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| Ben Hylak / Latent.Space: |
OpenAI's o3-pro is much smarter than o3 and amazing at using tools, but the model requires a lot of context to run well and without enough it tends to overthink — OpenAI dropped o3 pricing 80% today and launched o3-pro. Ben Hylak of Raindrop.ai returns with the world's first early review.
More: OpenAI, Computerworld, Business Today, Mashable, BGR, The Algorithmic Bridge, Marginal Revolution, WinBuzzer, and Financial Express
X: @sama, @sama, @latentspacepod, @ronbodkin, @latentspacepod, and @benhylak
Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Sam Altman: |
Sam Altman says “intelligence and energy”, the “limiters on human progress”, will be abundant in the 2030s, and superintelligence should be widely distributed — We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started. Humanity is close to building digital superintelligence …
More: Gizmodo, International Business Times, TechCrunch, AI News, The Information, PC Gamer, Analytics India Magazine, Music Ally, Digit, Windows Central, Axios, Constellation Research, and Benzinga
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X: @sama, @levie, @garymarcus, @mikeisaac, @garymarcus, @nearcyan, @sama, @emollick, @emostaque, and @sama
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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Bluesky: @caseynewton. X: @thetranscript_, @emollick, @emollick, @emollick, @minimaxir, and @minimaxir. Forums: r/artificial
| New York Times: |
Elon Musk says “I regret some of my posts about President Trump last week. They went too far”; last week, Trump said he had no desire to repair the relationship — President Trump and Elon Musk traded social media barbs last week. Mr. Trump has said that he has no interest …
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Forums: r/politics and r/elonmusk
| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo says it sold 3.5M+ Switch 2s globally in the console's first four days, a record for any of its hardware; Nintendo aims to sell 15M units by March 2026 — Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge Shows the Limits of Impressively Thin Phones … Explainers
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Bluesky: @dekudeals.com and @slothropsmap
X: @zhugeex, @nintendoamerica, @andresegers, @boundarybreak, @ferriswheelpro, @datchaosguy, and @tomwarren. LinkedIn: Doug Bowser
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Filing: Disney and NBCUniversal sue Midjourney in California, accusing it of direct and secondary copyright infringement; they say talks with Midjourney failed — Disney and NBCUniversal have teamed up to sue Midjourney, a generative AI company, accusing it of copyright infringement …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail how X used threats of lawsuits and pressure tactics to motivate companies like Amazon, Ralph Lauren, and Verizon to resume buying ads on the site — Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform
More: Mashable, Above the Law, and Android Headlines
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Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social and @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch says European companies and governments increasingly want non-US AI tools, and Mistral is on track to pass $100M in annual revenue — The AI developer says European customers are seeking independence from Silicon Valley, leading it to build a new Nvidia-powered facility near Paris
More: VentureBeat, Taipei Times, Reuters, Mistral AI, Macau Business, Proactive, and Business Today
| Bloomberg: |
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Forums: r/QBTSstock and r/rigetti
| Bloomberg: |
President Trump says a trade framework with China “is done, subject to final approval with President Xi and me”, and the US' tariff rate would be 55% “total” — President Donald Trump said a trade framework with China has been completed, with Beijing supplying rare earths and magnets … | Nelson Aguilar / CNET: |
Google rolls out Android 16 to Pixels with live lock screen notifications, and a broader update to add more AI to Google Photos, custom group chats, and more — The big Android update features new ways to organize your notifications and quickly enhance your phone's security.
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Forums: r/GooglePixel, r/Android, r/Android, and r/Android
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
The Wikimedia Foundation pauses an experiment that showed Wikipedia users AI-generated summaries at the top of some articles, following an editor backlash — The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization which hosts and develops Wikipedia, has paused an experiment … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Meta launches V-JEPA 2, an open-source AI “world model” to understand and predict 3D environments and object movements, to help robotics and self-driving cars — Meta on Wednesday announced it's rolling out a new AI “world model” that can better understand the 3D environment and movements of physical objects.| Sharon Goldman / Fortune: |
Researchers find the first known “zero-click” attack on an AI agent; the now-fixed flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot would let a hacker attack a user via an email — Microsoft 365 Copilot, the AI tool built into Microsoft Office workplace applications including Word, Excel, Outlook …
More: Aim Security, BleepingComputer, Cybersecurity Dive, CyberInsider, and Business Wire. Bluesky: @berfield.com
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
HP unveils the HP Dimension, the first hardware built with Google's 3D video conferencing tech, featuring a 65" light field display, launching in 2025 for $25K — The HP Dimension is the first device using Google's 3D video conferencing technology.
More: Ars Technica, HP, 9to5Google, PCMag, MobileSyrup, Android Authority, ZDNET, PhoneArena, Engadget, Tom's Guide, and WinBuzzer
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Jack Rae, a principal researcher at Google DeepMind, is expected to join Meta's “superintelligence” team, as well as an ML lead from Sesame AI — Jack Rae, a principal researcher at Google DeepMind, is expected to join Meta's “superintelligence” team …
More: The Guardian, Fast Company, The Daily Upside, and Axios
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Elon Musk says Tesla's robotaxi service will tentatively begin on June 22 in Austin, with the first autonomous delivery of a car to a customer's home on June 28 — - Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X on Tuesday that Tesla robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, are ‘tentatively’ set to begin June 22
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Bluesky: @tyleraking.com and @lorak
| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Memo: Google appoints a new chief AI architect, DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu, who will coordinate future AI-powered product development — THE SCOOP — Google is putting a new executive in charge of coordinating future AI-powered product development, according to a company memo from CEO Sundar Pichai that was reviewed by Semafor.| Zoe Kleinman / BBC: |
Will Cathcart says WhatsApp plans to support Apple's legal case against the UK Home Office over an encryption backdoor, which “could set a dangerous precedent” — WhatsApp is planning to support Apple in its legal action against the UK Home Office over user data privacy, BBC News has learnt.
More: AppleInsider, PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, MacRumors, ComputerWeekly.com, 9to5Mac, Telegraph, and WinBuzzer
Mastodon: @openrightsgroup@social …. X: @concertina226, @nujofficial, and @counternotions. Forums: Slashdot
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
The Browser Company launches Dia, a macOS browser in beta for Arc users based around an AI chat sidebar that can access tabs, history, and logged-in sites — Dia, the new browser from The Browser Company, is almost nothing like the company's last product. That app, Arc, was a total rethink …
More: Engadget, Thurrott, Forbes, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, TestingCatalog, The Browser Company on YouTube, and implicator.ai
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish confidentially files for a US IPO, as demand for digital assets surges under the Trump administration — Group seeking to tap a wave of enthusiasm for digital assets as Trump vows to cut regulations — Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Amazon's Ad Video Generator, a free tool to create gen AI ads and depict items as they would be used in the real world, is now available for sellers in the US — Clips made by Amazon's free Video Generator can now show products in use. — Amazon is making it easier for sellers … | Bloomberg: |
Whole Foods supplier United Natural Foods says it is working to restore its systems by June 15 after a cyberattack left some shelves empty and stalled forklifts — The Providence, Rhode Island-based chain shut down IT systems and limited shipping orders after determining on June 5 that intruders …
More: Cybersecurity Dive, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, and ZeroHedge News. Mastodon: @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Chinese diplomats agree to a six-month ease of rare-earth export licenses, with the earliest application approval within a week of the deal's signing — Tentative deal reached in London gives China leverage in trade talks — China is putting a six-month limit on rare-earth export licenses …
More: CNN
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
DoorDash acquires adtech company Symbiosys for $175M, announced as part of a major update on its ad business, which crossed a $1B+ annualized run rate in 2024 — DoorDash Inc. is adding to its recent buying spree by acquiring advertising tech firm Symbiosys for $175 million … | Molly Taft / Wired: |
President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill could restrict state-level legislation over data centers, including water use, raising bipartisan objections across the US — An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US.
More: The Verge. Bluesky: @justinhendrix and @mollytaft.com. Mastodon: @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green. Forums: r/politics
| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
macOS Tahoe 26 hands-on: Liquid Glass ranges from slick to slightly overwrought, and Spotlight's new search features are nifty and useful, but Raycast is better — Tahoe is all about power users and theme options borrowed from the iPhone. … At WWDC, Apple announced its new Liquid Glass design language …
More: AppleInsider, The Breakroom, The Hans India, Wired, ZDNET, Digital Trends, PCMag, and Engadget
| Dexter Thomas / Wired: |
A profile of Twitch streamer and YouTuber Ross Minor, blind since age 8, who is an advocate and consultant for blind-accessible video games like Sea of Thieves — Ross Minor lost his eyesight at 8 years old. Today, he's a hardcore gamer who runs YouTube and Twitch channels and consults for big studios.
Bluesky: @wired.com
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