|
June 15, 2025, 3:45 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic details how it built its multi-agent Claude Research system, claiming significant improvements in internal evaluations over single-agent systems — Our Research feature uses multiple Claude agents to explore complex topics more effectively. We share the engineering challenges …
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, implicator.ai, and Blockchain.News
Bluesky: @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com, @proptermalone, and @timkellogg.me
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
New York state passes a bill mandating safety and transparency requirements for frontier AI models; it awaits Governor Hochul's signature — New York state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that aims to prevent frontier AI models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic from contributing to disaster scenarios …
More: The Economic Times, Coinmonks, NYSenate.gov, Cryptopolitan, StrictlyVC, and Maginative
X: @anjneymidha, @jackclarksf, @alexbores, @alexbores, @ccianet, and @jackclarksf
Forums: r/Futurology, r/newyork, r/technology, r/law, r/politics, and r/artificial
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Taiwan imposes export controls on Huawei, SMIC, and some of their subsidiaries, restricting their access to tech and equipment necessary for AI chip production — Taiwan's International Trade Administration has included Huawei, SMIC and several of their subsidiaries in an update … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's upgrades to CarPlay, iPadOS, and visionOS, why they were the underappreciated highlights of WWDC, and thoughts on Liquid Glass redesign — Apple's unveiling of iOS 26 and the Liquid Glass interface was the most discussed part of its developers conference …
More: Benzinga, The Mac Observer, MobileSyrup, PhoneArena, iClarified, and AppleInsider
| Martin Young / Cointelegraph: |
The US SEC rescinds 14 rules the agency proposed under the Biden Administration, including two relating to DeFi and digital asset custody — The SEC has withdrawn over a dozen rules the agency proposed under Joe Biden, including two crypto-related rules targeting DeFi and digital asset custody.
More: CryptoSlate, Coinpedia Fintech News, Inside Bitcoins, Cryptopolitan, crypto.news, and Barron's Online
X: @iampaulgrewal and @khurramdara
| Meridith McGraw / Wall Street Journal: |
America250, the nonprofit organizing the US Semiquincentennial celebration, says it received sponsorship commitments from Oracle, Amazon, Coinbase, and Palantir — Twenty two corporations and foundations are sponsoring the 250th Army Birthday Parade and Festival on the National Mall, according to the Army.| Financial Times: |
BT Group CEO Allison Kirkby says AI could deepen job cuts at the telco, whose plan to cut over 40,000 jobs by 2030 “did not reflect the full potential of AI” — Allison Kirkby said advances in artificial intelligence could deepen significant job cuts under way at BT …
More: Business Insider, The Guardian, Reuters, Bloomberg, and Cryptopolitan
| Timothy B. Lee / Understanding AI: |
Researchers find Llama 3.1 recalls large parts of popular copyrighted books, possibly weakening AI industry claims that such memorization is fringe behavior — New research could have big implications for copyright lawsuits against generative AI. — In recent years, numerous plaintiffs … | Ainslie Chandler / Bloomberg: |
Amazon plans to invest ~$13B in Australia from 2025 to 2029 to develop its data center infrastructure, as demand for cloud computing and AI grows in the country — The investment, in the Sydney and Melbourne data centers, is the biggest ever in Australia by a global technology company, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
More: About Amazon, Cryptopolitan, and Reuters
| Milana Vinn / Reuters: |
Dealogic: tech deals accounted for $421B of the $1.67T in global deals announced in the first five months of 2025, with 75% of tech M&A involving AI software — Weighed down by tariffs and geopolitical uncertainty, dealmaking has slowed to a crawl across most industries except one: the unglamorous world of data infrastructure.
LinkedIn: Dawn Kopecki
| Nick Mokey / VentureBeat: |
In an Oxford study, LLMs correctly identified medical conditions 94.9% of the time when given test scenarios directly, vs. 34.5% when prompted by human subjects — Headlines have been blaring it for years: Large language models (LLMs) can not only pass medical licensing exams but also outperform humans.| Bloomberg: |
Statista: the global influencer marketing industry is projected to grow 36% between 2024 and 2025, reaching $33B, as brands tighten overall ad budgets — Ashton Hall's morning routine involves dunking his head in iced Saratoga Spring Water. For the company that sells the bottled water … | Chris Metinko / Axios: |
New York City-based Abacum, which offers AI-powered financial planning and analysis tools to companies, raised a $60B Series B led by Scale Venture Partners — Abacum, business financial planning startup, landed a $60 million Series B round led by Scale Venture Partners, co-founder and CEO Julio Martínez tells Axios Pro.| Axios: |
Austin-based Autonomize AI, which develops AI agents for automating administrative workflows in healthcare and life sciences, raised a $28M Series A — Autonomize AI, a provider of AI agents to health systems and plans, raised $28 million in Series A funding, CEO Ganesh Padmanabhan tells Axios exclusively.
More: Austin Business Journal, HIT Consultant, Pulse 2.0, FinSMEs, VC News Daily, and Business Wire
Sponsor Posts
Clay:
Turn any GTM idea into reality — Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Turn any GTM idea into reality — Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Soxton:
AI-powered law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
AI-powered law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Zoho:
Event-driven document automation using webhooks in Zoho Writer — Instantly generate and send documents based on triggers from any form builder, business app, or automation workflow.We are excited …
Event-driven document automation using webhooks in Zoho Writer — Instantly generate and send documents based on triggers from any form builder, business app, or automation workflow.We are excited …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Channels with Peter Kafka:
How Odd Lots' Joe Weisenthal Turned Curiosity Into a Career, and a Hit Podcast
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Access:
OpenAI's Fidji Simo on why ads are coming to ChatGPT
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Invest Like the Best:
Alex Behring and Daniel Schwartz - Inside 3G Capital
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Grit:
The Truth Behind Automation Claims in Customer Support | Cresta CEO Ping Wu
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
The rise of the professional vibe coder (a new AI-era job) | Lazar Jovanovic (Professional Vibe Coder)
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Special Edition: Key findings from the Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 3:45 PM ET, June 15, 2025.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Selome Hailu / Variety:Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Wall Street Journal: |
More: Futurism and Atlantic Council
Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org. X: @jchengwsj, @marchofer, @workmj, @bio_clouseau, @jchengwsj, and @kyleichan
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot