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Bloomberg:
Michel Devoret, a Google Quantum AI chief scientist, John Martinis, who left Google in 2020, and John Clarke win the Nobel in Physics for quantum computing work  —  Two physicists integral to efforts by Alphabet Inc.'s Google to build working quantum computers have been awarded the Nobel Prize …
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
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Qualcomm agrees to acquire the Italian open-source electronics platform Arduino for an undisclosed sum and says the Arduino brand will remain independent  —  Arduino is also launching a Qualcomm-equipped Uno Q that functions as a single-board computer and microcontroller.
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 …
The Keyword:
Google releases the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model, built on Gemini 2.5 Pro's capabilities to power agents that can interact with UIs, in preview via the API  —  Available in preview via the API, our Computer Use model is a specialized model built on Gemini 2.5 Pro's capabilities to power agents that can interact with user interfaces.
Financial Times:
Sources: Elon Musk has appointed former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong as CFO of xAI; he will also take over financial management for X  —  Anthony Armstrong will take over financial management for both the AI group and social media platform X  —  Elon Musk has appointed former …
Wall Street Journal:
NYSE owner ICE says it will invest up to $2B in Polymarket in a cash deal valuing the company at ~$8B pre-investment and that it will distribute Polymarket data  —  Investment from Intercontinental Exchange could help the popular prediction market re-enter the U.S.
Katelyn Chedraoui / CNET:
Meta updates Reels on Facebook to prioritize showing fresher and more-relevant content, and adds AI search suggestions and friend bubbles like on Instagram  —  Facebook's vice president of product, Jagjit Chawla, talks about how the platform treats AI-generated content and how you can see less of it.
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 …
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 …
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
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
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 …
Anthropic:
Anthropic releases Petri, an open-source tool using AI agents for safety testing, and says it observed multiple cases of models attempting to blow the whistle  —  Petri (Parallel Exploration Tool for Risky Interactions) is our new open-source tool that enables researchers to explore hypotheses about model behavior with ease.
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 …
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 …

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Lachlan Cartwright / Breaker:
Anderson Cooper is leaving 60 Minutes after almost 20 years; sources say he has decided to pass on a renewal offer with CBS

Chris Quinn / Plain Dealer:
The Cleveland Plain Dealer says it has removed “writing” from some reporters' workloads; an “AI rewrite specialist” turns info gathered by reporters into drafts

Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Ars Technica apologizes after publishing an article it says had fabricated quotations generated by an AI tool attributed to a source who did not say them

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