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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI backtracks, says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations, after a “constructive dialogue” with civic leaders and AGs of DE and CA — OpenAI has decided that its nonprofit division will retain control over its for-profit org, after the company initially announced …
More: OpenAI, The Verge, The Register, Axios, Ars Technica, The Hill, PitchBook, Gizmodo, Capital Brief, PCMag, iTnews, CNBC, Business Insider, New York Times, Inc, Bloomberg, The Information, Wired, Digital Music News, PaymentSecurity.io, Fox Business, Yahoo Finance, Politico, WinBuzzer, Maginative, Daily Sabah, and Sherwood News
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/artificial, and Slashdot
| Micah Lee / micahflee: |
A hacker breaches TeleMessage, which makes modified versions of apps like Signal used by US officials including JD Vance, leaking some chats, contacts, and more — TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked. — 💡
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| Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
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Forums: r/technology and r/politics
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Trump has two crypto-focused dinners this month, for political donors and for $TRUMP holders; Chainalysis: trading fees alone have made $TRUMP insiders $324M+ — President Donald Trump has two crypto-focused dinners on the calendar this month — one aimed at deep-pocketed political donors, the other at meme coin millionaires.
More: New York Times, The Block, Associated Press, The Independent, Benzinga, CoinGape, Bitcoin Insider, Cointelegraph, Cryptopolitan, and The Coin Republic
Bluesky: @urocklive1, @ericmgarcia, @lorak, and @blakesrutherford
X: @luke_metro and @senwarren
Forums: r/politics, r/inthenews, and r/democrats
| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
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Bluesky: @flingjore. Threads: @senadamschiff. X: @senwarren, @eleanorterrett, and @senrubengallego. LinkedIn: Christopher Perkins
| Miles Klee / Rolling Stone: |
Some say ChatGPT fueled their loved ones' religious delusions of grandeur; experts warn that human-like chats can worsen tendencies toward psychological issues — Self-styled prophets are claiming they have ‘awakened’ chatbots and accessed the secrets of the universe through ChatGPT
More: Garbage Day, The Verge, New York Post, Don't Worry About the Vase, and Futurism
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X: @crulge, @vibe_crc, @furrygirl, @randylewiskemp, @anthro_cam, @boy__onion, @angie_rasmussen, @daniel_sugarman, @andershjemdahl, @darren_cullen, @imaisms, @gym_user1000, @viveksworld, @contentcarrier, @abustamante, @youwouldntpost, @0xkrma, @matthewjdalby, @liminallina, @textually, and @seanwoods12
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Researchers warn that open-source Go serialization tool easyjson, owned by Russia's VK Group and used by the US DOD and others, poses a national security risk — The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia's VK …
More: Hunted Labs. Bluesky: @andyjabbour. Mastodon: @eob@social.coop. X: @780thc. LinkedIn: George Barnes. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| Lucia Moses / Business Insider: |
Sources: Google has quietly launched 100 Zeros, a film and TV production initiative aiming to promote a positive view of tech and drive adoption of its products — - Google has quietly launched a film and TV production initiative called 100 Zeros. — Google wants to promote its products … | Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Meta AI brings more privacy risks than ChatGPT and Gemini, building a Memory file including the user's sensitive personal info, like fertility and payday loans — Meta's chatbot remembers everything, even what you might not want it to. — Mark Zuckerberg has a new way to invade your privacy: a creepier version of ChatGPT.
More: WinBuzzer, Sherwood News, and GB News
| Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: |
A look at Waymo's Mesa, AZ plant, producing several retrofitted Jaguars per day and where plans to scale up with Chinese Zeekr vans may be derailed by tariffs — An exclusive look inside the facility turning Jaguar EVs into robotaxis with the AI-driven fleet's custom computing system, cameras, lidar and radar.| Reuters: |
Tel Aviv-based eToro Group says it's targeting a $4B valuation in a Nasdaq IPO, aiming to raise $500M, after pausing plans last month amid market volatility — Israel's eToro Group said on Monday it was targeting a valuation of up to $4 billion in its initial public offering in the United States …
More: Business Wire, PYMNTS.com, The Information, Globes Online, Bloomberg, Axios, The Paypers, Yahoo Finance, Reuters, and Tech in Asia. LinkedIn: Ateev Bhandari
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia launches open-source transcription model Parakeet-TDT-0.6B-V2, topping the Hugging Face Open ASR Leaderboard with a word error rate of 6.05% — Nvidia has become one of the most valuable companies in the world in recent years thanks to the stock market noticing how much demand … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Palantir reports Q1 revenue up 39% YoY to $884M, vs. $863M est., and raises 2025 sales guidance to $3.9B on demand for AI software that's a “ravenous whirlwind” — But the results still fell short of Wall Street's high expectations for the company, which was the biggest gainer S&P 500 Index … | TechCrunch: |
Hasan Sukkar, the founder of AI startup 11x, which has raised $70m+ to date, steps down as CEO; CTO Prabhav Jain has been named the new CEO — Hasan Sukkar, the founder of AI startup 11x, is stepping down from his role as CEO, Sukkar announced on LinkedIn this morning.
More: Bloomberg
| Logan Hitchcock / Decrypt: |
Solana Foundation: enough validators were able to quietly patch a 0-day bug last month that could have allowed unlimited “Token-22” minting and account draining — The Solana Foundation disclosed that validators quietly patched a major bug, avoiding a potentially catastrophic exploit.
More: Blockworks, The Crypto Times, CoinGape, Coinspeaker, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, and The Block
| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announces Tether AI, an open-source AI runtime that supports USDT and Bitcoin payments with no API keys or a central point of failure — Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Tether AI tech will enable an unstoppable peer-to-peer network of billions of AI agents — What to know:Sponsor Posts
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World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
Zoho:
ETL tool evaluation checklist: 6 things to look for before you choose — Your data is only as valuable as your ability to move, prepare, and access it efficiently. Choosing the wrong ETL tool can lead to months of rework …
ETL tool evaluation checklist: 6 things to look for before you choose — Your data is only as valuable as your ability to move, prepare, and access it efficiently. Choosing the wrong ETL tool can lead to months of rework …
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