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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging their deal to integrate ChatGPT into Apple devices stifles competition and Apple unfairly favors OpenAI in App Store ranking  —  Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI sued Apple (AAPL.O) and ChatGPT maker OpenAI …
Wall Street Journal:
a16z, OpenAI's Greg Brockman, and others launch Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC network with $100M+ in funding, hoping to emulate crypto PAC Fairshake  —  Venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are among those helping launch and fund Leading the Future
Chris Eudaily / CNBC:
Filing: Intel warns the US taking a 10% stake could trigger “adverse reactions”, including in international sales, which made up 76% of revenue last fiscal year  —  Intel on Monday warned of “adverse reactions” from investors, employees and others to the Trump administration taking …
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store, starting September 2026  —  Google wants to verify the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia says the Jetson AGX Thor, its latest “robot brain” chip module, is now on sale for $3,499 as a developer kit; the module will ship next month  —  Nvidia announced Monday that its latest robotics chip module, the Jetson AGX Thor, is now on sale for $3,499 as a developer kit.
Bloomberg:
Perplexity launches Comet Plus, a $5/month service similar to Apple News+, and says it has allocated $42.5M for publishers, which will receive 80% of revenue  —  The company has clashed with media outlets over use of their work.  —  Add us on Google  —  Perplexity AI Inc. is offering publishers …
Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:
Sources: the Trump administration is considering imposing sanctions on EU or member state officials responsible for implementing the EU's DSA  —  President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing …
Ryan Gould / Bloomberg:
Thoma Bravo buys Verint for $1.23B in a deal valuing the customer service automation software provider at $2B, days after the PE firm bought Dayforce for $12.3B  —  Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy Verint Systems Inc. for $1.23 billion in cash, just days after announcing a $12.3 billion takeover of Dayforce Inc.
Reuters:
Sources: Doug Beck, director of Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit, resigns; DOD officials had previously raised concerns about his donations to Democrats  —  The head of a Pentagon unit responsible for accelerating the military's adoption of new technology resigned on Monday …
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Forty-four US AGs sign an open letter to 11 chatbot and social media companies, warning they'll be held accountable if their AI chatbots knowingly harm children  —  Forty-four attorneys general signed an open letter on Monday that says to companies developing AI chatbots: “If you knowingly harm kids, you will answer for it.”
David Shepardson / Reuters:
The US Commerce Department voids a Biden administration deal with the nonprofit Natcast to oversee $7.4B in semiconductor research funds, calling it illegal  —  The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it was voiding an agreement finalized under President Joe Biden with an outside center …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Google says NotebookLM's Video Overviews now support 80 languages, and Audio Overviews now provide more detailed non-English summaries  —  Google announced on Monday that it updated NotebookLM's Video Overviews feature to support 80 languages, including French, German, Spanish, and Japanese.
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
LinkedIn is expanding its BrandLink video ads program with new publishers and creators, and says payouts to them have more than tripled year over year  —  LinkedIn is expanding its video advertising program, adding new publishers and creator-led shows to draw marketing dollars.

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From Mediagazer

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
How UK tabloids, which once held a powerful grip on the national discourse, are struggling in an era of social media feeds, AI, and influencer-driven content

Sara Fischer / Axios:
WSJ and Dow Jones plan a new sports vertical that will debut alongside an exclusive, invitation-only sports economy event in New York City this summer

Max Tani / Semafor:
Mediaite suspends Colby Hall, the writer of One Sheet, which aggregates newsletters about media and adds commentary, pending a probe into recent errors

More News

Thomas Germain / BBC:
YouTube used AI to make changes in some videos without telling the creators; YouTube says it's an experiment to unblur, denoise, and improve quality
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Docs: xAI terminated its status as a public benefit corporation as of May 9, 2024; XAI Holdings, which houses xAI and X, also doesn't have a PBC designation
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Netflix plans to open its first Netflix House locations, 100K-sq-ft entertainment and shopping venues, in Philadelphia on November 12 and Dallas on December 11

Earlier Picks

David Keohane / Financial Times:
Sony's gaming execs, designers, and studio founders describe how Sony wants its first-party studios to contribute more to revenue growth and take measured risks
Brave:
Researchers detail a now-fixed flaw in Perplexity's Comet AI browser that let an attacker use an indirect prompt injection to manipulate it into taking actions
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