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March 27, 2025, 10:50 AM
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
After OpenAI released ChatGPT's new 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.
Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica:
Nvidia debuts G-Assist, an experimental, gaming-centric AI chatbot that runs locally and offers system diagnostics, setting recommendations for games, and more  —  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.
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.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out new Search, Maps, and Gemini features to help plan vacations, including hotel price drop alerts and turning screenshots into holiday plans  —  Google is rolling out a slew of new features — some powered by AI — across Search, Maps, and Gemini that are designed to help people plan their summer vacations.
More: The Verge and 9to5Google
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Instacart rolls out Store View, paying shoppers to take videos of store shelves “one aisle at a time” to assess inventory, starting with select retailers  —  Store View is supposed to help Instacart determine which products are out of stock and when they may become available.
More: ZDNET
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google says it plans to develop Android fully in private to streamline its 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
Dylan Butts / CNBC:
Alibaba releases open-source multimodal AI model Qwen2.5-Omni-7B on Hugging Face and GitHub, saying the model can be deployed on edge devices like smartphones  —  Alibaba Cloud launched Thursday its latest AI model in its “Qwen series,” as large language model competition in China continues to heat up following the “DeepSeek moment.”
Bloomberg:
Source: CoreWeave plans to cut the size of its IPO to ~$1.5B, offering 37.5M shares at $40 each, down from 49M shares at $47 to $55, a sign of market volatility  —  The cloud-computing provider plans to offer investors about 37.5 million shares at $40 apiece, according to the person …
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.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is promoting Vanessa Trigub to VP of stores and retail operations globally, as it streamlines management of its retail arm under Deirdre O'Brien  —  Apple Inc. is naming a global head of stores, a move meant to streamline management of its retail arm under senior executive Deirdre O'Brien …
Caiwei Chen / MIT Technology Review:
Sources: many new Chinese AI data centers sit unused due to weak demand and DeepSeek-driven shifts; local reports: up to 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Paul Berger / Wall Street Journal:
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen says the company generated revenue of $2.1B in 2024, up from $1.6B in 2023 but missed its target to be profitable by the end of 2024  —  Founder and CEO of digital forwarder, Ryan Petersen, says company will hit goal in 2025, paving way for potential public offering

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Wall Street Journal:
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, who said this week she “practiced international transaction law”, hasn't passed the bar exam in the US

Alix Coutures / The Information:
OpenAI continues to work to grow its ad business in ChatGPT, cutting ad rates, chasing small and midsize businesses, and hiring some new talent from Meta

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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

Earlier Picks

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
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
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
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
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