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OpenAI announces apps that work inside ChatGPT, piloting Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Figma, Expedia, Spotify, and Zillow for logged-in users outside of the EU — A new generation of apps you can chat with and the tools for developers to build them. — Try in ChatGPT(opens in a new window)Start building apps(opens in a new window)
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| Wired: |
At OpenAI's DevDay, Sam Altman and Jony Ive spoke in vague terms about the “family of devices” currently under development; Altman says “it will take a while” — “I don't think we have an easy relationship with our technology at the moment,” the former Apple designer … | Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
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| Financial Times: |
OpenAI's deals with Nvidia, AMD, Oracle, and others for computing power have topped $1T, dwarfing its revenue and raising questions about how it can fund them — Partners including Nvidia, AMD and Oracle have signed up to Sam Altman's huge bet on the future of artificial intelligence| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
A look at the OpenAI-AMD partnership, which added ~$78B to AMD's market cap and shows OpenAI is good at deals; last week, OpenAI deals boosted SHOP and ETSY — OpenAI/AMD, Antifraud Co., M&A scoops, World Cup tickets, Gary Gensler's cell phone and Citadel Insecurities. — OpenAI/AMD
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mastodon plans to add Bluesky-like starter packs to suggest accounts to follow for new users, but will allow accounts to opt out of being included in Packs — Mastodon, the decentralized, open social network with over 8 million accounts and nearly 700,000 monthly active users …
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| Tyler Katzenberger / Politico: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a law banning excessively loud ads on streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, a US first, modeled on a 2010 federal law — “We heard Californians loud and clear, and what's clear is that they don't want commercials at a volume any louder than the level … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Qualcomm acquires Italian open-source electronics platform Arduino for an undisclosed sum and will retain the Arduino brand; Arduino releases a Pi-like board — Arduino is also launching a Qualcomm-equipped Uno Q that functions as a single-board computer and microcontroller.
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| Sima Kotecha / BBC: |
UK police dismantle a gang suspected of smuggling up to 40K stolen phones from the UK to China in the past year, arrest 18 suspects, and recover 2,000 phones — Police say they have dismantled an international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China in the past year.| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Sources: Tesla abandoned Elon Musk's goal to make thousands of Optimus robots in 2025 due to significant technical challenges, especially with the robots' hands — When Elon Musk takes the stage at Tesla's annual meeting next month, one of the centerpieces of his plan to impress shareholders … | Wall Street Journal: |
NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange says it will invest up to $2B in Polymarket in a cash deal valuing the prediction market at ~$8B; ICE's market cap is $90B+ — Investment from Intercontinental Exchange could help the popular prediction market re-enter the U.S.
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Bluesky: @wendysiegelman and @peark.es
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
AltStore, one of the first alternative app stores in the EU, raised a $6M Series A led by Pace Capital, aims to launch in Australia, Brazil, and Japan in 2025 — The third-party app store known as AltStore, one of the first companies to offer an alternative app marketplace in the European Union …
More: Riley Testut and MacRumors
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic and IBM partner to make Anthropic's Claude models available in IBM's latest IDE for large businesses, and IBM aims to add Claude to more products soon — The AI startup and enterprise tech giant team up to make Anthropic's Claude models available to developers on IBM's software| Caleb Mutua / Bloomberg: |
JPMorgan Chase: debt tied to AI-related companies hits $1.2T, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market at 14%, surpassing US banks at 11.7% — The amount of debt tied to artificial intelligence has ballooned to $1.2 trillion, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market …
Bluesky: @jessefelder and @waldo42
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
MrBeast, who is set to earn an estimated $85M in 2025, says AI-generated videos could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it “scary times” for the industry — Top YouTube creator MrBeast is worried about AI's impact on creators' livelihoods, despite having dabbled with using the technology himself.
More: Fortune, Moneycontrol, Tech Times, and Business Today
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