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OpenAI says it has removed all marketing materials announcing its acquisition of Jony Ive's io due to a trademark dispute lawsuit — Social media users noticed Sunday that a video and website hosted by OpenAI that announced the artificial intelligence company's $6.5 billion acquisition …
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| Bloomberg: |
The Senate parliamentarian rules that a Republican effort blocking 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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Behind Mark Zuckerberg's sweeping recruitment effort for Meta's 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
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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.| 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.
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Forums: r/MediaMergers, r/apple, r/artificial, r/perplexity_ai, r/technology, r/BetterOffline, and MacRumors Forums
| 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.
Forums: Slashdot
| Reuters: |
Texas enacts legislation, effective September 1, requiring a permit to operate self-driving vehicles, ahead of Tesla's planned robotaxi trial in Austin — Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, has signed legislation requiring a permit to operate self-driving vehicles just before Tesla's planned launch …
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| 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| Brian Kahn / Bloomberg: |
A look at BeeHome, an AI-powered robotic beehive developed by Beewise, which has raised ~$170M and helps reduce losses by monitoring colony health in real time — After 150 years without minimal innovation, the beehive is getting an upgrade that is making it easier to protect colonies and the crops that rely on them.| 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 … | 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.| Vince Dioquino / Decrypt: |
Texas becomes the third US state to approve a public crypto reserve, allowing direct purchases of assets averaging $500B+ in market cap over 24 months — Texas has become the third U.S. state to approve a public Bitcoin reserve, with new legislation allowing direct crypto purchases. — In brief
More: DL News, Bitcoin Insider, Bloomberg Law, The Crypto Times, ZyCrypto, NewsBTC, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, CoinGape, and BeInCrypto
| Lauren Weber / Wall Street Journal: |
A US judge let an age-discrimination claim, focused on an application-screening algorithm, proceed as a collective action against HR software company Workday — After more than 100 unsuccessful job applications, Derek Mobley sued software firm Workday for discrimination, claiming its algorithm screened him out
Forums: r/recruitinghell
| Sujeet Indap / Financial Times: |
Wolfspeed, a NC-based chipmaker for EVs, says it made a deal with creditors to reduce its ~$6.5B debt in a bankruptcy package that nearly wipes out shareholders — Supplier to EV companies cites deal with creditors to reduce near $6.5bn debt by 70 per cent
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