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June 1, 2025, 12:55 PM
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at Apple's AI plans for WWDC; sources: macOS 26 will be named Tahoe and Apple is testing its 3B, 7B, 33B, and 150B AI models via internal tool Playground  —  Apple, a year after debuting its AI platform, will do little at WWDC to show it's catching up to leaders like OpenAI and Google.
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
Researchers say tactics used to make AI more engaging, like making them more agreeable, can drive chatbots to reinforce harmful ideas, like encouraging drug use  —  Tactics used to make AI tools more engaging can drive chatbots to monopolize users' time or reinforce harmful ideas.
NPR:
Internal docs: Meta plans to use AI to automate up to 90% of its privacy and integrity risk assessments, including sensitive areas like AI safety and youth risk  —  For years, when Meta launched new features for Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, teams of reviewers evaluated possible risks: Could it violate users' privacy?
The Guardian:
Analysis of the top 100 trending TikTok videos under #mentalhealthtips: 52 contain misinformation, including misused therapeutic language and quick-fix methods  —  Guardian investigation reveals promotion of dubious advice, questionable supplements and quick-fix healing methods
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
A profile of DoorDash CEO Tony Xu, who has transformed the once-scrappy delivery startup into an almost $90B industry consolidator through an acquisition spree  —  During the depths of the Covid pandemic, with restaurants around the country facing an existential crisis, DoorDash CEO Tony Xu had an unconventional proposal.
Alex Harring / CNBC:
How the delivery app Fantuan grew its US presence to 50+ cities since 2019 by focusing on Asian cuisines, with an app design reminiscent of Chinese platforms  —  NEW YORK - When Kelly Wu feels sick and wants a delivery of congee, the Chinese porridge she grew up eating, she opts for a platform many may not have heard of.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google released Google AI Edge Gallery for Android on GitHub that lets users run some AI models from Hugging Face on their phones; an iOS app is coming soon  —  Last week, Google quietly released an app that lets users run a range of openly available AI models from the AI dev platform Hugging Face on their phones.
Gabriel Daros / Rest of World:
Brazil is piloting dWallet, a digital wallet program that lets users manage, own, and profit from their data, the first such nationwide initiative in the world  —  Brazil is piloting dWallet, a project that lets citizens earn money from their data.  It is ahead of similar U.S-based initiatives.
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Microsoft and the CWA reach a tentative labor agreement for ~300 ZeniMax QA workers after almost two years of talks, marking Microsoft's first US union contract  —  Vietnam's AI Ambitions Hinge on One $6.8 Billion Tech Company … Explainers
Amar Diwakar / Rest of World:
Dubai is emerging as a global hub for AI talent, attracting workers with its Golden Visa program, no taxes, attractive salaries, and ease of setting up business  —  Western job seekers see lucrative offers in the booming AI hub, while others deal with rejections and lower pay.
Nicholas Carr / New Cartographies:
AI's real threat to education isn't that it encourages students to cheat, but that it short-circuits the learning processes needed to use generative AI adeptly  —  AI's real threat to education.  —  Among the general public, generative AI's most enthusiastic early adopters have been students.
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Kyle Baird / DL News:
US SEC filing: Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor  —  Of the 14 proposals on Meta's 2025 ballot, Bitcoin came in dead last.  —  Shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a plan …

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
US FCC Chairman Brendan Carr warns broadcasters not to air “fake polls” or “suppression polls”, once again threatening regulatory action for news content

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Independent reporter Andrew Feinberg says the White House told him he is no longer the print pool reporter on Thursday, after Trump snapped at him on Tuesday

Marc Caputo / Axios:
White House counsel warned Politico on Monday that the outlet had 48 hours to retract or correct stories about Chief of Staff Susie Wiles or face consequences

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Bloomberg:
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Dan Primack / Axios:
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