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| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging it accessed Reddit 100K+ times after saying it had stopped; Reddit has reached formal licensing deals with OpenAI and Google — The online discussion forum says Anthropic continued to access its site over 100,000 times after saying it stopped
More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, Superior Court of California, Reuters, CNBC, The Information, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, Bloomberg Law, The Decoder, The Wrap, Dexerto, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, The Independent, Silicon UK, Benzinga, Barron's Online, and Maginative
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X: @andrewarruda, @xlr8harder, @alexjc, @essobi, and @luke_metro
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/singularity
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI rolls out connectors for services like Dropbox and OneDrive for ChatGPT Team, Enterprise, and Edu users; MCP support is coming to Pro, Team, Enterprise — OpenAI's ChatGPT is adding new features for business users, including integrations with different cloud services, meeting recordings …
More: Thurrott, CNBC, Neowin, MarTech, WinBuzzer, Lifewire, Maginative, The Decoder, Exponential View, TestingCatalog, and Simon Willison's Weblog
X: @kevinweil, @openai, @levie, @openai, @thezvi, @kevinweil, @openai, and @openai. Forums: Slashdot
| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
OpenAI says it has 3M “paying business users”, up from 2M in February; ChatGPT Team users can now use a “record mode” for taking notes during meetings — ChatGPT now has 3 million “paying business users” and is adding new features like meeting notes.| 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 …
More: Gizmodo and Above the Law
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/UpliftingNews, and Slashdot
| 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.| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple may announce new features for AirPods at WWDC, including iPhone camera control, new head gestures, and sleep detection for pausing playback — Yesterday, 9to5Mac exclusively preported a handful of iOS 26 features that Apple has been working on and may announce on WWDC for its native apps.
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, BGR, and The Mac Observer
| 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: Carscoops, Sherwood News, Benzinga, and EV
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple Intelligence's China rollout with Alibaba is delayed by Chinese regulators amid US trade war; the country approved 300+ domestic AI models so far — Partnership between US and Chinese tech groups stalled by Beijing regulator in wake of geopolitical tensions
More: 9to5Mac, Reuters, Seeking Alpha, MacRumors, AppleInsider, MacTech.com, iClarified, MacDailyNews, Cult of Mac, and New York Times. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| 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, Mercury News, Entrepreneur, PC Gamer, The Hans India, Business Today, and Benzinga
| 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.| 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 … | Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: CrowdStrike says the DOJ and SEC have requested information about the July 2024 outage caused by an update and about its revenue recognition practices — The agencies in part also are seeking details about the company's revenue-recognition practices, CrowdStrike said
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, and Barron's Online. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
| 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.
More: The American Bazaar, Cautious Optimism, Tech in Asia, and Cryptopolitan
| 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 …
More: Mistral AI, MarkTechPost, WinBuzzer, The Decoder, TestingCatalog, Maginative, and VentureBeat
| 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: WTOP News, Reddit Upvoted, 9to5Mac, WeRSM, The Verge, Insider Monkey, Neowin, Business Standard, and Engadget
| 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: Google Cloud Blog, The Register, Google Cloud Blog, BleepingComputer, Livemint, Cybersecurity Dive, Reuters, and The Record. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| CNBC: |
SEC filing: Uber appoints Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora to its board of directors following a broader executive shakeup this week — Nikesh Arora, the CEO of Palo Alto Networks, is joining Uber's board of directors, the company announced in a regulatory filing Wednesday.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: JPMorgan aims to let clients use some crypto-linked assets as collateral for loans in the coming weeks, starting with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust — The firm will start providing financing against crypto exchange-traded funds, beginning with BlackRock Inc.'s iShares Bitcoin Trust …
More: DL News, CoinDesk, Cryptopolitan, The Block, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, CryptoSlate, Benzinga, Decrypt, Bitcoin Magazine, The Crypto Times, ZeroHedge News, Watcher Guru, CoinGape, The Coin Republic, and Crypto Briefing. Forums: r/Bitcoin
| 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.
Bluesky: @gateklons, @sambiddle.com, @robin.berjon.com, @robin.berjon.com, @marypcbuk, and @glynmoody. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta has talked with Disney, A24, and other companies about exclusive content for a premium VR device it plans to launch next year for less than $1,000 — Tech company has talked with Disney and A24 about exclusive content for a premium VR device — Meta Platforms is courting Hollywood …
More: TVNewsCheck and Sherwood News
| 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: Thurrott, CNBC, The Verge, GeekWire, Windows Central, The Information, Cryptopolitan, Neowin, and MarketWatch
| Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese hackers breached a US telecom company in the summer of 2023, a year before US officials and cybersecurity firms detected the Salt Typhoon hacks — - Attackers said to lurk in victim systems after summer of 2023 — ‘Demodex’ malware previously used against targets in Asia| 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.| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
Microsoft launches a free cybersecurity program for European governments, including to protect against AI-enhanced threats, amid growing state-sponsored attacks — Microsoft (MSFT.O) is offering free of charge to European governments a cybersecurity programme, launched on Wednesday …
More: Microsoft, BleepingComputer, Security Boulevard, and Neowin
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
Epic v. Apple: a US appeals court rejects Apple's request to pause key parts of a federal judge's order requiring it to open the App Store to more competition — Apple (AAPL.O) has failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court to pause key parts of a federal judge's order requiring the iPhone maker …
X: @megangra, @drbarnard, @reuterslegal, and @drbarnard
| Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg: |
Source: Circle priced its upsized IPO at $31 per share, above marketed range of $27 to $28, raising nearly $1.1B and valuing the company at approximately $6.9B — The stablecoin firm and some of its backers including co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Allaire sold shares Wednesday for $31 each …
More: PYMNTS.com, Blockworks, CoinDesk, CoinGape, The Daily Hodl, Bitcoin Insider, and Bitcoinist.com
| 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: Semafor, CTech, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, and Deel
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