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Sources: Elon Musk pushed out two more xAI co-founders after getting frustrated with xAI's coding product progress and brought in “fixers” from SpaceX and Tesla — Tesla and SpaceX managers sent in to review work as billionaire's start-up struggles to keep pace with rivals
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| Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
Elon Musk says xAI “was not built right first time around, so is being rebuilt from the foundations up” — Elon Musk admitted today that xAI, his artificial intelligence venture, “was not built right first time around” and “is being rebuilt from the foundations up.”
More: Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, The Information, and The Independent
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| The Information: |
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| Karandeep Singh Oberoi / Android Police: |
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs — Can you imagine a world where WhatsApp stops offering end-to-end encryption (E2EE)? That's not happening, but a different Meta-owned company …
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Travis Kalanick renames CloudKitchens' parent company as Atoms, focused on creating “gainfully employed robots” for the food, mining, and transport industries — Uber Technologies Inc. co-founder Travis Kalanick has launched a new venture that will focus on creating …
More: Reuters, Business Insider, and The Information
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| Jessica E. Lessin / The Information: |
Sources: Travis Kalanick prepares to launch a self-driving car company with backing from Uber and has been discussing acquiring Anthony Levandowski's Pronto.ai — Former Uber CEO and cofounder Travis Kalanick is preparing to launch a new robotics and self-driving car company with major backing …
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Adobe will pay a $75M fine and provide $75M in free services to users to resolve a US government lawsuit accusing it of concealing termination fees, and more — Adobe (ADBE.O) reached a $150 million settlement to resolve a U.S. government lawsuit accusing the Photoshop and Acrobat maker …
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| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
AWS plans to deploy Cerebras' Wafer-Scale Engine chip for AI inference functions; AWS will still offer slower, cheaper computing using its Trainium processors — Amazon Web Services says the partnership will allow it to offer lightning-fast inference computing
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Amazon Prime Video plans to raise the price of its ad-free plan, Ultra, to $4.99 per month, and add support for up to five simultaneous streams, from April 10 — The revamped Prime Video ‘Ultra’ tier will cost $4.99 per month and come with ‘exclusive’ access to 4K streams.
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| Clive Thompson / New York Times: |
Developers on AI coding: many are enthusiastic and now feel more like architects than construction workers, some say software jobs openings may grow, and more — Lately, Manu Ebert has been trying to keep his A.I. from humiliating him. — I recently visited Ebert, a machine-learning engineer …
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| Kelby Vera / HuffPost: |
Alex Karp says AI disrupts the economic power of “humanities-trained, largely Democratic voters” and strengthens that of “working-class, often male voters” — In a new interview, Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicted who will be hit hardest by shifts in technology ... and it wasn't the typical MAGA base.
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| Eli Tan / New York Times: |
Sources: Meta delayed the launch of its Avocado model to at least May over performance concerns and discussed temporarily licensing Gemini to power its products — The tech giant pushed back the timeline after spending billions to be on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence.
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Peacock adds a new feature to its app that uses AI to curate personalized vertical video playlists, narrated by a generative AI avatar of host Andy Cohen — Peacock is making a clear bet on two things: AI and mobile-first entertainment. — Based on what the streamer previewed at a press event yesterday … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple is lowering its commission for its App Store in mainland China from 30% to 25%, starting on March 15, “following discussions with the Chinese regulator” — Apple Inc. is lowering the fees it collects from app developers for software and in-app purchases in China … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches new tools to help creators detect and report impersonation, and updates guidelines to better define what it considers to be “original content” — After numerous accusations claiming that Facebook has turned into an “AI slop hellscape,” Meta on Friday announced …
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| Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News: |
MacBook Neo teardown: most repairable MacBook in ~14 years, with no parts pairing issues, a screwed-down battery, and relatively easy keyboard replacement — Is Apple's most affordable laptop ever also one of its most repairable? For years, opening a MacBook has usually meant fighting your way through glue and buried parts.
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| The Information: |
Sources: Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers to develop AI models for scientific research, is in talks to raise $175M at a $1B valuation — Former Anthropic researchers are in talks to raise $175 million at a $1 billion valuation for a new startup that aims to conduct AI-driven research …
X: @amir and @julia_hornstein
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber is relaunching a robotaxi service with Hyundai-backed Motional in Las Vegas; the service will have a safety driver behind the wheel until the end of 2026 — Uber Technologies Inc. is relaunching a robotaxi service with the Hyundai Motor Co.-backed company Motional in Las Vegas …
More: TechCrunch, Tech Brew, Reuters, The Next Web, InsideEVs, electrive.com, Benzinga, Engadget, The Driverless Digest, Sherwood News, and Automotive World. LinkedIn: Till Hartmann
| Reuters: |
Didi reports Q4 revenue up 10.5% YoY to $8.46B, international revenue up 47% YoY to $638M, and a net loss of $43.48M amid an overseas expansion push — Didi Global reported on Friday a net loss for the fourth quarter, as China's largest ride-hailing platform ramped up its international expansion, boosting costs.| Anthropic: |
Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 now offer a 1M context window at standard pricing; it is the default for Claude Code Max, Team, and Enterprise users on Opus 4.6 — Standard pricing now applies across the full 1M window for both models, with no long-context premium. Media limits expand to 600 images or PDF pages.
More: The Decoder and Simon Willison's Weblog
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Bluesky: @davidcrespo and @anthropicbot
Forums: r/singularity and r/ClaudeAI
| Financial Times: |
Banking, manufacturing, and other EU businesses warn “tech sovereignty” could hit profits and competitiveness as Brussels aims to cut reliance on US tech giants — Companies argue that ‘tech sovereignty’ drive could hit profits and undermine continent's competitiveness
More: Computerworld
| Nathan Vifflin / Reuters: |
STMicro says it will retrain workers and deploy humanoid robots in its older chip plants for repetitive and physically demanding tasks, aiming to avoid closures — STMicroelectronics (STMPA.PA) unveiled plans on Thursday to retrain workers and deploy robots in its older chip manufacturing plants …
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