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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 …
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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 …
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The US taking a 10% equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea and a dangerous turn for US industrial policy, but also the least bad idea to make Foundry viable — The U.S. taking an equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea; it also happens to be the least bad idea to make Intel Foundry viable.| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Stanford researchers: over the past three years, employment has dropped 13% for entry-level workers starting out in fields that are the most exposed to AI — Artificial intelligence is making it harder for entry-level workers in the US to find jobs in fields like software development and customer service, according to new research.
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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 …
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Google plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even from outside the Play Store, starting in September 2026 — Google wants to verify the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store
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Japanese media groups Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun jointly sue Perplexity in Tokyo, alleging the AI startup “copied and stored” their content without permission — The publishers say the company illegally ‘copied and stored article content’ — Two of Japan's largest media groups …
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A profile of A24, valued at $3.5B in June 2024, as the studio focuses on big budget projects and invests in AI tools via A24 Labs, drawing mixed reactions — The studio is brilliant at selling small, provocative films. Now it wants to sell blockbusters, too. — In November of 2015, the upstart film studio A24 had a problem.| Moneycontrol: |
Q&A with Harsh Jain, CEO of Dream11 parent Dream Sports, on India's real-money gaming law, which he says erased 95% of the group's revenue and all its profits — Dream Sports CEO Harsh Jain described India's gaming law as an unexpected knockout punch but said he remains “a delusional optimist” …
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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.| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
Court filing: Tesla rejected a $60M settlement offer in a lawsuit over a fatal 2019 crash of an Autopilot-equipped Model S, before losing a $243M verdict — Billionaire Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla (TSLA.O) rejected a $60 million settlement proposal in a lawsuit over the 2019 fatal crash … | Navya Menon / Bloomberg: |
Yield Sec: illegal gambling operators captured 71% of Europe's online betting and casino market in 2024, or €80.65B, as regulators struggle with crypto casinos — Illegal gambling operators captured 71% of Europe's online betting and casino market last year, or €80.65 billion … | Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
Shopify updated a help page in May to tighten its rules against “hateful content” like racist merchandise, after removing a similar ban in July 2024 — Shopify Inc. tightened rules against “hateful content” as users sell racist merchandise using its popular e-commerce platform, roughly a year after removing a similar ban.| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Forty-four US AGs sign an open letter to 11 chatbot and social media companies, warning they will be held accountable if their AI chatbots knowingly harm kids — 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.”
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