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June 2, 2025, 6:25 AM
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at Apple's AI plans for WWDC; sources say it is testing its 3B, 7B, 33B, and 150B models via an internal Playground tool, and will name macOS 26 as Tahoe  —  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.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Samsung and Perplexity in talks about an investment, preloading Perplexity's app on Samsung devices, adding its search to Samsung's browser, and more  —  The two companies are in talks to preload Perplexity's app and assistant on upcoming Samsung devices and integrate …
The Insider:
A look at Russian GRU Unit 29155's hacking department, which started out in 2012, and its involvement in cyber warfare and disinformation campaigns  —  Russian GRU Unit 29155 is best known for its long list of murder and sabotage ops, which include the Salisbury poisonings in England …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta aims to help brands fully create and target ads using AI by the end of 2026, including images and budgetary goals, building on its current tools  —  AI-powered advertising is part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's vision for the company's future  —  Meta Platforms is betting that automation is the future of ads.
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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
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.
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

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From Mediagazer

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
As the BBC fights Trump's $10B lawsuit and ITV plans to combine its broadcasting business with Sky in 2026, a look at the slow death of the UK's TV channels

Alex Ritman / Variety:
In Channel 4's 2025 Alternative Christmas Message, Jimmy Kimmel said “tyranny is booming” in the US and, on his ABC suspension, “We won, the president lost”

Henry Blodget / Regenerator:
Bari Weiss' 60 Minutes decision may have been a way to both signal that she's serious about shifting CBS' sensibility to the right and “improve” a story

More News

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
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
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
Bluesky: @cjpberry, @dogsincali, @ojala, and @pgho.  Mastodon: @anirvan@mastodon.social.  Threads: @medieval_moll.  X: @roughtype.  LinkedIn: Mike Grimshaw

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Pew Research Center:
The share of news influencers on Bluesky almost doubled after the 2024 US election to 43%, but X remains popular, with 82% of news influencers having an account
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
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
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
More: Cautious Optimism.  Bluesky: @hypervisible and @ericgoldman.  Mastodon: @Khrys@mamot.fr
X: @restofworld and @rinachandran.  LinkedIn: Rina Chandran.  Forums: Slashdot
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