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| Politico: |
The White House releases an AI policy framework, explicitly calling on Congress to preempt state AI laws, create age-gating requirements for AI models, and more — The framework explicitly calls on Congress to preempt any state laws that regulate the way models are developed or that penalize companies …
More: The White House, Reuters, TechCrunch, Engadget, Computerworld, Gizmodo, ZDNET, Decrypt, Associated Press, UPI, CNN, Fox News, Unite.AI, Techstrong.ai, Cointelegraph, NBC News, PYMNTS.com, New York Times, Axios, Washington Post, The Hill, FedScoop, and The Information
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LinkedIn: Michael Kratsios, Dan Wolf, Jordan Crenshaw, Brandon Butler, Gabby Miller, Lee Tiedrich, and Avani D.. Bluesky: @gtjr. Mastodon: @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google is running a “small” experiment replacing news headlines in search results with AI-generated ones, after adding the feature in Google Discover in January — We're seeing Verge headlines rewritten by Google AI. … Since roughly the turn of the millennium, Google Search has been the bedrock of the web.
More: Search Engine Land, The A.V. Club, and Digital Trends
LinkedIn: Louisa Frahm. Bluesky: @miasato, @seanokane, @reckless, @seanhollister, @justinhendrix, @seamoosi, @bobbyallyn, @quinnypig.com, and @juxtacognition
Mastodon: @grigs@front-end.social, @munin@infosec.exchange, @mhoye@cosocial.ca, and @stefan@stefanbohacek.online. Forums: r/technology
| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Sources: Amazon's ZeroOne unit is developing “Transformer”, a phone that syncs with Alexa; it would be Amazon's second smartphone, after the Fire Phone in 2014 — In 2014, Amazon (AMZN.O) introduced its first smartphone, hoping to take on Apple and Samsung.
More: Computerworld, TechCrunch, The Verge, ZDNET, Thurrott, GeekWire, Ars Technica, Tom's Guide, Android Central, Spyglass, CNET, Android Police, MakeUseOf, The Information, 9to5Google, PCMag, Fierce Network, iClarified, Engadget, Android Headlines, HotHardware, Mashable, Crypto Briefing, Business Today, Blockonomi, PhoneArena, Digit, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Cord Cutters News, and Benzinga
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
WordPress.com says it will now allow AI agents to draft, edit, and publish content on customers' websites, as well as manage comments, update metadata, and more — Web hosting platform WordPress.com is embracing AI agents, a decision that could change the look and feel of the web.
More: WordPress.com News, The Next Web, and Cyber Security News
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
US prosecutors charge three people affiliated with Super Micro, including co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw, with smuggling Nvidia AI chips to China; SMCI drops 30%+ — The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has charged associates of an unidentified U.S. server maker …
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| Ed Bott / ZDNET: |
Microsoft acknowledges complaints about Windows 11, promising a reduction of “unnecessary” Copilot integrations, more control over updates, and more — ZDNET's key takeaways — Microsoft finally acknowledged complaints about Windows 11. — The company is promising sweeping changes to a slew of features.
More: Windows Blog, The Verge, Thurrott, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, VideoCardz.com, The Verge, PCWorld, PCWorld, Windows Latest, and MakeUseOf
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| DeepDelver: |
A new anonymous Substack alleges AI compliance startup Delve “faked” compliance for startups by generating pre-populated audit reports and fabricating evidence — How Delve managed to falsely convince hundreds of customers they were compliant and then lied about it when exposed and called out
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LinkedIn: Mike Kim and Jan Langrehr
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| Arthur Mensch / Financial Times: |
Mistral's CEO proposes a revenue-based levy for AI model providers in the EU, to be invested “in new content creation and supporting Europe's cultural sectors” — A revenue-based charge would protect the livelihoods of copyright holders and bring legal certainty
| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
OpenAI plans “an autonomous AI research intern” by September and says its “North Star” is to build a fully automated multi-agent research system by 2028 — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY — OpenAI is refocusing its research efforts and throwing its resources into a new grand challenge.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
A US DOJ operation disrupted four botnets that infected 3M+ devices and includes the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets used in a 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack in November 2025 — The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had used clever techniques to worm into home networks, infecting …
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X: @zephyr_z9, @zephyr_z9, and @mattjay
LinkedIn: Kenneth A. DeChellis, David Bradbury, Brian Krebs, and Jérôme Meyer
| Bill Ready / Time: |
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready calls on governments to ban social media for users under 16, says social platforms gave “insufficient forethought” about consequences — When Pinterest removed social features for teens and made every account under 16 private—meaning no discoverability …
More: TechCrunch, Reuters, and The Independent
| Jose Antonio Lanz / Decrypt: |
Microsoft releases MAI-Image-2, ranked third on Arena AI's text-to-image leaderboard behind only models from Google and OpenAI, available in the MAI Playground — Microsoft has been quietly building its own image generator. Announced Thursday by the company's AI Superintelligence team … | Bloomberg: |
Memo: ByteDance agrees to sell gaming unit Moonton to Savvy Games, owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF, sources say for $6B; ByteDance bought Moonton for ~$4B in 2021 — Savvy Games Group has agreed to buy the Moonton studio from ByteDance Ltd. as the Saudi Arabian firm builds up its mobile gaming assets.| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI plans to merge ChatGPT, Codex, and its browser into a desktop “superapp” to simplify the user experience and focus on engineering and business customers — The AI company will combine ChatGPT, Codex app and browser in an effort to focus and streamline its resources
More: MacRumors, Decrypt, ZDNET, CNET, InfoWorld, PCWorld, MobileSyrup, PCMag, AppleInsider, eWeek, CNBC, iPhone in Canada, Engadget, Techstrong.ai, Thurrott, Quartz, Benzinga, TechRadar, Blockonomi, iClarified, PYMNTS.com, International Business Times, The Decoder, Fortune, The American Bazaar, WinBuzzer, Silicon Republic, Android Headlines, 9to5Mac, Implicator.ai, Times of India, The Verge, and The Information
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LinkedIn: Radoslav Geshev, Eduardo Valdelomar, and Charlie Marsh. Bluesky: @edzitron.com. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Xiaomi unveils its MiMo-V2 AI models, including the 1T-parameter MiMo-V2-Pro, codenamed Hunter Alpha, which Xiaomi says benchmarks close to GPT-5.2 and Opus 4.6 — Led by Fuli Luo, a veteran of the disruptive DeepSeek R1 project, the release represents what Luo characterizes as a “quiet ambush” on the global frontier.
More: Xiaomi MiMo, Explore and Love, Xiaomi MiMo, Explore and Love, and Xiaomi MiMo, Explore and Love
X: @_luofuli, @artificialanlys, @yishan, @xiaomimimo, @xiaomimimo, @kilocode, @youjiacheng, @jenzhuscott, @opencode, @teortaxestex, @artificialanlys, @artificialanlys, @genai_is_real, @thdxr, @openrouter, @wesroth, @elaina43114880, @ruima, @xiaomimimo, @_albertgu, @cline, and @lentils80
Forums: r/technology, r/SillyTavernAI, and r/LocalLLaMA
| Reuters: |
Sources: contract electronics manufacturer Zetwerk plans to file for an IPO in India, aiming to raise ~$550M at a ~$4B valuation; it was valued at $3.1B in 2024 — India's Zetwerk is preparing to confidentially file draft papers for an initial public offering within the next one to two weeks …
More: Inc42
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
A judge issues an order requiring Kalshi to temporarily halt sports and election contracts in Nevada, the first US state to force Kalshi to cease operations — A judge ordered Kalshi to immediately halt sports and election contracts in the state, intensifying a growing regulatory battle over prediction markets.
More: Gizmodo, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, The Block, Bloomberg Law, Reuters, and Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bluesky: @moreperfectunion and @joshsternberg.com
Forums: r/Fauxmoi, r/politics, and r/Nevada
| Anniek Bao / CNBC: |
Jensen Huang proposes a compensation model where engineers receive an AI token budget on top of their base salary, to deploy agents as productivity multipliers — The perks of working in Silicon Valley have long included high salaries. Now, some engineers may be offered a new incentive: artificial intelligence tokens.
More: PYMNTS.com, Business Insider, Digit, and WinBuzzer
X: @aravsrinivas, @edandersen, @levie, @rahll, @dharmeshba, @neogoose_btw, @gergelyorosz, @kylegawley, and @tftc21
Forums: Hacker News and r/LocalLLaMA
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Roblox is planning to take a share of revenue from sponsorships in its games and is overhauling advertising policies beginning May 4 — Roblox Corp. will take a share of revenue from sponsorships in its games as part of a major overhaul of its advertising policies.
More: Reuters, Blockonomi, and Benzinga
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