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| Kenrick Cai / Reuters: |
President Trump accuses Iran of using AI as a “disinformation weapon” to make fake images of wartime successes against the US, saying “AI can be very dangerous” — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” …
More: Implicator.ai, Raw Story, BBC, NewsMax.com, Forbes, and Mediaite
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Study: most AI-generated videos on social media about the US' Iran war push pro-Iranian views, often exaggerating its military capabilities and sophistication — A torrent of fake videos and images generated by artificial intelligence have overrun social networks during the first weeks of the war in Iran.
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Forums: r/ArtificialInteligence and r/Israel
| Jordyn Holman / New York Times: |
Q&A with Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on accidents, why autonomous vehicles won't lead to job losses, plans to license Waymo tech to other companies, and more — Waymo's co-chief executive, Tekedra Mawakana, knows she needs to earn the public's trust. It won't be easy.
Forums: r/waymo
| Horace Dediu / Asymco: |
As AI models commodify, Apple's plans to spend just $14B on 2026 capex, far below hyperscalers' combined $650B, or 90%+ of their cash flow, may be a genius move — The 3rd? most valuable company on Earth watched as its rivals lit $650 billion on fire and did nothing.
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| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google and Accel's joint AI startup accelerator Atoms picks five Indian startups from 4,000+ applications, saying ~70% of rejected applicants were AI “wrappers” — Many artificial intelligence startup ideas are still little more than superficial “wrappers” built on top of existing models.| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft cut plans to add some Copilot AI features to Windows 11 and shipped some tools without the Copilot branding, to reduce AI bloat in the OS — Originally announced in 2024, Microsoft's plan to integrate Copilot across various areas of the Windows 11 shell has been shelved … | Reuters: |
JD.com launches online marketplace Joybuy in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as it expands globally to challenge Amazon — Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com (9618.HK) on Monday launched its Joybuy online marketplace in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands …
More: Benzinga, Bloomberg, Dow Jones Newswires, JoyBuy, CNBC, The Standard, The Grocer, The Independent, and Tech in Asia
| Financial Times: |
How competition between Brazilian delivery app iFood and Meituan's Keeta in Brazil has descended into accusations of corporate espionage and shady tactics — Local courier group iFood and China-backed Keeta trade claims of corporate espionage and underhand tactics — Michael Pooler and Beatriz Langella in São Paulo| Helen Vogelsong-Donahue / Wired: |
The gaming industry is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties, from job losses to rising console prices due to the global RAM shortage — From the global RAM shortage driving up console prices to job loss in the industry, gaming is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties.
More: Panda Security Mediacenter, TheGamer, Semafor, nextpit, and Polygon.com
| Clinton Nwachukwu / Ventureburn: |
Standard Kernel, which is making AI-powered GPU optimization software, raised a $20M seed led by Jump Capital, with General Catalyst and others participating — Automating the AI Hardware Stack — Standard Kernel, a startup zeroing in on AI-driven GPU software optimisation, just pulled in $20 million in seed funding.
More: Tech Funding News and Standard Kernel Co.
X: @saayanath, @dylan522p, and @anneouyang
LinkedIn: Astasia Myers and Brian Venturo
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify announces Taste Profile editing in beta, the first time it lets users fine-tune the recommendation algorithm, starting with Premium users in New Zealand — At the SXSW conference on Friday, Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström announced a new feature, launching in beta …
More: Spotify, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, The Verge, Engadget, Observer, The Next Web, and Moneycontrol
Forums: r/truespotify and r/technology
| Wen-Yee Lee / Reuters: |
Micron completes the $1.8B acquisition of Powerchip's DRAM fab in Taiwan, and plans a second fab of similar scale with construction starting by the end of FY26 — U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology (MU.O) said on Monday it plans to build a second manufacturing facility in Taiwan …
More: Focus Taiwan, Micron Technology, Inc., and DigiTimes
| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alibaba may unveil a Qwen-based AI agent for enterprises as soon as this week, and plans to gradually integrate the agent into its services like Alipay — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to release an agentic AI service for companies, banking on national enthusiasm around artificial … | Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
Sources: Hua Hong is readying a 7nm process at its Shanghai fab with Huawei's collaboration, which would make it China's second chipmaker at the node after SMIC — China's Hua Hong Group has developed advanced chip manufacturing technologies that can be used to produce artificial intelligence chips … Sponsor Posts
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