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| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
Google DeepMind Chief Scientist Jeff Dean and 30+ employees from OpenAI and Google file an amicus brief supporting Anthropic in its legal fight with the US DOD — Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
More: CourtListener, The Information, WinBuzzer, TechCrunch, Implicator.ai, The Independent, MediaNama, Business Insider, OnMSFT, The Rundown AI, Gizmodo, and The Deep View
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Bluesky: @pamspaulding and @peard33
Forums: r/technology, r/google, r/Anthropic, and r/OpenAI
| Maria Curi / Axios: |
Sources: the White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI tools after Trump called them “woke” — The White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing the federal government to rip out Anthropic's AI …
More: CoinDesk, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Week, Washington Post, and NBC News
| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Filing: Anthropic says it had $5B+ in all-time revenue since 2023 and may lose billions after clients paused deal talks due to the supply chain risk designation — Executives at the AI startup say companies paused deal talks after the Trump administration labeled it a supply-chain risk …
More: Fortune, CNN, Associated Press, SupplyChainBrain, The Information, TechCrunch, WHDH-TV, One America News Network, Semafor, The Verge, and Axios
Forums: r/tech, r/OpenAI, r/Anthropic, r/technology, and r/politics
| Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Yann LeCun's Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs raised a $1.03B seed at a $3.5B pre-money valuation to work on world models, in Europe's largest-ever seed round — Meta's former chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun has raised more than $1bn for his new start-up in Europe's largest ever seed funding round.
More: New York Times, Wired, TechCrunch, PitchBook, The Information, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Republic, Bloomberg, Implicator.ai, Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs, PYMNTS.com, STAT, Sifted, The Next Web, Le Monde, DNYUZ, Nikkei Asia, The Straits Times, Tech.eu, Business Today, Digital Journal, Tech Funding News, The Sun Malaysia, Capacity, Tech in Asia, RTHK, Pulse 2.0, France 24, and EU-Startups
X: @ylecun, @amilabs, @csprofkgd, @linusekenstam, @mavenlin, @himanshustwts, @kimmonismus, @nickclegg, @laurentsolly, @lxbrun, @ylecun, @aidenybai, @sainingxie, @austen, @beffjezos, @sanghyunwoo1219, @pascalefung, and @pascalefung
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook for an undisclosed sum; its creators, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, will join Meta Superintelligence Labs — Meta has acquired Moltbook, a viral social network designed for AI agents, Axios has learned. … - Meta did not disclose Moltbook's purchase price.
More: TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Reuters, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, Crypto Briefing, Business Insider, The Decoder, Sherwood News, and Proactive
| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Memo: Amazon SVP Dave Treadwell says junior and mid-level engineers now require more senior engineers to sign off any AI-assisted code changes, after outages — Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’ — Amazon's ecommerce business …
More: Tom's Hardware. X: @calbucci, @thdxr, @elonmusk, @noahpinion, @lukolejnik, @tszzl, @milan_milanovic, @rahll, @lukolejnik, @presidentlin, and @dan_jeffries1
Bluesky: @rani, @sarahoconnorft.ft.com, and @davidgerard.co.uk
Mastodon: @cwebber@social.coop and @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org
Forums: Hacker News, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| Financial Times: |
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab signs a chip supply deal with Nvidia worth tens of billions of dollars, planning to deploy 1GW+ of next-gen Vera Rubin chips — Multiyear partnership includes a further ‘significant’ investment from Nvidia into one-year-old AI start-up
More: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, The Information, Silicon Republic, Benzinga, NVIDIA, Capital Brief, Bloomberg Law, Blockonomi, and Crypto Briefing
X: @rohanpaul_ai and @miramurati
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
MacBook Neo review: premium chassis, vivid display, mechanical touchpad is clickable anywhere, and affordable, but no backlit keyboard and no USB-C port labels — The MacBook Neo looks and feels like it's expensive. That's the magic. … Why you can trust Tom's Hardware …
More: MacRumors, The Verge, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun, ZDNET, Stuff, Wired, Fast Company, Macworld, Bloomberg, PhoneArena, Tom's Guide, PCMag, TechRadar, GregsGadgets on YouTube, Brian Tong on YouTube, Justin Tse on YouTube, and Mashable
X: @chris_ciaccia, @mweinbach, @chriswelch, @business, @chancehmiller, @lanceulanoff, and @ijustine. LinkedIn: Andrew E. Freedman
| Brian Westover / PCMag: |
More: Tom's Hardware, The Verge, Six Colors, Hardware Canucks on YouTube, Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Tom's Guide, Macworld, CNET, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, Notebookcheck, TechRadar, Tyler Stalman on YouTube, Justin Tse on YouTube, Alex Ziskind on YouTube, 9to5Mac, Creative Strategies, No Film School, LaptopMedia.com, Kotaku, The Verge, and The Verge
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out Gemini-powered AI capabilities across Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, including a “Help me create” tool in Docs to generate first drafts — Google announced on Tuesday that it's bringing a slew of new Gemini-powered AI capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive.
More: The Keyword, 9to5Google, Engadget, Thurrott, PCWorld, CNET, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Mashable, The Next Web, Implicator.ai, Fast Company, Wired, The Deep View, and Digital Trends. X: @mweinbach
| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
Anthropic debuts Code Review for Claude Code, which uses agents to check pull requests for bugs, and says a typical code review costs $15 to $25 in token usage — ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic launches AI agents to review developer pull requests. — Internal tests tripled meaningful code review feedback.
More: Claude, Moneycontrol, WinBuzzer, Help Net Security, ITPro, The Indian Express, Digit, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, The New Stack, and The Verge
X: @claudeai, @yuchenj_uw, @rohanvarma, @sterlingcrispin, @khushiirl, @___4o____, @joelgrus, @rhyssullivan, @sawyerhood, @rahll, @bznotes, @cgtwts, @ryancarson, @pr0grammerhum0r, @altimor, @claudeai, @weswinder, @tukifromkl, @davidkpiano, @uwukko, @claudeai, @claudeai, @pxue, @lucas_montano, @bcherny, @kayvz, @dakshgup, @icesolst, @indofunctor, @boringbiz_, @bcherny, @bolatwtx, @phalgooon, @cryptopunk7213, @jsensarma, @derrickcchoi, @moviemuthyam, @gilgnyc, @jsensarma, @daniel_mac8, @lanreadelowo, @jarredsumner, @trq212, @adocomplete, and @dillon_mulroy. LinkedIn: James Taylor
| Wired: |
Sources: Nvidia is pitching NemoClaw, an upcoming open-source AI agent platform for enterprises, and plans to offer security and privacy tools as part of it — Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.
More: eWeek, The Economic Times, International Business Times, Gizmodo, The Indian Express, CNBC, The Information, CoinDesk, Tech in Asia, and Blockonomi
X: @zeffmax, @benitoz, and @theaustinlyons
Forums: r/LocalLLaMA and r/technews
| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple made ~55M iPhones in India in 2025, up 53% YoY from 36M in 2024, or ~25% of total iPhone production, as it shifts away from China amid US tariffs — Apple Inc. increased iPhone production in India by about 53% last year and now makes a quarter of its marquee devices there …
More: 9to5Mac, Benzinga, AppleInsider, Business Today, iClarified, Investment Monitor, MacRumors, MacTech.com, Times of India, MacDailyNews, Apple Must, Digit, The Hans India, The Indian Express, Notebookcheck, Tech in Asia, Livemint, and Blockonomi
Forums: r/india and MacRumors Forums
| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
How AI training company Mercor, valued at $10B in 2025, uses AI interviewer Melvin and invasive monitoring software Insightful to manage its 30K+ workforce — ART BY SAMAR HADDAD — This article is a collaboration between The Verge and New York Magazine.
Bluesky: @joshdzieza and @ketanjoshi.co
| Olivia Moore / Andreessen Horowitz: |
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X: @alexmashrabov, @changchen_cc, @scobleizer, @anisha_moonka, @lennysan, @aleximm, @a16z, @illscience, @a16z, @a16z, and @omooretweets. Forums: r/OpenAI
| Kerry Flynn / Axios: |
YouTube expands its likeness detection tool to select government officials, political candidates, and journalists to “manage unauthorized AI-impersonation” — YouTube is expanding a tool designed to detect impersonations to a select group of government officials, political candidates and journalists.| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, and ~10K writers publish Don't Steal This Book, an “empty” book to protest AI companies using their work — About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
More: The Verge, Türkiye Today, The Independent, LBC, Gamereactor UK, and ITV News
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Rhoda AI, which is developing an AI model for industrial robots trained on public internet videos, raised $450M led by Premji Invest at a $1.7B valuation — Rhoda uses widely available internet video to train industrial robots for a variety of conditions — A new AI startup is betting … | Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
Meta emails advertisers about “location fees” in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees — Meta Platforms is asking advertisers to cover the costs of digital services taxes, levies imposed by countries on local sales made by technology firms.| Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: |
Swedish legal AI startup Legora raised a $550M Series D led by Accel, tripling its valuation to $5.55B since its October 2025 raise, as it expands in the US — Swedish legal artificial intelligence startup Legora has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round led by Accel …
More: TechCrunch, CNBC, Sifted, Reuters, Tech.eu, The Next Web, and Menlo Ventures
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Meta's Oversight Board calls for an AI content moderation overhaul, saying current methods are not “comprehensive enough” to handle misinformation in a conflict — The board is calling on Meta to scale AI content labeling, including C2PA.| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
An interview with CEO Tom Conrad about Sonos' new speakers, its first consumer product release since 2024, scrapping set-top box plans, app fiasco, and more — Tom Conrad's tenure as CEO of Sonos Inc. kicked off with both personal and company crises. — He had spent years as a board member …
More: Tech Advisor, Forbes, 9to5Mac, T3, Engadget, The Verge, Tom's Guide, What Hi-Fi?, Fast Company, FlatpanelsHD, TechRadar, Mashable, and The Shortcut
X: @chriswelch and @chriswelch
| Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
Emil Michael says Google will deploy Gemini AI agents to Pentagon's 3M-strong workforce, initially on unclassified networks for tasks such as creating budgets — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is introducing artificial intelligence agents across the Pentagon's three million-strong workforce … | Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Jay Graber steps down as Bluesky CEO, saying a “seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution” is needed; Bluesky names VC Toni Schneider as interim CEO — Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
More: TechCrunch, We Distribute, The Verge, Fortune, Gizmodo, Business Today, Silicon Republic, twitchy.com, Seattle Business Journal, and Scripting News
LinkedIn: Toni Schneider. Bluesky: @carnage4life, @fwsa, @robynpowell, @toni.bsky.team, @kandake.africa, @fraying, @anildash.com, @danabra.mov, @gilliandn, @bnewbold.net, @clairewillett, @evansutton, @quillmatiq.com, @gendenelith, @davelee.me, @ryanlcooper.com, @caseynewton, @brainnotonyet, @masnick.com, @daveweigel, @chriswolfvision, @rose.bsky.team, @strngwys, @craigbrittain.com, @jay.bsky.team, @joshsternberg.com, and @wired.com. Mastodon: @liaizon@social.wake.st
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/BlueskySocial, and Slashdot
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
AI cybersecurity startup Armadin, started by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to build AI agents, raised ~$190M led by Accel; Google bought Mandiant for $5.4B — Four years ago Kevin Mandia agreed to sell his cybersecurity company Mandiant to Google for $5.4 billion. Now he's back in the game, with Google's help.
More: PYMNTS.com, Help Net Security, Ventureburn, and Pulse 2.0
| Bloomberg: |
How “dark factories”, powered by AI and robotics and requiring essentially no human workers, are set to upend China's labor market, already stressed by tariffs — Workers who powered a tariff-defying boom tell a grim story of falling wages and vanishing jobs.
Bluesky: @garvanwalshe.org and @kjoules.org
| Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: |
Israeli startup Jazz, which uses AI agents to tackle data loss prevention, raised $61M across seed and Series A led by Glilot and Team8, and has 15 paying users — Israel's Jazz raised $61 million in funding to create a platform that uses artificial intelligence to tackle data loss prevention.| Kieran Smith / Financial Times: |
An interview with Hinge CEO Jackie Jantos, promoted from CMO in December 2025, as the dating app hits 1.8M+ paying users, gaining ground while others struggle — Jackie Jantos defies dating app decline with focus on serious relationships: 'It's not TikTok, you need to put in effort'Sponsor Posts
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