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Anthropic signs a deal with Google and Broadcom for multiple GWs of TPU capacity, and says its run-rate revenue crossed $30B, up from ~$9B at the end of 2025 — We have signed a new agreement with Google and Broadcom for multiple gigawatts of next-generation TPU capacity that we expect to come online starting in 2027.
More: Tom's Hardware, Quartz, DatacenterDynamics, CNBC, Bloomberg, Stratechery, Broadcom, Silicon Republic, Benzinga, City A.M., Finbold, Blockonomi, Capacity, Wall Street Journal, Business Today, The Next Web, Livemint, ANI News, CoinDesk, DigiTimes, Neowin, Verdict, 9to5Google, The Deep View, The Register, Sherwood News, The Information, Dow Jones Newswires, SiliconANGLE, Hürriyet Daily News, Capital Brief, and Constellation Research
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LinkedIn: Michael Batnick and Amol Avasare
Forums: Hacker News, r/accelerate, r/artificial, r/ClaudeAI, and r/singularity
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Sources: Meta has an internal leaderboard dubbed “Claudeonomics” where employees compete on AI-token usage and earn rewards like “Token Legend” status — Employees at Meta Platforms who want to show off their AI superuser chops are competing on an internal leaderboard for status as a …
More: The Decoder. X: @alexolegimas, @frank_liquid, @melindabchu1, @mitsuhiko, @joshgholder, @qurrie_com, @gergelyorosz, @petergyang, @theinformation, @rhorider, @aakashgupta, @shakoistslog, @maxleiter, @kakashiii111, @theprimeagen, @thdxr, @nickwingfield, @jyoti_mann1, @jyoti_mann1, and @theinformation
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Filing: Broadcom agrees to produce future versions of Google's TPUs and expands its Anthropic deal to give the startup access to ~3.5 GW of computing capacity — - Broadcom said it agreed to produce future versions of Google's artificial intelligence chips,
More: Investor's Business Daily, Financial Times, The Decoder, crypto.news, Proactive, DigiTimes, Reuters, Barron's Online, Sherwood News, Google Cloud, SEC, and Stocktwits
X: @anthropicai, @yuchenj_uw, @eliebakouch, @beffjezos, @firstadopter, @petergostev, and @theprimeagen
LinkedIn: Benjamin Seab and Paul Lembo
| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple is facing issues in the test phase of its foldable iPhone that are taking longer than expected to resolve, potentially delaying mass production — TAIPEI — Apple is encountering setbacks in the engineering test phase of its first ever foldable iPhone, which could lead to delays …
More: The Verge, Thurrott, MacRumors, Engadget, 9to5Mac, The Hans India, Culpium, Reuters, The Economic Times, The Indian Express, Daily Ausaf, PhoneArena, SammyGuru, Digital Trends, Capacity, Redmond Pie, iThinkDifferent, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, Trusted Reviews, Tech in Asia, The Mac Observer, TechNode, MacDailyNews, and Gadgets 360
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Google is updating Gemini to add a UI that triggers support hotline referrals and a “help is available” module when chats indicate potential crises like suicide — Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to introduce new mental health support features for its Gemini chatbot as the company and rivals …
More: The Keyword, 9to5Google, and Mashable
| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
Samsung reports a record preliminary Q1 operating profit of ~$38B, up more than 8x YoY and above ~$27B est., and revenue up 68% YoY to ~$88B, amid the AI boom — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) on Tuesday projected a record-high first-quarter operating profit from a year earlier … | Mia Sato / The Verge: |
A look at the gold rush for firms claiming to help brands get cited by AI search tools, via tactics like hiding instructions behind “Summarize with AI” buttons — Let's pretend you work in IT and you're looking for a new digital service desk platform to help your employees reset passwords or onboard new hires.
More: Microsoft Security Blog and Glossy
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI announces a Safety Fellowship program for external researchers, engineers, and practitioners to study the safety and alignment of advanced AI systems — A pilot program to support independent safety and alignment research and develop the next generation of talent
More: Help Net Security, Digit, and New Yorker
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| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus hires xAI co-founder Kyle Kosic from OpenAI and has hundreds of staff across its San Francisco HQ, London, and Zurich — Kyle Kosic joins Project Prometheus, the secretive start-up working on systems that can understand the physical world
More: Silicon Republic and The Decoder
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are sharing information via the Frontier Model Forum to detect adversarial distillation attempts that violate their ToS — Rivals OpenAI, Anthropic PBC, and Alphabet Inc.'s Google have begun working together to try to clamp down on Chinese competitors extracting results …
More: The Hans India, The Decoder, Beyond Search, and The Asia Business Daily
| Filippo Valsorda: |
A cryptography engineer calls for urgent rollout of post-quantum cryptography schemes, saying the risk of inaction is now unacceptable, after Google's warning — My position on the urgency of rolling out quantum-resistant cryptography has changed compared to just a few months ago.| Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin: |
How social media became a “freak show”: X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYT — The ecosystem is unhealthy, especially on Twitter, and that's producing some strange beasts among the most influential accounts.
More: Reason. X: @natesilver538, @natesilver538, @blueboxdave, @davidafrench, @christopherrufo, @clairlemon, @moultano, @alicefromqueens, @micsolana, @noahpinion, @razibkhan, @konstantinkisin, @literaryeric, @phl43, @akoustov, @devahaz, @asymmetricinfo, @christopherrufo, @richardhanania, @robbysoave, @esjesjesj, @nntaleb, @notjessewalker, @datarepublican, @ryanburge, @jeremiahdjohns, @jamessurowiecki, @phl43, @elonmusk, @benryanwriter, @david_ingram, @nikitabier, @david_ingram, @timcast, @richardhanania, @nikitabier, @nikitabier, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @besttrousers, @ryanburge, @asymmetricinfo, @bretdevereaux, @natesilver538, @richardhanania, @jason_koebler, @elonmusk, @richardhanania, @richardhanania, @nikitabier, @natesilver538, @jaredlholt, @stefanfschubert, @haroon, @akarlin, @natesilver538, @yimbyland, @micsolana, @modeledbehavior, @micsolana, @aricohn, @elonmusk, @cesifoti, @natesilver538, @buccocapital, @modeledbehavior, @mattvanswol, @neeratanden, @modeledbehavior, @soncharm, @davidu, @paulnovosad, @jason_kint, @ddiamond, @jason_kint, @zerohedge, @kasparov63, @timcast, @nkulw, @petersavodnik, @raharrisonpa, @katiemiller, @alanmcole, @yacinemtb, @elonmusk, @kareem_carr, @crazy_stephen_i, @jonatanpallesen, @catturd2, @juliangough, @ryanradia, @alanmcole, @nikitabier, @natesilver538, @jaybaxter, @natesilver538, @tha_muser, @jamessurowiecki, @catturd2, @nikitabier, @natesilver538, @catturd2, @redsteeze, @alx, @sailaunderscore, @natesilver538, @kirkegaardemil, @nateduncannba, @natesilver538, @bing_chris, and @noupside. LinkedIn: Adam Shapiro
Bluesky: @fightforthefuture.org and @carnage4life. Mastodon: @jalefkowit@vmst.io. Forums: r/fivethirtyeight
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Kalshi signs a deal with Fox Corp. to integrate its forecasts into Fox News, Fox Business Network, Fox One, and Fox Weather, following deals with CNN and CNBC — The prediction market already has deals with CNN and CNBC. — The biggest prediction market in the U.S. is teaming up with the biggest TV news channel in the U.S.| Kiki Intarasuwan / CBS News: |
An Indianapolis city councilor says his home was targeted in what appeared to be a politically motivated shooting over a proposed data center in the city — Add CBS News on Google — An Indianapolis city councilor says his home was targeted in what appeared to be a politically motivated shooting …
More: The Register, The Guardian, WALV-TV, Axios, NBC News, WFYI, ABC News, Business Insider, Washington Post, Mirror Indy, The Indianapolis Star, New York Times, WRTV Indianapolis, and Washington Examiner
X: @taylorlorenz, @andymasley, @tszzl, @pewilliams_, @andymasley, @davidu, @cnliberalism, and @oncloud_e
| Katie Drummond / Wired: |
Q&A with UpScrolled founder Issam Hijazi, who says the non-algorithmic social app hit 5M users, mainstream apps were censoring pro-Palestinian content, and more — Issam Hijazi launched UpScrolled after users alleged censorship on other platforms. Nine months later, its user base is soaring … | Sophie Shulman / CTech: |
Israel-based Q-Factor, which is developing a quantum computer based on neutral atom technology, emerges from stealth with a $24M seed led by NFX and TPY Capital — Intel Capital-backed startup, founded by scientists from Weizmann and Technion, aims to move beyond current qubit constraints with neutral atom technology.
More: Jerusalem Post, HPCwire, and Tech in Asia
| Stacy Cowley / New York Times: |
The US Treasury says Robinhood and BNY will work with the federal government to handle tax-sheltered “Trump Accounts” for children when they launch this summer — The new tax-sheltered savings and investment accounts will start accepting deposits this summer.| Financial Times: |
South Korea is deploying thousands of ChatGPT-enabled social care robots to help elderly people; over-65s now account for ~20% of the country's 51M people — South Korea's strained social care system turns to ChatGPT-enabled devices as population ages — NEW
More: Power Technology
| Austin Carr / Bloomberg: |
MLB rolls out “robot umps”, or an Automated Ball-Strike System, using Sony-made advanced cameras to help officiate games, but it often validates human umpires — The automated ball-strike system has often validated the judgement of the human umpires … Tech Across the Globe| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
Polymarket plans to launch the CTF Exchange V2 upgrade within the next three weeks, including a rebuilt trading engine and a native, USDC-backed USD stablecoin — Quick Take — Polymarket noted the upgrade is its “biggest infrastructure change since launch,” and will include …
More: The Crypto Times
| Reuters: |
A Taiwan intelligence report to lawmakers says China is targeting Taiwan to obtain its chip manufacturing tech and talent to break through global “containment” — China is targeting Taiwan to obtain its advanced chip manufacturing technology and talent as a way of breaking through international …
More: Benzinga, Focus Taiwan, Tech in Asia, and TNGlobal
| CNBC: |
OpenAI sends a letter to the California and Delaware AGs, urging them to investigate “anti-competitive behavior” by Elon Musk, ahead of a trial in April — OpenAI on Monday sent a letter to the California and Delaware attorneys general, urging them to investigate …
More: Sacramento Bee, Digit, Gizmodo, The Asia Business Daily, Benzinga, Bloomberg, Reuters, and The Information
| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Sources: SpaceX plans to earmark a large portion of shares for retail investors and will host 1,500 of them at an event in June after the IPO roadshow launch — SpaceX outlined details of its highly anticipated IPO at a meeting with its team of bankers Monday night, telling them it plans …
More: Proactive and Tech in Asia
| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Oracle reinstates the CFO role, appointing Hilary Maxson after Safra Catz became principal financial officer in 2014, amid investor scrutiny over AI spending — Oracle (ORCL.N) on Monday named Hilary Maxson as its chief financial officer, tapping an executive with deep experience in infrastructure …
More: Business Today, People Matters, Oracle, Mercury News, The Information, CRN, New York Post, CFO Dive, Benzinga, and CNBC
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