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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4, which excels at coding, and Claude Sonnet 4, both hybrid models with near-instant responses and extended thinking — Today, we're introducing the next generation of Claude models: Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, setting new standards for coding, advanced reasoning, and AI agents.
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| Rhiannon Williams / MIT Technology Review: |
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| Kylie Robison / Wired: |
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X: @kyliebytes and @petergyang
| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Leaked recording: Sam Altman told his staff that OpenAI aims to ship 100M AI “companion” devices meant for everyday life, and to release the first by late 2026 — Idea is a 'chance to do the biggest thing we've ever done as a company here,' Altman told OpenAI employees Wednesday
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Kuo: Ive and Altman's device could be larger than Humane's AI pin, may connect to smartphones and PCs to use their computing and display capabilities, and more — Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is mostly known for Apple rumors, and now says users might be able to wear OpenAI's future device around their neck.
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| Bloomberg: |
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LinkedIn: Christel Buchanan, Ghassan Kassabji, Liam Darmody, Benedict Evans, Graham Furlong, and Steve Witmer
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, and MacRumors Forums
| The Mozilla Blog: |
Mozilla plans to shut down Pocket, the read-it-later service it acquired in 2017, on July 8, and Fakespot, which helps identify unreliable reviews, on July 1 — Firefox is the only major browser not backed by a billionaire and our independence shapes everything we build.
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| Billy Perrigo / Time: |
Anthropic releases Opus 4 under stricter safety measures than any prior model after tests showed it could potentially aid novices in making biological weapons — Today's newest AI models might be capable of helping would-be terrorists create bioweapons or engineer a pandemic … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic's System Card: Opus 4 often attempted to blackmail engineers by threatening to reveal sensitive personal info when it was threatened with replacement — Anthropic's newly launched Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail developers when they threaten to replace … | Sam Bowman / @sleepinyourhat: |
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| Tech Policy Press: |
The US House passes the One Big Beautiful Bill, a budget bill that would ban states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years; the bill now heads to the Senate — The United States House of Representatives early Thursday narrowly passed a budget bill that, if enacted, would ban states …
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| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
State lawmakers and AGs from both parties, Democrats, consumer advocates, and others oppose GOP's push to ban state AI regulations for the next 10 years — The Washington Post's essential guide to tech policy news — Send news tips and imaginary book titles to: will.oremus@washpost.com
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple aims to release smart glasses at the end of 2026 as part of a push into AI devices, but has shelved plans for an Apple Watch with a camera — Apple Inc. is aiming to release smart glasses at the end of next year as part of a push into AI-enhanced gadgets …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it is reducing “politically focused emails” internally and externally; workers cannot send emails mentioning “Palestine”, “Gaza”, or “genocide” — Employees discovered that emails with a variety of terms related to Gaza and Palestine have been blocked internally.
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LinkedIn: Mohammad Fadel and Kevin Beaumont
| Wired: |
A security researcher finds an exposed Elastic database with 184M records, including login credentials for Apple, Meta, Google, and others; its owner is unknown — A trove of breached data, which has now been taken down, includes user logins for platforms including Apple, Google, and Meta.| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Docs: ODNI is developing a centralized portal to streamline the purchase of commercially available information, like location data, by US intelligence agencies — The ever-growing market for personal data has been a boon for American spy agencies. The U.S. intelligence community is now buying …
Bluesky: @evacide, @onekade, and @mikaelthalen. Mastodon: @Nonilex@masto.ai. X: @samfbiddle
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
The US DOJ charges 16 individuals allegedly linked to a Russia-based malware operation known as DanaBot that infected 300,000+ machines globally — A new US indictment against a group of Russian nationals offers a clear example of how, authorities say, a single malware operation can enable both criminal and state-sponsored hacking.| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Two new books on OpenAI and the AI industry bust Sam Altman's myths around OpenAI, and highlight the pursuit of power behind the do-gooder rhetoric — Two timely and myth-busting books show that the AI boom is driven by the pursuit of power, wealth and hubris
More: Wired, The Guardian, New Yorker, New York Times, and Business Insider
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| New York Times: |
Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers; Elon Musk sued the advocacy group in 2023 — Elon Musk previously sued the advocacy group over critical research on his social media platform X over claims it drove away advertisers.| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Kraken plans to offer tokenized versions of 50+ stocks and ETFs, including Apple and Tesla stocks, to customers in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia — The platform will offer overseas customers tokenized versions of more than 50 stocks and ETFs — Kraken, the cryptocurrency exchange …
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| Bloomberg: |
Lenovo reports Q4 revenue up 23% to $16.98B, vs. $15.6B est., and net profit down 64% YoY to ~$90M, below $225.8M est., reflecting AI and PC market competition — The Chinese company reported net income of $90 million for the March quarter versus projections for more than $200 million …
More: Reuters, Laptop Mag, Lenovo StoryHub, Wall Street Journal, Thurrott, and Wall Street Journal. X: @business
| IGN: |
Q&A with legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto on Super Nintendo World, redesigning Donkey Kong, growing Pikmin, enhancing games for the Switch 2, and more — “What's important is to be able to create something new.” — In May of 2015, Nintendo officially announced plans to partner …
More: Rolling Stone. Bluesky: @stealth40k, @brianaltano, and @yozetty. X: @gibbogame
Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay and r/nintendo
| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Google co-founder Sergey Brin on AI frontier models, scaling data centers, reasoning, DeepThink, AGI, and more — Google co-founder Brin says “anybody who's a computer scientist should not be retired right now. They should be working on AI."
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X: @kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, and @kantrowitz
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
More: The Keyword, CTech, and Fortune
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Tinder CEO Faye Iosotaluno will step down in July after less than two years in the role; Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff will lead Tinder temporarily — Tinder Chief Executive Officer Faye Iosotaluno will step down in July after less than two years in the role, adding to a string …
More: TechCrunch, Reuters, New York Post, and Wall Street Journal
| Bloomberg: |
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun unveils the Xring O1, a Xiaomi-made 3nm chip that will power three devices, including the Tablet 7 Ultra, in a bid to compete with Apple — The 5-meter long vehicle's top model can go 760 kilometers on a single charge and hit 100 km/h in 3.23 seconds …
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