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An interview with Mustafa Suleyman on Microsoft's AI reorg, how revising its OpenAI deal “unlocked [Microsoft's] ability to pursue superintelligence”, and more — Its new transcription model is a step towards those goals, says Microsoft AI's Mustafa Suleyman.| Financial Times: |
Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft is “not able to build models in the very largest scale yet” but its “computation ramp is coming to enable us to do” it in 2026 — Tech giant's AI chief says it will have the resources to build frontier systems later this year| The Economic Times: |
Sources: Oracle has cut ~10,000 jobs in India, or ~20% of its Indian workforce, as part of a restructuring that reportedly affects 30,000 employees globally — Oracle has cut around 10,000 jobs in India, sources told ET. This is part of a global restructuring affecting 30,000 employees.
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| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba releases Qwen3.6-Plus, its third proprietary, closed-source AI model it launched within three days, saying it has “drastically enhanced” agentic coding — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has released its third proprietary AI model in as many days, reinforcing the company's intent … | Ryan D'Agostino / Esquire: |
Tim Cook discusses 50 years of Apple and it still being Steve Jobs' company, the “very accessible” Trump administration, his “consistent” values, and more — Apple's iconic CEO speaks exclusively with Esquire about fifty years of Apple history—and the future the company is continuing to create.
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Cloudflare debuts EmDash, an MIT-licensed, TypeScript-based CMS built on Astro, designed as a serverless “spiritual successor” to WordPress, available on GitHub — The cost of building software has drastically decreased. We recently rebuilt Next.js in one week using AI coding agents.
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Ofcom: the share of adult UK social media users that actively post, share, or comment falls from 61% in 2024 to 49%, as users say they are being more selective — Ofcom research shows people also concerned old posts could affect personal or professional life
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| Helene Braun / CoinDesk: |
Solana-based DeFi platform Drift warns users about an “active attack” on its protocol; Arkham data: $250M+ moved from Drift to a wallet, which now holds <$600K — The platform halted deposits while it investigates suspicious activity and urges users to proceed with caution.| Sally Weale / The Guardian: |
UK National Education Union poll: 66% of secondary school teachers in England have observed their pupils' critical thinking skills decline due to AI usage — Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving
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| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
A whistleblower alleges Delve pitched a prospect on Pathways, a modified copy of open-source no-code tool SimStudio, which would violate the software's license — The controversy surrounding compliance startup Delve has gone from bad to worse this week. Among the fresh allegations …
More: DeepDelver and StrictlyVC
| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
How AI helped Medvi, a telehealth provider of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs with just two employees, hit $401M in 2025 sales; it's tracking for $1.8B in 2026 sales — Matthew Gallagher took just two months, $20,000 and more than a dozen artificial intelligence tools to get his start-up off the ground.
X: @alexfmac, @turnernovak, and @nic_carter. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
Forums: Hacker News and r/ArtificialInteligence
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Amazon is in talks to acquire Globalstar to bolster its low Earth orbit satellite business; Apple's 20% stake in Globalstar is one complicating factor — Ecommerce giant is trying to catch up with SpaceX's low Earth orbit internet service — Amazon is in talks to acquire …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese optics company and Nvidia supplier Innolight confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO that could raise $3B+; Innolight is listed in Shenzhen — Chinese optics firm Zhongji Innolight Co. has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong listing, according to people familiar with the development …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google increases the storage of its $19.99-per-month Google AI Pro subscription plan from 2TB to 5TB at no additional cost; the 10TB tier costs $49.99 per month — Google today announced that AI Pro subscriptions now come with 5 TB of storage. — Previously, subscribers … Sponsor Posts
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