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OpenAI says it has removed all marketing materials announcing its $6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's io from the web due to a “baseless” trademark dispute lawsuit — Social media users noticed Sunday that a video and website hosted by OpenAI that announced the artificial intelligence …
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| Financial Times: |
Tesla's Austin robotaxi service gets a limited launch, with ~10 Model Y vehicles and safety drivers; Elon Musk says initial users will pay “a $4.20 flat fee” — Self-driving technology on which Elon Musk has staked the future of his company debuts in Texas
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| Reuters: |
Texas enacts legislation requiring a DMV permit to operate self-driving vehicles, effective from September 1, as Tesla launches its robotaxi trial in Austin — Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, has signed legislation requiring a permit to operate self-driving vehicles …
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
The Senate parliamentarian rules that a Republican effort to block US states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years will remain in Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill — A Republican effort to block US states from enforcing new artificial intelligence regulations will remain in President Donald Trump's massive tax …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Behind Mark Zuckerberg's sweeping recruitment effort for Meta's new Superintelligence lab, including hundreds of reach outs and $100M+ offers and counter offers — In a bid to address an AI crisis at his company, the Meta CEO has gotten personally involved in recruiting top talent| Jack Buehrer / The Verge: |
The music industry is developing tools to detect AI-generated music across the music pipeline, with a focus on licensing and control rather than takedowns — With no way to stop the onslaught of AI music, the industry is taking a different approach: figuring out how to make money off of it.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's conservative approach to M&A, which may need to change to catch up in AI by acquiring a startup like Perplexity, Cohere, Sierra AI, or Mistral — Apple will need to make the biggest acquisition in its history to put an end to its artificial intelligence debacle.
More: MacRumors, Axios, iDownloadBlog.com, Spyglass, Digital Trends, DNA India, Parker Ortolani, Tech Times, Gizchina.com, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, MacStories, Forbes, PhoneArena, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Fortune, Engadget, and Fortune India
Bluesky: @hunterwalk.com. Mastodon: @macstories@mastodon …. Threads: @mwi.invest. X: @markgurman, @vilinskyy, @chatgpt21, @parkerortolani, @morqon, @rwang07, @markgurman, and @ejzim
Forums: r/MediaMergers, r/apple, r/artificial, r/perplexity_ai, r/technology, r/BetterOffline, and MacRumors Forums
| Walter Frick / Bloomberg: |
How AI is enabling a “botscaling” era in Silicon Valley, where companies achieve high revenue per employee with minimal headcount — Startups used to brag about valuations and venture capital. Now AI is making revenue per employee the new holy grail.| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple is locked in last-minute EU negotiations over App Store changes to avoid fines set for this week, and is expected to offer “steering” concessions — Tech group must make concessions to comply with Digital Markets Act or be hit by escalating levies from Thursday| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Inside Disney's plan to limit AI companies' use of its IP, which led Disney and Comcast to sue Midjourney; Disney is also in talks with companies like OpenAI — Disney's top lawyer says his lawsuit against Midjourney is just the first step in a plan to limit AI companies' use of the studio's most valuable characters.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky could get a multibillion-dollar payout if he drives the fintech's valuation to ~$150B, under an Elon Musk-style pay deal — Nik Storonsky struck deal before SoftBank funding round that awards him more shares if valuation clears set hurdles
More: Finextra and The Guardian
| Kevin Draper / New York Times: |
How Walmart, seeking to compete with e-commerce rivals like Amazon, built a multibillion-dollar HQ in Bentonville, aiming to attract workers and woo shoppers — The retailing giant is spending billions to attract workers to a new headquarters and woo shoppers with drone delivery and a broader range of items …
More: PYMNTS.com
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
A profile of Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor turned a16z partner who later founded Haun Ventures and believes the GENIUS Act will make stablecoins safer — In 2018, when Bitcoin was trading around $4,000 and most Americans, at least, thought cryptocurrency was a fad …
More: Finextra
| Esther Fung / Wall Street Journal: |
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