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A look at Apple's AI plans for WWDC; sources: Apple is testing its 3B, 7B, 33B, 150B AI models via internal Playground tool, and macOS 26 will be named 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.
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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 … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: UMG, Warner Music, and Sony Music are in talks to license their work to AI music services Udio and Suno and settle copyright infringement lawsuits — Music companies would settle lawsuits with startups they accused of copyright infringement — Major music companies are in talks … | Justina Lee / Bloomberg: |
A profile of prediction market Kalshi, which is using its federal financial license to open up sports gambling across the US, even in states where it is illegal — Armed with a federal license and allies in Trumpworld, the tech start-up is pushing prediction markets across America into a legal gray zone: sports betting.
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| 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.
More: arXiv.org, The Verge, The Post Millennial, Nature, MIT Media Lab, and arXiv.org
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Elad Gil, backer of Perplexity, Character.AI, Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe, invested in Enam Co., which aims to transform businesses with AI via PE roll-ups — Elad Gil started betting on AI before most of the world took notice. By the time investors began grasping the implications of ChatGPT … | 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
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Forums: r/UpliftingNews, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/pcgaming, and r/Games
| 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.| 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?
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Forums: r/Futurology, r/antiwork, r/OculusQuest, r/nottheonion, r/NPR, and r/technology
| 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
More: LBC, New York Post, and Yahoo Finance
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| 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.
More: Android Police, PYMNTS.com, Financial Express, WinBuzzer, and The Economic Times
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| Alex Harring / CNBC: |
How Vancouver-based delivery app Fantuan expanded to 50+ US 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.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitch plans to start testing the ability to host a vertical livestream and an open beta of “2K streaming” that will let partners and affiliates stream at 1440p — The platform is also launching an open beta of higher-quality streams. … Twitch is announcing a bunch of updates …
More: Twitch, Bleeding Cool News, Mashable, Engadget, and ChannelX
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| 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.
More: Financial Times. Bluesky: @rinachandran. X: @restofworld, @funkychapati, @restofworld, and @restofworld
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