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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Grok's tendency to repeat debunked claims raises doubts about Elon Musk's goal of making it a reliable source of information in high-stakes areas like medicine  —  Grok has proved popular with X users.  But a string of bizarre blunders has threatened to turn it into a punchline.
Valentine Baldassari / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk says he needs to be “super focused on X/xAI and Tesla”, saying major operational improvements need to be made “as evidenced by the X uptime issues”  —  Billionaire Elon Musk said he needs to be “super focused” on his companies, pointing to issues at X …
Sean Heelan / Sean Heelan's Blog:
A security researcher details how he discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SMB implementation by analyzing the code using OpenAI's o3 API  —  In this post I'll show you how I found a zeroday vulnerability in the Linux kernel using OpenAI's o3 model.
Jason Snell / Six Colors:
Sam Altman and Jony Ive's awkward io video feels like empty hype until a compelling device is released, especially given Ive's post-Jobs design missteps  —  Ever since OpenAI announced a couple of days ago that it's integrating Jony Ive's hardware startup, I've been struggling with what to write about it.
Mohit Pandey / Analytics India Magazine:
Sarvam AI's 24B-parameter LLM for Indian languages Sarvam-M receives only 334 downloads in two days on Hugging Face, raising concerns about AI efforts in India  —  Much of Sarvam's criticism comes from comparing it to OpenAI or DeepSeek, while the problem the company is trying to solve is fundamentally different.
Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Zach Witkoff, World Liberty Financial co-founder and son of Trump's Middle East envoy, who is pursuing crypto deals with countries like Pakistan  —  While Steve Witkoff travels the world as Middle East envoy, his son Zach is pitching foreign deals for his cryptocurrency venture with the Trumps
Emma Roth / The Verge:
A look at updates that weren't in the Google I/O keynote, including a Nearby Passes notification in Wallet and the Play Store's Ask Someone Else to Pay button  —  The Google Play Store will let you ask other people to pay for your purchases, and Live Updates are coming to smartwatches.
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Despite Google's guardrails, Veo 3 users are generating realistic clips of news, disasters, and fictional events, some with dialogue not included in the prompt  —  Cursed AI-generated videos come with very convincing audio now. … Even at first glance, there's something off about the body on the street.
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Texas is set to enact one of the strictest bans on social media for minors, with age verification requirements and letting parents request account deletions  —  It's the latest attempt in a growing effort by states to enact significant limits on the use of social media by young people.
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
Amap, Alibaba's mapping and local services business, introduces a ride-hailing feature on the app's English version, targeting foreign visitors in China  —  Amap's ride-hailing feature, available on the platform's English version, reflects support for China's visa-free travel scheme
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New York Times:
Crypto investor John Woeltz from Kentucky was charged in NYC for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist for three weeks to gain crypto passwords  —  The investor, 37-year-old John Woeltz, and another man abused their victim for three weeks in a Manhattan townhouse as they tried …
Katie Fehrenbacher / Axios:
London-based Converge, which uses sensors and AI to optimize the use of concrete in construction projects, raised a $22M Series A led by Dutch bank ABN Amro  —  Converge, a concrete sensor and AI startup, has closed $22 million in the second tranche of a Series A round, the company tells Axios.

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
How UK tabloids, which once held a powerful grip on the national discourse, are struggling in an era of social media feeds, AI, and influencer-driven content

David Folkenflik / NPR:
Former NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose, who also had been Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post, died Wednesday at 85 from Alzheimer's complications

Sara Fischer / Axios:
WSJ and Dow Jones plan a new sports vertical that will debut alongside an exclusive, invitation-only sports economy event in New York City this summer

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Jason Del Rey / Fortune:
General Medicine, an online storefront for medical care founded by PillPack founders TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen, launches with $32M in funding led by Matrix
Evan Ochsner / Bloomberg Law:
Legora, whose AI tools help legal teams review, draft, research, and advise, raised an $80M Series B at a $675M valuation led by ICONIQ and General Catalyst
Geoffrey Bunting / The Verge:
Accessibility consultants say the video game industry's accessibility advancements, which gained momentum in 2020, have slowed down due to cutbacks

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Reuters:
Sources: Nvidia plans to launch a new AI chip priced between $6,500 and $8,000, well below the $10,000-$12,000 the H20 sold for, after US export curbs
Financial Times:
Sources: Builder.ai collapsed after it revised its 2024 revenue estimate from $220M to ~$55M and restated its previously reported 2023 sales from $180M to ~$45M
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