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| Zoë Schiffer / Wired: |
Memo: OpenAI's Mark Chen responds to Meta offers, says it feels like “someone has broken into our home and stolen something” and OpenAI is “recalibrating comp” — As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they're ‘recalibrating comp,’ according to an internal memo.
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Forums: r/singularity and r/OpenAI
| Noah Smith / Noahpinion: |
Elon Musk calls the Senate tax bill “utterly insane” as it raises taxes on nuclear and geothermal energy and battery storage, which are crucial for AI training — Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” is an attack on American energy production. — There are many things to despise …
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Forums: r/centrist and r/NoShitSherlock
| Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline: |
The F1 movie gives Apple its first box office hit, opening to $144M worldwide and $55.6M in the US; it was pushed on Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness+, and Wallet — It's a win for racing car movies. It's a win for Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht led Apple Original Films on the big screen …
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| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo expects Apple to mass produce a Vision Pro with M5 in Q3 2025, a Vision Air in Q3 2027, a Vision Pro with a new design and XR glasses in H2 2028, and more — In a blog post today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo detailed his updated roadmap forecast for Apple's headset and smart glasses markets.| Bloomberg: |
China's tech giants are ramping up M&A and investment deals as the government shifts its stance to support the tech industry, particularly in areas like AI — After a chastening crackdown that wiped billions off their value and forced top executives out of the public eye … | Scott Werner / Works on My Machine: |
MCP has promise beyond AI, and could serve as a “universal plugin system” that connects disparate data sources and tools together to enable new capabilities — Or: The Day My Toaster Started Taking Phone Calls — There's this thing about USB-C that nobody really talks about.
More: Cautious Optimism and Works on My Machine
| Kevin Williams / CNBC: |
Baidu plans to open-source its Ernie LLM on June 30; some say this could cement China's AI leadership, while others doubt it will be a “DeepSeek moment” — On Monday, Chinese technology giant Baidu plans to make its Ernie generative AI large language model open source …
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Forums: r/technology, r/artificial, and r/worldnews
| Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Menlo Ventures targets ~$1.5B for new funds to invest in AI ventures, including $650M for early-stage startups, and $850M for later-stage companies — The investor in Anthropic and other artificial-intelligence companies is raising about $1.5 billion for new venture funds| Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of OnlyFans' secretive founder Leo Radvinsky, as the platform's parent company is considering a sale for as much as $8B, according to sources — Leo Radvinsky is asking as much as $8 billion for the platform he popularized for sex workers and others producing explicit content, even as he personally avoids the spotlight
Forums: r/technology
| Jon Fingas / BetaKit: |
Winnipeg-based Conquest Planning, which uses AI to help financial advisors and other clients make decisions, raised an $80M Series B led by Goldman Sachs — Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the Winnipeg startup's latest funding round. — Conquest Planning has secured an $80-million USD …
More: Finextra, Venture Capital Journal, and FinTech Futures
| Ryan Lawler / Axios: |
Spinwheel, which helps fintech companies and banks authenticate users, automate data retrieval, and facilitate payments, raised a $30M Series A led by F-Prime — Spinwheel, a fintech startup focused on consumer debt management, raised $30 million in Series A funding, CEO Tomás Campos tells Axios exclusively.
More: Spinwheel, FinTech Global, and PYMNTS.com
| Morgan Meaker / Bloomberg: |
Call center agents in Australia, Canada, Greece, and the US say they've been repeatedly mistaken for AI, as the industry rapidly integrates AI alongside humans — As more workers are asked by strangers if they're bots, surreal conversations are prompting introspection in the industry about what it means to be human.| The Information: |
OpenAI is expanding its consulting-like service to refine its models and build bespoke apps for large enterprise and government clients spending at least $10M — As OpenAI pitches its artificial intelligence to big companies and government agencies, it's taking a page from the playbook …
X: @amir
| Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu: |
Report: Swiss deep tech startups have created over $100B in total enterprise value, with 60% of VC funding in Switzerland from 2019 to 2025 going to deep tech — With 60 per cent of venture capital now flowing into deeptech, the country outpaces global peers and redefines what a small market can achieve. .Sponsor Posts
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