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Anthropic signs a deal with Google and Broadcom for GWs of next-gen TPU capacity, and says its run-rate revenue surpassed $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.
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| New York Times: |
Analysis: Gemini 3-based AI Overviews are accurate ~90% of the time, meaning across 5T+ searches per year, tens of millions of answers are erroneous every hour — The company's A.I.-generated answers look authoritative, but they draw on an array of sources, from trustworthy sites to Facebook posts.
More: The Verge and The Keyword
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| 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: Quartz, The Economic Times, Mashable, Forbes, Blockonomi, and 9to5Google
LinkedIn: Debbie W. and Norman Paulsen
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Sources: Meta has an internal leaderboard dubbed “Claudeonomics” where its 85K+ 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 …
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| Deborah Sophia / Reuters: |
Intel says it will join Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip complex project along with SpaceX and Tesla to help produce processors powering robotics and data centers — Intel (INTC.O) said on Tuesday it would join Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip complex project along with SpaceX, Tesla (TSLA.O) and xAI.| Filippo Valsorda: |
A cryptography engineer calls for an urgent rollout of quantum-resistant cryptography, 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.
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple is facing issues in the test phase of its foldable iPhone, which 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 …
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| 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.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Adobe launches Acrobat Spaces, a free AI-based study tool to help students generate flashcards, mind maps, quizzes, and Express presentations without logging in — Adobe Acrobat has largely catered to professionals with its recent AI features. Now, the company is turning its attention … | Alistair Barr / Business Insider: |
GoDaddy integrates Cloudflare's AI Crawl Control into its hosting platform, enabling site owners to block, permit, or possibly monetize automated crawler access — Follow Alistair Barr … - Cloudflare and GoDaddy are addressing AI's impact on web traffic and revenue.
More: Adweek
| 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 … | 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
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| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Annie Bang / Bloomberg: |
Silicon Valley investors say annual recurring revenue, a popular metric with AI startups, cannot be trusted because it has no SEC definition and can be massaged — The co-founder of Cluely — an Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup with the motto, “Cheat on everything” … | 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
| John Collison / Cheeky Pint: |
Q&A with Sundar Pichai on the history of Google and AI, speed and Search, Google's AI comeback, bottlenecks, capital allocation, how Google works, and more — Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet. He sits down with John and Elad Gil to discuss Google's resurgence in the AI race … | Juby Babu / Reuters: |
Aria Networks, which builds what it calls the world's first AI-native network to work with any AI chip, raised a $125M Series A from Sutter Hill and others — Aria Networks said on Tuesday it has raised $125 million in its first series funding round, as the startup seeks to develop …
More: CRN and The New Stack
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
The Trump administration proposes cutting CISA's budget for 2027 by $707M+ to help the agency refocus on its “core mission”, not “weaponization and waste” — The Trump administration is planning to cut the budget of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency by at least $707 million for 2027.
More: Nextgov/FCW, Barron's Online, and PaymentSecurity.io
| 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
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Spotify expands Prompted Playlists, its AI feature for creating playlists, to include podcasts, for Premium users in the US, Canada, the UK, and other countries — Spotify said today that it is expanding its AI-powered feature to create playlists, called Prompted Playlist, to include podcasts as well.
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| 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: 9to5Mac, Benzinga, The Decoder, Focus Taiwan, Tech in Asia, and TNGlobal
| 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 … | Austin Carr / Bloomberg: |
MLB rolls out the Automated Ball-Strike System, “robot umps” that use Sony-made advanced cameras to help officiate games, as backups to human umpires — The automated ball-strike system has often validated the judgement of the human umpires … Tech Across the Globe| 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.| 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
| 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 …
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| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Natter, an AI platform for large-scale video conversation insights, raised a $23M Series A led by Renegade Partners and says it grew revenue 5x in 2025 — Natter, which uses AI to gain insights from work conversations, raised a $23 million Series A led by Renegade Partners, co-founder and CEO Charlie Woodward tells Axios Pro.
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