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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.
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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.
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| Emilia David / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic's Alignment Science team: “legibility” or “faithfulness” of reasoning models' Chain-of-Thought can't be trusted and models may actively hide reasoning — We now live in the era of reasoning AI models where the large language model (LLM) …
More: MarkTechPost, Anthropic, Unite.AI, and TechSpot
| 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 …
More: Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Research, Tom's Hardware, WinBuzzer, TechEBlog, and Windows Central
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| 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 TechCrunch
| 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 …
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| 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.
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| 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) …
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Forums: r/qualitynews, r/politics, r/technology, r/LeopardsAteMyFace, and r/esist
| 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
| Ben Blanchard / Reuters: |
Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 24.2% YoY to $49.5B, driven by AI demand, but says the impact of evolving global political conditions will need “close monitoring” — Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, posted its highest first-quarter revenue ever …
More: Bloomberg and Tech in Asia
| 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
| Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
SandboxAQ, which uses quantum computing to develop AI, raised a $150M Series E extension from Google, Nvidia, and others, taking its total funding to $950M+ — SandboxAQ, a startup drawing on quantum computing techniques to develop quantitative artificial intelligence models for enterprises …
More: HPCwire, The Quantum Insider, Biometric Update, PYMNTS.com, Proactive, Crunchbase News, SandboxAQ, and Android Central
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| 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 …
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