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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to pay Google about $1B per year for a 1.2T-parameter Gemini model to help power the new Siri, which is on track for next spring  —  Apple Inc. is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model developed …
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says an “IPO is not on the cards right now”, and that OpenAI hopes the US government might backstop the financing of data center deals  —  Sarah Friar says the AI giant could reach break-even quickly and would like government backstop on data-center investments
OpenAI:
OpenAI says it now has 1M+ business customers globally, with ChatGPT for Work seats up 40% in two months to 7M+ and ChatGPT Enterprise seats up 9x YoY
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Sens. Mark Warner and Josh Hawley introduce a bipartisan bill that would require companies and US agencies to submit quarterly reports on AI-related job impacts  —  A new bipartisan bill seeks to provide a “clear picture” of how artificial intelligence is affecting the American workforce.
Bloomberg:
Snap announces a deal to distribute Perplexity's search engine to Snapchat users; Perplexity will pay Snap $400M through a combination of cash and equity  —  Snap Inc. shares surged more than 25% in extended trading after the company announced a $400 million partnership with Perplexity AI Inc …
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Snap reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $1.51B, above $1.49B est., DAUs up 8% YoY to 477M, above 476M est., and announces a $500M share buyback; SNAP jumps 23%+
Julian Chokkattu / Wired:
Sandbar unveils the $249+ Stream Ring, an AI-powered smart ring for transcribing audio notes into text via an app, available to preorder, shipping summer 2026  —  A new company called Sandbar has unveiled a smart wearable called Stream Ring, which uses a microphone to record your softly spoken thoughts.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google says Gemini Deep Research can now directly draw on information stored in users' Gmail, Drive, and Chat to create reports  —  After adding PDF support in May, Gemini Deep Research can now directly tap information stored in your Gmail and Google Chat conversations, as well as Google Drive files.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley's new startup Hopscotch Labs releases BeeBot, which combines AI, audio, and location-based social features, on the App Store  —  BeeBot is an “app for AirPods” that combines AI, audio and location-based social features.  —  Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley …
More: Dennis Crowley.  LinkedIn: Jesse Middleton.  Bluesky: @karissabe.  Threads: @dens, @dens, @dens, and @dens
Ari Levy / CNBC:
Qualcomm reports Q4 revenue up 10% YoY to $11.27B, above $10.79B est., handsets revenue up 14% YoY to $6.96B, and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates  —  Qualcomm reported fiscal fourth-quarter results on Wednesday that beat analyst estimates on the top and bottom lines.
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
The AI boom is driving coordinated innovation in the US as it builds fabs and energy infrastructure that could have lasting value even if the bubble bursts  —  It's funny to remember that a decade ago there were enough people convinced we were in a bubble that I felt compelled to write …
Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal:
Quantinuum unveils Helios, a quantum computer with 98 physical qubits, from which it can deliver 48 logical error-corrected qubits, an impressive 2:1 ratio  —  Quantinuum unveils its latest system, Helios, inching the industry toward the day the technology will deliver meaningful commercial value
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Robinhood reports Q3 revenue up 100% YoY to $1.27B, vs. $1.19B est., transaction-based revenue up 129% to $730M, vs. $739M est., and net income up 271% to $556M  —  Robinhood beat Wall Street expectations for the third quarter on Wednesday, extending a hot streak that has made it one of the biggest large-cap U.S. tech stocks this year.
Jake Pearson / ProPublica:
Sources and docs: after Marc Andreessen donated $5M+ to Trump's 2024 campaign, most CFPB probes have stalled, including three into Andreessen-backed companies  —  The Trump administration's gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen …
Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Microsoft built a simulated marketplace to test hundreds of AI agents, finding that businesses could manipulate agents into buying their products and more  —  On Wednesday, researchers at Microsoft released a new simulation environment designed to test AI agents, along with new research showing …

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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Financial Times:
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