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OpenAI announces native GPT-4o image generation, rolling out to all ChatGPT tiers including free, and says it's “a step change above previous models” — The new upgrade is better at text rendering. … OpenAI is integrating new image generation capabilities directly …
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| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
In an addendum to the GPT-4o system card, OpenAI says it is not blocking the image generation of adult public figures and that public figures can opt out — Introducing 4o Image Generation. When OpenAI first announced GPT-4o back in May 2024 one of the most exciting features was true multi-modality …
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Developers say aggressive AI crawlers are overwhelming open-source infrastructure and disproportionately burdening open-source projects — Software developer Xe Iaso reached a breaking point earlier this year when aggressive AI crawler traffic from Amazon overwhelmed their Git repository service …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google debuts the Gemini 2.5 “thinking” models, starting with Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, which it says leads in some benchmarks, for Gemini Advanced users — Following updates to the models that are available for all users, Google today announced Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) for Advanced subscribers and developers.
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| James Laporta / CBS News: |
An internal NSA memo from February warned staff of a Signal vulnerability; Signal says it was a phishing warning and “had nothing to do with Signal's core tech” — The National Security Agency sent out an operational security special bulletin to its employees in February 2025 warning …
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| Washington Post: |
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| Yun Li / CNBC: |
GameStop says its board has unanimously approved a plan to buy bitcoin with its corporate cash, and it hasn't set a ceiling on how much bitcoin it may purchase — Video game retailer GameStop announced Tuesday its board has unanimously approved a plan to buy bitcoin with its corporate cash …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Character.AI adds a Parental Insights feature that lets teens send reports of their chatbot usage to their parents, including which bots they are talking to — They won't see the contents of the chats. … Chatbot service Character.AI is adding a new ‘Parental Insights’ feature …
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| Bloomberg: |
BMW partners with Alibaba to use Qwen-powered AI cockpit tech from Alibaba-backed Banma in its upcoming car models for the Chinese market, rolling out next year — BMW will adopt AI cockpit technology from Alibaba-backed Banma for its upcoming models tailored for the Chinese market, the companies said Wednesday in a joint statement.
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| TechCrunch: |
Leaked email: Block lays off 931 employees, ~8% of staff, and moves 193 managers to individual contributor roles, in a second reorganization in just over a year — Fintech Block laid off 931 people, roughly 8% of the company's staff, on Tuesday, according to a leaked message from the company seen by TechCrunch.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Qualcomm has complained to antitrust regulators in the EU, US, and South Korea that Arm is hurting competition by restricting access to its technology — In private meetings and confidential filings to regulators on three continents, Qualcomm is arguing that Arm — its biggest supplier … | Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Nielsen: YouTube was the #1 TV distributor in February, making up 11.6% of all US TV; viewers over age 50 accounted for 36% of time spent watching YouTube on TV — The service supplants Disney atop the Nielsen list for the second time. — YouTube commanded more TV time than any other media provider …
More: Business Insider, StreamTV Insider, Tubefilter, Quartz, Radio & Television …, and Nielsen
X: @colinalewis and @nielsen
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Ripple says it agreed to settle a US SEC civil lawsuit over the alleged sale of unregistered securities and pay just $50M of a previously imposed $125M fine — Ripple Labs agreed to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil lawsuit over the alleged sale of unregistered securities … | Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World: |
USCIS data shows Amazon got the most H-1B visas each year from 2020 to 2024; Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple ranked in the top 10 in 2024 — U.S. tech firms — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple — were the top 10 employers of H-1B recipients in 2024.| Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: |
State and former US officials say satellite internet like Starlink's may cut upfront costs for the $42B rural broadband program but could cost more long term — The Trump administration is making changes to a $42 billion broadband subsidy program that will benefit satellite internet providers …
More: Cryptopolitan and Gizmodo
| Karan Mahadik / The Indian Express: |
TRAI Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti says India, with only 1% of global subsea cable landing stations, must expand its subsea cable infrastructure 10x to meet demand — TRAI chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti suggested that recent subsea cable disruptions in the Red Sea underscore the need to strengthen the crucial infrastructure.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon unveils Interests, an AI search tool for finding products by passion or hobby, rolling out to all US users, and is testing a chatbot called Health AI — Amazon, in an effort to infuse generative artificial intelligence across a wider swath of its e-commerce universe … | Financial Times: |
As the EU considers funding a Starlink rival, experts say no single European network can match Starlink's range, likely requiring a patchwork of satellites — Brussels wants to create a homegrown alternative to Starlink with satellite groups such as Eutelsat
More: Bloomberg
| Financial Times: |
Docs: China's new energy rules could block the use of Nvidia's H20 chips in new data centers if implemented strictly, risking Nvidia's $17B/year China business — US chipmaker could suffer $17bn-a-year hit to business if energy efficiency rules are enforced more strictly
More: TipRanks Financial, Cryptopolitan, and TechRepublic
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
The Arc Prize Foundation says its new ARC-AGI-2 test stumps most AI models; humans get 60% of the questions right but GPT-4.5 and Claude 3.7 Sonnet score ~1% — The Arc Prize Foundation, a nonprofit co-founded by prominent AI researcher François Chollet, announced in a blog post …
More: Mashable, AI News, InfoRiskToday.com, and New Scientist
X: @fchollet, @arcprize, @benpielstick, @mikeknoop, @fchollet, and @peterwildeford
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Anthropic convinced a California federal judge to reject a preliminary bid to block it from using lyrics owned by UMG and other music publishers to train Claude — Artificial intelligence company Anthropic convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminary bid to block …
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| Erin Brodwin / Axios: |
NY-based Silna, which provides healthcare revenue cycle management software, emerges from stealth with a $22M Series A co-led by Accel and Bain and a $5M seed — Revenue automation company Silna Health raised $27 million in seed and Series A funding, CEO Jeffrey Morelli tells Axios exclusively.
More: Business Wire, VC News Daily, and FinSMEs
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out a pilot program on Instagram designed to let US schools flag any potentially rule-violating post or account for prioritized review — The platform's new partnership program will prioritize reports made by schools. … Instagram is rolling out a new program to fast-track moderation reports made by school districts.
More: Engadget, Meta, MediaPost, TechCrunch, Social Media Today, and Mashable
| Reuters: |
India's finance minister says the country will scrap a 6% tax on digital advertisements, easing costs for US tech giants, as a way of soothing US trade concerns — India will scrap a tax of 6% on digital advertisements online, the finance minister said on Tuesday, easing costs for U.S. tech giants … Sponsor Posts
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