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Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI acquires tech news show TBPN; Fidji Simo says the move aims to “help create a space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes AI creates”  —  TBPN staff will help with marketing and communications at OpenAI but keep their editorial independence, the ChatGPT parent says
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Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
Sources detail Fidji Simo's moves at OpenAI, including spearheading the TBPN acquisition and pushing OpenAI to cut Sora and avoid other social media products
George Hammond / Financial Times:
Source: OpenAI bought TBPN, which was set to generate $30M+ in 2026, for “low hundreds of millions of dollars”; OpenAI says TBPN will be editorially independent
Nat Rubio-Licht / The Deep View:
Anthropic researchers find that an AI model's representations of emotion can influence its behavior “in ways that matter,” such as driving it to act unethically  —  Can we teach machines to feel?  Short answer: We don't know.  But we can teach them to sound like they do.
Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget:
Sony Interactive Entertainment acquires Cinemersive Labs, a UK-based startup developing tools to convert 2D photos and videos into 3D volumetric photographs  —  Cinemersive Labs will join the company's Visual Computing Group.  —  Sony Interactive Entertainment, owner of the PlayStation brand …
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Sources: Meta has told members of its Oversight Board that it may stop funding the board after 2028, though eliminating all funding is not its preferred option  —  Meta has told members of its independent Oversight Board that the company may stop funding it after 2028, sources familiar with the situation told Platformer.
Matt Mullenweg:
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says EmDash, while open source, is designed “to sell more Cloudflare services” and lacks WordPress' cross-platform democratization  —  So, two other Matts at Cloudflare announced EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security.
Alex Harring / CNBC:
The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the “exclusive” authority to regulate such markets  —  A federal commission on Wednesday announced lawsuits against three states over its ability to exclusively regulate prediction markets.
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Microsoft partners with SoftBank and Sakura Internet to build data centers in Japan, investing $10B in cybersecurity and training 1M AI engineers through 2029  —  Microsoft Corp. unveiled a four-year, $10 billion investment package for Japan, a major pillar of its Asia-wide artificial intelligence push.
Vaibhavi Khanwalkar / The Economic Times:
Noon, an AI-native product design tool, emerges from stealth with $44M in funding from Chemistry, First Round Capital, Scribble Ventures, and others  —  San Francisco-headquartered startup Noon has emerged from stealth mode with $44 million in funding from Chemistry, First Round Capital …
Meir Orbach / CTech:
Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024  —  Israeli firm seeks critical funding through a SPAC merger amid mounting market pressures.  —  Israeli chip company Hailo …

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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
Three men have been found not guilty of murdering the journalist Lyra McKee in 2019; the New IRA claimed responsibility for the killing

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