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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Annual letter: Andy Jassy says AWS' AI revenue has hit a $15B annual run rate as of Q1 and that Amazon's internal chips business is generating $20B+ per year — Andy Jassy's new letter to Amazon shareholders is a data-heavy defense of the tech giant's biggest bets — from AI and custom chips …
More: About Amazon, Barron's Online, Quartz, Reuters, Seattle Business Journal, Observer, CIO Dive, Thurrott, Yahoo Finance, Barchart.com, Blockonomi, Motley Fool, The Information, Modern Retail, Proactive, CNBC, Bloomberg, Constellation Research, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Key Context, TBPN, SiliconANGLE, Benzinga, Wall Street Journal, Retail Dive, PYMNTS.com, and Fox Business
X: @benbajarin, @downingark, @ljkawa, @quinnypig, and @0xmentalillness
LinkedIn: Rich Geraffo, Andrea Nohren, Slawomir Plonka, Daniel Alves, Amazon, and Matt Garman
Bluesky: @bwnash, @edzitron.com, and @wado1
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
Florida's AG launches a probe into OpenAI and ChatGPT, saying its data could fall “into the hands of America's enemies” and citing a mass shooter's ChatGPT use — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Thursday launched an investigation into OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT …
More: Wall Street Journal, Axios, TechCrunch, Decrypt, The Verge, Bloomberg Law, New York Times, The Hill, UPI, Tampa Bay Times, Palm Beach Post, Mother Jones, Politico, NBC News, CoinGape, Reuters, Digital Trends, ZeroHedge News, Implicator.ai, Benzinga, Dow Jones Newswires, The Post Millennial, and The Capitolist
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: SpaceX lost just under $5B last year while generating more than $18.5B in revenue; the loss figure includes xAI — SpaceX lost just under $5 billion last year while generating more than $18.5 billion in revenue, two people familiar with the figures said.| Kenyatta Thomas / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
EFF says it is leaving X, as “X is no longer where the fight is happening” and an X post now gets less than 3% of the views a tweet got seven years ago — After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn't a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, and The San Francisco Standard
X: @eff, @nikitabier, @nic_carter, @curtis_yarvin, @marcorandazza, @wintonark, @bluesky, @ramez, @zquestz, @travis4nh, @lindaxie, @mysk_co, @dan_jeffries1, @burnhamdc, @stephenfleming, @jeffjohnroberts, @katiemiller, @vxunderground, @scobleizer, @geoffmanne, @xfreeze, @jonoringer, @binarybits, @elonmusk, and @jason_kint
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @caulfieldtim, @caseynewton, @karlbode.com, and @bsky.app
Mastodon: @OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social and @newsguyusa@flipboard.social
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/musked, r/pwnhub, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/BlueskySocial, and Slashdot
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
An OpenAI note to investors after Anthropic announced Mythos says OpenAI's early push to increase computing resources gives it a key advantage over Anthropic — OpenAI told investors this week that its early push to dramatically increase computing resources gives it a key advantage … | Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI pauses Stargate in the UK, citing the energy costs and regulatory environment; OpenAI announced Stargate UK in September 2025 alongside Nvidia and Nscale — OpenAI said it is pausing its Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project in the UK, as it reins in ambitious spending plans ahead …
More: The Guardian, The Register, CNBC, Silicon Republic, BBC, Semafor, The Sun, The Next Web, The Times, Australian Financial Review, Reuters, Decrypt, The Daily Sceptic, DatacenterDynamics, Telegraph, Sifted, Engadget, Financial Times, Capacity, Tech.eu, ITPro, and Telecompaper
X: @financedircfo, @brnnnmcdnld, @jujulemons, @faisalislam, @martinshkreli, @thomasforth, @alanchanguk, @dorialexander, @rodolfor, @edzitron, @ednewtonrex, and @shanumathew93. LinkedIn: Theresa Yurkewich Hoffmann
Bluesky: @paultempleman, @cornishskipper, @nickdearden, @aknighton, @timfernholz.com, and @rosjackson.co.uk
Forums: r/LabourUK, r/ukpolitics, and r/unitedkingdom
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
OpenAI launches a $100/month ChatGPT Pro subscription, which offers 5x more Codex usage than Plus; the $200/month Pro plan offers 20x higher limits than Plus — OpenAI is launching a revamped $100/month ChatGPT subscription aimed at Codex users. Here's how it compares to OpenAI's existing plans and what it includes.
More: OpenAI, MacRumors, The Verge, CNET, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Mac Observer, Neowin, The Information, The New Stack, Digital Trends, CNBC, and The Decoder. X: @openai
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Meta begins removing Facebook and Instagram ads from lawyers seeking clients who claim to have been harmed by social media while under the age of 18 — Meta on Thursday began removing advertisements from attorneys who were seeking clients that claim to have been harmed by social media while under the age of 18.
More: TechCrunch, Reuters, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, NewsMax.com, The American Bazaar, New York Post, Cord Cutters News, and Wall Street Journal
X: @zephyrteachout, @micsolana, @yoda, @jason_kint, @kurtinc, @caseymattox_, @rickclaypool, @andrewyang, @tech_oversight, @robertfreundlaw, @viacristiano, @derekcressman, @default_friend, @jason_kint, @mikeisaac, @hawleymo, @marshablackburn, and @sachalouise
LinkedIn: James Swift and Dan Gee
Bluesky: @adrianbowyer, @jackcarterbenjamin, and @campuscodi.risky.biz. Threads: @katienotopoulos. Mastodon: @jramskov@helvede.net
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Anthropic makes Claude Cowork, previously available as a “research preview”, generally available to all paid plans, and adds six features for enterprise use — Claude Cowork, available on macOS, is losing the “research preview” label today as Anthropic introduces enterprise capabilities.
More: Claude, SiliconANGLE, The Mac Observer, Anthropic, The Decoder, Unite.AI, Help Net Security, TechRadar, The New Stack, and TestingCatalog
LinkedIn: Claude, Ryan Donegan, Chad Thomas, and Eric S. Yuan
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Meta commits to spending additional $21B on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, running from 2027 to 2032, on top of its prior $14.2B deal that ends in 2031 — Meta has committed to spending an additional $21 billion on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, which comes on top …
More: CoreWeave, Bloomberg, TheStreet, TheEnergyMag, MarketWatch, Reuters, Cointelegraph, The Next Web, Barron's Online, DatacenterDynamics, ZeroHedge News, The Information, Motley Fool, Yahoo Finance, eWeek, Benzinga, New Jersey Business Magazine, Proactive, Barchart.com, CIO Dive, Barron's Online, PYMNTS.com, Quartz, Blockonomi, CoinDesk, Wall Street Journal, Tech Funding News, Dow Jones Newswires, crypto.news, Investor's Business Daily, Capital Brief, Channel NewsAsia, Bloomberg Law, and Semafor
| Callie Holtermann / New York Times: |
Gallup survey of 1,500+ people in the US aged 14 to 29: hopefulness regarding AI fell from 27% to 18% over the past year; 22% use GenAI daily and 29% weekly — A new study from Gallup found that young adults have grown less hopeful and more angry about artificial intelligence.
More: Gallup, The Deep View, UPI, Techstrong.ai, Breitbart, Implicator.ai, Digital Trends, Axios, Semafor, and Walton Family Foundation
X: @gallup. Bluesky: @reckless, @datasociety, @carnage4life, @shiraovide, and @shiraovide. Forums: Hacker News
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Internal memo: Meta is pulling top engineers into its new Applied AI Engineering division, as part of a push to improve its models and “compete in the AI race” — Meta Platforms is pulling top engineers from across the company into its new Applied AI Engineering division …
More: Reuters
| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Spotify is adding toggles to stop video from playing inside the app for both music and podcasts, rolling out worldwide on all platforms and devices — Controls are rolling out worldwide to stop videos playing alongside music and podcasts. … Spotify is adding new toggles to stop … | Andrej Karpathy / @karpathy: |
A gap in understanding AI is growing, as casual users cite flaws in old free models while power users point to new models' staggering gains in technical domains — Judging by my tl there is a growing gap in understanding of AI capability. The first issue I think is around recency and tier of use. I think a lot of people tried the free tier of ChatGPT somewhere last year and allowed it to inform their views on AI a little too much. This is
X: @lateinteraction, @staysaasy, @garrytan, @karpathy, @binarybits, @tunguz, and @scobleizer
| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
An Ohio man is the first convicted under the Take It Down Act after pleading guilty to creating and sharing real and AI-generated explicit images of 10+ victims — An Ohio man became the first person convicted under the Take It Down Act after pleading guilty to creating and sharing both real …
More: CNET, WLWT-TV, USA Today, and New York Times
X: @flotus, @repnancymace, @berniemoreno, @fbidirectorkash, @reppatharrigan, @sentedcruz, @thejusticedept, @reppfluger, and @repmariasalazar. Bluesky: @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Reuters: |
Sources: Anthropic is weighing the possibility of designing its own chips, but it has yet to commit to a design or put together a dedicated team for the project — Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic is exploring the possibility of designing its own chips, three sources said … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers: attackers have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader since at least December 2025, and some docs contain Russian-language lures — Attackers have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader using maliciously crafted PDF documents since at least December.
More: CSO, Haifei's random thoughts, GovInfoSecurity.com, Security Affairs, eSecurity Planet, and Hackread. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Google and Intel expand their partnership to deploy Xeon chips, including Xeon 6, and co-develop custom Infrastructure Processing Units to improve efficiency — Intel and Google have expanded their partnership to advance the use of artificial intelligence-focused central processing units … | Financial Times: |
xAI has filed a lawsuit challenging Colorado's landmark AI anti-discrimination law, set to take effect in the summer, saying it violates free speech protections — Elon Musk's AI lab claims the regulations violate free speech protections — Elon Musk's xAI has filed a lawsuit challenging …
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, and US District Court for the District of Colorado
X: @davidsacks, @deanwball, @burnhamdc, and @katiemiller
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
YouTube launches a Shorts feature that lets creators generate photorealistic AI avatars using a “live selfie” recording of their face and voice, powered by Veo — YouTube is now letting users create an AI avatar that looks and sounds like them for use in Shorts.| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
How Black Forest Labs, a 70-person startup based in Germany, became a top competitor in AI image generation; sources: it recently declined to partner with xAI — Black Forest Labs has long punched above its weight in the AI image generation space. Its next move? Powering physical AI.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned bank CEOs about Anthropic's Mythos model's risks at an urgent meeting Tuesday — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting on concerns … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google says the Gemini app can now generate interactive 3D models and simulations; users must select the Pro model in the prompt bar — You can interact with the 3D models and adjust variables in real-time. … Google's latest upgrade for Gemini will allow the chatbot to generate interactive 3D models …
More: The Keyword, Android Authority, and The Decoder
| Bloomberg: |
Alibaba led a ~$293M funding round for ShengShu, just two months after the creator of the Vidu AI video generator raised ~$88M — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s cloud division led a 2 billion yuan ($293 million) funding round for ShengShu Technology, bolstering the war chest of a young contender in China's crowded AI video contest.| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: Alibaba anonymously released AI video model HappyHorse-1.0, which ranks at the top of Artificial Analysis' AI model leaderboard, above Seedance 2.0 — Alibaba Group has anonymously released a new AI video generation model called HappyHorse-1., which rose to the top of an AI model leaderboard …
| Sri Muppidi / The Information: |
Docs: OpenAI expects ads to generate ~$2.4B in 2026 revenue, to quadruple to nearly $11B in 2027, and to hit ~$102B in 2030, or 36% of its total revenue then — OpenAI's advertising effort is so new that the company is still working out the kinks in it. That hasn't stopped …
More: Axios, PYMNTS.com, John Battelle's Search Blog, Proactive, Benzinga, and Tech in Asia
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