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As ChatGPT's Studio Ghibli-style images going viral sparks a debate, AI may not devalue human-created art and may even elevate it by fueling a creation economy — I know it seems impossible to imagine right now, but at some point soon, this too shall pass.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a major Health app revamp and an AI doctor service, planned for H1 2026, and M5 updates for the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro this year — Apple is preparing its biggest health care push to date with a revamped app and AI doctor service.
More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, Forbes, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, Patently Apple, Cult of Mac, and The Mac Observer
| Bloomberg: |
A look at inZOI, a new life simulation game by South Korean studio Krafton that aims to appeal to players in Asia, where The Sims never gained popularity — inZOI, a new life-simulation video game, gets more realistic and more multicultural — Most people have fantasized about inhabiting someone else's life.
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| Financial Times: |
Marketing executives say big brands are allocating small amounts of their ad budget to X, seeking to avoid being perceived as boycotting Elon Musk's platform — Marketers want to avoid being seen as boycotting billionaire's social media platform — Big brands are allocating small amounts …
More: Howie Town. Bluesky: @robertscotthorton, @emilprotalinski, @eicathomefinn, and @librariancapital
| Maya Dharampal-Hornby / Sifted: |
Cambridge, UK-based Camgraphic, which is developing graphene-based photonics chips for AI, HPC, autonomous cars, and other applications, raised a €25M Series A — The money will be used to develop the startup's R&D operations in Pisa and establish a pilot manufacturing line in Milan
More: University of Cambridge and FinSMEs
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Straiker, which develops tech for securing enterprise AI applications, emerges from stealth with a $21M Series A from Lightspeed and Bain Capital — Artificial intelligence-native security company Straiker launched today with an announcement that it has raised $21 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners LP and Bain Capital Ventures.
More: FinSMEs, Straiker, VC News Daily, and FinTech Global
| Manish Singh / India Dispatch: |
Bernstein: AI could erode India's $350B services export sector as AI replaces entry-level engineers at “higher precision and speed” at a fraction of the cost — AI subscriptions replace Indian engineers at “higher precision and speed” — For decades, India's economic promise …
| Bloomberg: |
How Klarna's Walmart deal ahead of its IPO put long-simmering tensions between Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski and Affirm CEO Max Levchin on public display — Even by Sebastian Siemiatkowski's standards, it's been a wild month. — The chief executive officer of buy now …
More: Affirm Holdings, Inc.
| Wency Chen / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese chip equipment manufacturer SiCarrier debuted ~30 “domestically controllable” products at the Semicon China show, as China pushes for chip self-reliance — The equipment start-up kept a low profile until this week, when it unveiled about 30 new products at the Semicon China show
Bluesky: @kentindell
| Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software: |
A look at the new, open-source Model Context Protocol for connecting LLMs to data sources and why its success depends on overcoming middleware challenges — There's a long history of “middleware” in our industry. Everyone wants it. There's always a hot one, but it rarely makes to the finish line and often disappoints.| Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: |
PE firm Clearlake agrees to acquire and take private Dun & Bradstreet, one of Wall Street's oldest data and analytics providers, for $7.7B including debt — The private equity firm will pay $9.15 per share in cash for Jacksonville, Florida-based Dun & Bradstreet, according to a statement Monday …
More: Dun & Bradstreet, Wall Street Journal, and Reuters
| Taylor Telford / Washington Post: |
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