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Meta:
Meta launches Llama 4 Maverick with 400B parameters and Scout with 109B parameters and a 10M context window, and previews Behemoth with 2T total parameters  —  Takeaways  — We're sharing the first models in the Llama 4 herd, which will enable people to build more personalized multimodal experiences.
More: Livemint, The Economic Times, Microsoft Azure, About Amazon, AIN, VentureBeat, Simon Willison's Weblog, iClarified, Moneycontrol, The Verge, The Cloudflare Blog, Research & Development World, Simon Willison's Weblog, Analytics India Magazine, CNBC, TipRanks Financial, and Android Central
Bluesky: @chirag, @jeremymorrell.dev, @seldo.com, @simonwillison.net, @timkellogg.me, @ericflo, and @taumuyi
Threads: @chriscox, @rpn, @natolambert, @arunsasi99, @aaldahle, @natolambert, @1ar.io, @documentingmeta, @alphasignal.ai, @zuck, @latentchat, @latesttechtalk, @han_fang_, @aaldahle, @ericflo, @ajassy, @russsalakhutdinov, @satyanadella, @omarsar0, @zuck, @nvidiadeveloper, @vthallam, @doreturn.in, @zuck, and @yannlecun.  Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg
X: @ahmad_al_dahle, @aiatmeta, @natolambert, @dylan522p, @jeremyphoward, @redhat_ai, @deanwball, @cfgeek, @brbcatonfire, @miles_brundage, @cloudflare, @middleclassdesi, @miles_brundage, @emollick, @charliebholtz, @basetenco, @clementdelangue, @iscienceluvr, @krishnanrohit, @xlr8harder, @levie, @michaelsayman, @miles_brundage, @ashter_haider, @simonw, @bindureddy, @deryatr_, @levelsio, @deanwball, @nearcyan, @giffmana, @matthewberman, @rsalakhu, @abhisk_kadian, @madiator, @bindureddy, @_arohan_, @loredanacrisan, @emollick, @dorialexander, @tomosman, @andymstone, @jpineau1, @manohar_paluri, @bradthilton, @emollick, @alew3, @btibor91, @frameworkputer, @burny_tech, @bhutanisanyam1, @miles_brundage, @dorialexander, @emollick, @rishdotblog, @deanwball, @dextersjab, @astonzhangaz, @nearcyan, @naklecha, @natalianeverova, @_impl, @iscienceluvr, @maximelabonne, @eliebakouch, @openrouterai, @ariaurelium, @rsdgpt, @risphereeditor, @clementdelangue, @maximelabonne, @togethercompute, @cloudflaredev, @jconorgrogan, @drjimfan, @asaddhamani, @eaccelerate_42, @miles_brundage, @huggingface, @groqinc, @maximelabonne, @ritakozlov_, @sharan0909, @lmarena_ai, @dorialexander, @lmarena_ai, @4xiom_, @sharan0909, @openrouterai, @the_ai_investor, @nearcyan, and @simonw
LinkedIn: Andrew Feldman and Sean Bell
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/technology, r/ABoringDystopia, r/artificial, r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, and Lobsters
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk and Andreessen got a “Decel-in-Chief”, who instigated a brain drain and tariffs that hurt tech companies  —  In October of 2023, Marc Andreessen, founder of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils a demo of Quake II generated using its Muse AI model, with limited playability in a browser, as part of the company's Copilot for Gaming push  —  Microsoft's Muse AI model is now available as an AI-generated Quake II tech demo. … Microsoft unveiled its Xbox AI era earlier …
Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post:
DeepSeek and Tsinghua University researchers detail an approach combining reasoning methods to let LLMs deliver better and faster results to general queries  —  In collaboration with Tsinghua University, DeepSeek developed a technique combining reasoning methods to guide AI models towards human preferences
More: arXiv.org, VentureBeat, and Unite.AI
Bluesky: @timkellogg.me and @timkellogg.me.  Forums: r/LocalLLaMA
Makena Kelly / Wired:
Sources: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in Washington DC next week to build a “mega API” for accessing all IRS data, with Palantir as a possible partner  —  DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
Joseph Bambridge / Politico:
OpenAI and Google reject the UK's proposal to allow training AI on copyrighted work without permission unless rights holders opt out to “reserve their rights”  —  The U.K. government's AI copyright plans can't seem to please anyone.  —  LONDON — Leading AI companies OpenAI …
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Joel Kaplan says Meta's US fact-checking program will be over by Monday, and Community Notes will start appearing on Facebook, Threads, and Instagram  —  Meta will no longer have any fact-checkers in the U.S. come Monday, according to chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan.
Wall Street Journal:
Analysis: newly announced US tariffs for goods from China could raise the bill of materials for the iPhone 16 Pro with 256GB of storage from ~$550 to ~$850  —  This is what the company pays for components inside its bestselling phone, and how Trump's China tariffs could raise the bill.
More: Daily Mail.  Bluesky: @joannastern.  Threads: @joannastern.  X: @orgetorix, @bowtiedmara, and @wsj.  LinkedIn: Paul Hodges
Charles Martin / AppleInsider:
The BBC complains to the UK CMA that Apple and Google's news aggregators weaken its relationship with the public by downplaying the BBC branding  —  The British Broadcasting Corporation has complained to a UK antitrust authority that Apple and Google's news services, such as Apple News …
More: Telegraph
Reuters:
Sources: a TikTok US deal, which was largely finalized by April 2, was put on hold after China indicated it would reject the deal over President Trump's tariffs  —  A deal to spin off the U.S. assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated that it would not approve …
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Trump says he signed an executive order to keep TikTok running for 75 more days, as “the deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed”

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New York Times:
Sources: WBD staff are bracing for widespread layoffs as David Ellison wants $6B in “synergies”; the internal mood is grim as staff preferred Netflix's proposal

CNN:
CNN employees and viewers have serious concerns about whether Ellison will uphold CNN's editorial independence amid severe political pressure

Henry Dyer / The Guardian:
UK minister Josh Simons resigns over allegations that a think tank he led has probed some journalists and falsely linked them to a “pro-Kremlin” network

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Emma Roth / The Verge:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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