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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Mistral releases Mistral Code, a “vibe coding” client forked from open-source project Continue, in private beta on JetBrains development platforms and VS Code — French AI startup Mistral is releasing its own “vibe coding” client, Mistral Code, to compete with incumbents like Windsurf … | Reuters: |
AI coding startups are at risk of being disrupted by Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI; a source says Microsoft's GitHub Copilot grew to $500M+ in revenue in 2024 — Two years after the launch of ChatGPT, return on investment in generative AI has been elusive, but one area stands out: software development.| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
OpenAI updates its coding agent Codex with internet access, which is turned off by default, and expands its availability from ChatGPT Pro to ChatGPT Plus users — Codex agent internet access. Sam Altman, just now: … This is the Codex “cloud-based software engineering agent”, not the Codex CLI tool or older 2021 Codex LLM.
More: OpenAI, ZDNET, Livemint, The Hans India, Analytics India Magazine, WinBuzzer, Neowin, Neowin, and Maginative
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on “a 50% chance” of AGI in the next five to 10 years, bad actors and technical risks, AI regulation, jobs, and more — Demis Hassabis says that systems as smart as humans are almost here, and we'll need to radically change how we think and behave.
More: The Guardian, CNET, PC Gamer, The Hans India, Egypt Independent, Business Today, and Benzinga
| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Google pauses the rollout of Google Photos' AI-powered Ask Photos feature due to issues with latency, quality, and UX, per a Google product manager's post on X — 'Ask Photos isn't where it needs to be,' says a product manager for Google Photos.
More: Hindustan Times, Thurrott, Android Headlines, PCMag, KnowTechie, Engadget, Digit, Android Police, WinBuzzer, and Android Authority
| Sam Clark / Politico: |
Microsoft says it didn't stop services to the International Criminal Court, after a May report stated it “cancelled” ICC prosecutor Karim Khan's email address — Chief prosecutor's email issues have spurred fears in Europe that Trump could trigger a “kill switch” through U.S. tech giants abroad.| Christopher Cruz / Rolling Stone: |
An interview with Mario Kart World producer Kosuke Yabuki on accessibility, balancing the chaos, guardrails, base mechanics, and more, ahead of the June 5 debut — Mario Kart World producer Kosuke Yabuki discusses the challenges of a free roam racer and balancing the difficulty for new players
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| Bloomberg: |
Photos and partial footage of an FSD-enabled Tesla sideswiping a parked SUV and hitting a woman in November 2023 show FSD's limits; the NHTSA is investigating — The setting sun was blinding drivers on the Arizona interstate between Flagstaff and Phoenix in November 2023.
More: Sherwood News and Benzinga
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
The IRS open sourced most of its Direct File tax software on GitHub last week, fulfilling a legal requirement under the SHARE IT Act, despite Intuit pressure — The IRS open sourced much of its incredibly popular Direct File software as the future of the free tax filing program is at risk …
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
A comparison of GPT-4o, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.0 Flash, Llama 4, and Copilot: Claude won overall, having the most consistent answers and no hallucinations — We challenged AI helpers to decode legal contracts, simplify medical research, speed-read a novel and make sense of Trump speeches.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Reddit now lets users hide posting and commenting history on their profiles via a “Content and Activity” setting, as part of a new “Curate your profile” section — Reddit on Tuesday announced a new feature that will offer its users more privacy when it comes to what's shared on their user profiles.
More: The Verge, Reddit Upvoted, 9to5Mac, Business Standard, Neowin, Insider Monkey, and Engadget. Forums: r/technology
| Shannon Cuthrell / IEEE Spectrum: |
A look at Australian startup Cortical Labs' $35,000 CL1, billed as the world's first code-deployable biological computer, with 115 units shipping this summer — World-first biocomputing platform hits the market — Shannon Cuthrell is a freelance journalist covering business and technology.
More: Cortical Labs. Threads: @ieeespectrum. Forums: Hacker News, r/Futurology, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: |
Google says hackers loosely affiliated with the Com in the US, the UK, and Western Europe breached 20+ companies in the US and Europe to steal Salesforce data — - Hacker gang impersonate IT staff to gain access to Salesforce — Retailers warned to be vigilant after recent jump in attacks
More: CSO, Reuters, Google Cloud Blog, and Help Net Security
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Source: ~1,000 people have left CISA during the second Trump administration, including 750+ who took a buyout offer, cutting CISA's workforce by nearly a third — Roughly 1,000 people have already left the nation's top cybersecurity agency during the second Trump administration …
More: Cybersecurity Dive, Metacurity, Infosecurity, Nextgov/FCW, and ComputerWeekly.com
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Toronto-based AI startup Cohere is seeking to raise $500M+ at a $5.5B+ valuation, after raising a $500M Series D at a $5.5B valuation in July 2024 — Canadian group seeks valuation of up to $6.5bn but rivals have soared far higher in comparison — Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT … | Sophia Fox-Sowell / StateScoop: |
A group of 260+ US legislators from all 50 states sign a letter opposing a federal budget bill provision that bans states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years — More than 260 state legislators from all 50 states have signed a letter opposing a provision in the federal budget reconciliation bill … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Windsurf says Anthropic gave five days of notice before cutting nearly all its first-party capacity to all Claude 3.x models, after passing it over for Claude 4 — Windsurf, the popular vibe coding startup that's reportedly being acquired by OpenAI, said Anthropic significantly reduced …
More: Neowin, The Decoder, Tech in Asia, and Analytics India Magazine
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| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
Court filings: Deel alleges Rippling's “competitive intelligence manager” Brett Alexander Johnson posed as a customer to access Deel's product and business info — HR start-ups Rippling and Deel trade allegations their leaders directed efforts to steal company secrets from one another| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
More: CTech, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, and Deel
| Nathan Vifflin / Reuters: |
Nokia, Nvidia, Safran, and 40+ organizations plan to build an EU-funded unmanned drone project to protect critical infrastructure, set to launch in three years — A consortium of more than 42 organizations, led by Nokia (NOKIA.HE), will work on an unmanned drone project aimed at protecting …
More: Breaking Defense, RCR Wireless News, Total Telecom, DroneXL.co, and Financial Times
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft says LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky will now manage its Office group, reporting to EVP of Experiences and Devices Rajesh Jha; he will remain LinkedIn CEO — Ryan Roslansky, the professional networking site's chief executive officer since 2020, will tack on responsibility for the teams behind Outlook …
More: The Information, Reuters, and CNBC
| Kate Payne / Associated Press: |
A US federal judge temporarily blocks Florida from enforcing a law banning social media accounts for kids under 14, saying the law is “likely unconstitutional” — A federal judge has barred state officials from enforcing a Florida law that would ban social media accounts for young children … | Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter: |
AMC signs a deal with Runway to use its AI tech to generate marketing images and help pre-visualize unproduced shows, the first cable player to work with Runway — The ‘Mad Men’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ producer is the latest Hollywood company to sign a pact with the generative AI firm.
More: Engadget
| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
NYC-based Brookfield says it plans to invest ~$9.9B to build an AI data center in Strangnas, Sweden, after committing to spending €20B in France earlier in 2025 — Brookfield Asset Management (BAM.TO) plans to invest up to 95 billion Swedish crowns ($9.9 billion) to build a data centre … | Molly White / Citation Needed: |
NFT marketplace Magic Eden and the TRUMP memecoin team announce the “Official $TRUMP Wallet” and open a waitlist; Trump's sons deny any involvement or knowledge — UPDATE, June 3 at 3:00pm: Following publication of this story, Magic Eden pushed out its announcement for the Trump Wallet at 1:35pm.
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