  —  OpenAI is embracing rival Anthropic's standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data resides.
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google says it plans to develop Android fully in private to streamline the development process but will continue to publish the source code for new releases  —  Android OS development will now fully happen behind closed doors, but Google says it's committed to releasing source code
Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica:
Nvidia releases G-Assist, an experimental, gaming-centric AI chatbot that runs locally and provides real-time system information for a given game  —  Most people use their Nvidia GPUs for games, but why not both?  Nvidia has a new AI you can run at the same time, having just released its experimental G-Assist AI.
Maggie Miller / Politico:
DNI Tulsi Gabbard told a Congressional hearing that Signal comes “pre-installed” on government devices, hinting at a major shift following the Salt Typhoon hack  —  The app had been largely banned on government-issued devices in the past.  —  Director of National Intelligence …
Isabella Ward / Bloomberg:
JPMorgan researchers say they have generated and certified truly random numbers using a quantum computer, a world-first with potential security and trading uses  —  Researchers created the sequence using a quantum computer built by Honeywell's Quantinuum, according to a paper published in the scientific journal Nature on Wednesday.
Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal:
Takeaways after using AI search exclusively for one month: AI search is more of a UX revamp than a replacement for Google's blue links-based web search paradigm  —  Ads and search-optimized junk made a mess of the go-to engine.  Now ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude—and even Google's own AI—do it better.
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
Robinhood plans to roll out checking and savings accounts in 2025 for its paying Gold subscribers, aiming to provide more of a private banking-like experience  —  Now it's taking it a step further: It also wants to be your bank.  —  Robinhood will roll out checking and savings accounts later …
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
A US federal judge rejects OpenAI's request to dismiss the NYT's lawsuit, allowing the main copyright infringement claims to go forward while narrowing the suit  —  A federal judge on Wednesday rejected OpenAI's request to toss out a copyright lawsuit from The New York Times that alleges …
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Oracle customers confirm the authenticity of data samples shared by a threat actor who allegedly breached Oracle Cloud servers, after Oracle denied the breach  —  Despite Oracle denying a breach of its Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers and the theft of account data for 6 million people …
Caiwei Chen / MIT Technology Review:
Sources: many new Chinese AI data centers sit unused due to weak demand and DeepSeek-driven shifts; local reports say ~80% of new computing resources are idle  —  A year or so ago, Xiao Li was seeing floods of Nvidia chip deals on WeChat.  A real estate contractor turned data center project manager …
Bloomberg:
TD Cowen: Microsoft canceled new data center projects in the US and Europe that would've amounted to ~2 gigawatts of capacity, a sign of AI computing oversupply
Colleen McClain / Pew Research Center:
A survey of US adults: 34% support a TikTok ban, down from 50% in March 2023, and 49% say TikTok is a national security threat, down from 59% in May 2023  —  Public support for a TikTok ban now stands at 34% among U.S. adults, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.  That's down from 50% in March 2023.
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic and Databricks ink a five-year deal, expected to jointly generate $100M in revenue, by selling AI tools to businesses developing their own AI agents  —  The AI startup and data company are working together to help businesses build their own artificial intelligence bots …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memo: Skydance offers certain employees a voluntary buyout in a “one-time offer” and moves to a mandatory five-days-per-week in-office policy

Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Pinterest announces the general availability of Programmatic Deals, letting buyers access its ad inventory via Amazon Ads, Google DV360, and more

Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Bob Woodward reveals in his upcoming memoir, Secrets, the identities of many confidential sources who provided classified info throughout his 55-year career

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Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today:
xAI's Grok AI chatbot is now integrated with Telegram for Telegram Premium users, marking Grok's first big expansion beyond X
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs a bill requiring Apple's and Google's mobile app stores to verify user ages and require parental consent for minors to use some apps
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube says Shorts views will now be counted each time a video starts to play or replay, rather than only after being watched for a certain number of seconds

Earlier Picks

Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE:
Island, which offers a Chromium-based secure enterprise browser, raised a $250M Series E led by Coatue at a $4.8B valuation, taking its total funding to ~$730M
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Waze says it is removing Google Assistant for iPhone users, citing “ongoing difficulties” with the integration, after recently testing a Gemini-based assistant
Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:
Mercury, a neobank serving early-stage startups, raised $300M led by Sequoia at a $3.5B valuation; the fintech company saw $2B in deposits after SVB's collapse
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