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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, Business Standard, Microsoft Azure, About Amazon, The Cloudflare Blog, VentureBeat, Analytics India Magazine, Simon Willison's Weblog, AIN, Simon Willison's Weblog, iClarified, The Verge, Research & Development World, MakeUseOf, Hugging Face, CNBC, Android Central, and TipRanks Financial
Bluesky: @jeremymorrell.dev, @ericflo, @simonwillison.net, @taumuyi, @chirag, @timkellogg.me, and @seldo.com
Threads: @chriscox, @rpn, @ajassy, @satyanadella, @natolambert, @natolambert, @yannlecun, @zuck, @latentchat, @latesttechtalk, @ericflo, @omarsar0, @nvidiadeveloper, @arunsasi99, @aaldahle, @1ar.io, @documentingmeta, @alphasignal.ai, @han_fang_, @aaldahle, @russsalakhutdinov, @zuck, @vthallam, @doreturn.in, and @zuck.  Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg
X: @ahmad_al_dahle, @natolambert, @dylan522p, @aiatmeta, @redhat_ai, @jeremyphoward, @cloudflaredev, @ritakozlov_, @cloudflare, @middleclassdesi, @miles_brundage, @basetenco, @xlr8harder, @levie, @miles_brundage, @ashter_haider, @bindureddy, @deanwball, @matthewberman, @rsalakhu, @madiator, @emollick, @manohar_paluri, @alew3, @btibor91, @burny_tech, @nearcyan, @_impl, @iscienceluvr, @maximelabonne, @eliebakouch, @ariaurelium, @togethercompute, @jconorgrogan, @drjimfan, @asaddhamani, @miles_brundage, @huggingface, @maximelabonne, @sharan0909, @lmarena_ai, @dorialexander, @4xiom_, @sharan0909, @openrouterai, @the_ai_investor, @nearcyan, @deanwball, @cfgeek, @brbcatonfire, @miles_brundage, @emollick, @charliebholtz, @clementdelangue, @iscienceluvr, @krishnanrohit, @michaelsayman, @simonw, @deryatr_, @levelsio, @nearcyan, @giffmana, @abhisk_kadian, @bindureddy, @_arohan_, @loredanacrisan, @dorialexander, @tomosman, @andymstone, @jpineau1, @bradthilton, @emollick, @frameworkputer, @bhutanisanyam1, @miles_brundage, @dorialexander, @emollick, @rishdotblog, @deanwball, @dextersjab, @astonzhangaz, @naklecha, @natalianeverova, @openrouterai, @rsdgpt, @risphereeditor, @clementdelangue, @maximelabonne, @eaccelerate_42, @groqinc, @lmarena_ai, and @simonw
LinkedIn: Andrew Feldman and Sean Bell
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/ABoringDystopia, r/artificial, r/singularity, r/technology, r/LocalLLaMA, r/singularity, and Lobsters
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Meta updates Meta AI in WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram Direct, and the Meta.AI website with Llama 4 in 40 countries; multimodal features are US-only in English  —  Meta has released a new collection of AI models, Llama 4, in its Llama family — on a Saturday, no less.
More: The Information.  X: @deanwball.  Forums: r/artificial
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
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: @wsj, @bowtiedmara, and @orgetorix
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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Reuters:
Reuters and AP send a joint letter to Israeli officials to demand “a clear explanation for the airstrikes” on a Gaza hospital that killed multiple journalists

David Folkenflik / NPR:
A US judge orders Kari Lake to submit to questioning under oath after she failed to comply with repeated orders to share info about her plans for VOA's future

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A proposed class action suit against Amazon filed August 22 claims it misleads customers, who think they own content they bought when they only have a license

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Tom Warren / The Verge:
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders, which were set to start on April 9, “to assess the potential impact” of Trump's tariffs; the June 5 launch date is unchanged
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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