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June 16, 2025, 12:35 AM

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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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proposed under the Biden Administration, including two relating to DeFi and digital asset custody  —  The SEC has withdrawn over a dozen rules the agency proposed under Joe Biden, including two crypto-related rules targeting DeFi and digital asset custody.
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 …
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.
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 …

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