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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 …
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LinkedIn: Andrea Nohren, Rich Geraffo, Slawomir Plonka, Daniel Alves, Amazon, and Matt Garman
Bluesky: @bwnash, @wado1, and @edzitron.com
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
In his annual letter, Andy Jassy says Amazon's space-internet service Leo will “launch in mid-2026”, after delays; Amazon has FCC approval for 3,236 satellites — Better late than never for the Elon Musk alternative. … Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company's space-internet service Leo …
More: About Amazon, Engadget, PCMag, Gadget Review, ZeroHedge News, and DatacenterDynamics
| 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 …
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| 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, @nic_carter, @curtis_yarvin, @marcorandazza, @wintonark, @bluesky, @ramez, @zquestz, @travis4nh, @lindaxie, @mysk_co, @dan_jeffries1, @burnhamdc, @stephenfleming, @octal, @jeffjohnroberts, @katiemiller, @vxunderground, @scobleizer, @geoffmanne, @nikitabier, @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, r/eff, and Slashdot
| 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 … | 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 … | 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, VentureBeat, Neowin, CNET, TechCrunch, The Mac Observer, The New Stack, Digital Trends, The Information, CNBC, and The Decoder. X: @openai
| 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 … | 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.
X: @zeffmax
| 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
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| 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
| 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 …
More: CoinDesk, Financial Times, and Reuters
X: @mayhem4markets, @thegeorgepu, @dowdedward, @zerohedge, and @j0hnwang
| 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, USA Today, and WLWT-TV
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| 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.
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LinkedIn: James Swift and Dan Gee
Bluesky: @jackcarterbenjamin, @adrianbowyer, 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, Anthropic, The Decoder, Unite.AI, The Mac Observer, The New Stack, TestingCatalog, TechRadar, and Help Net Security
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 …
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| 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 …
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Bluesky: @nickdearden, @aknighton, @timfernholz.com, @rosjackson.co.uk, @paultempleman, and @cornishskipper
Forums: r/ukpolitics, r/unitedkingdom, and r/LabourUK
| 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 … | 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, UPI, Breitbart, The Deep View, Techstrong.ai, Implicator.ai, Digital Trends, Axios, and Walton Family Foundation
X: @gallup. Bluesky: @reckless, @datasociety, @carnage4life, @shiraovide, and @shiraovide. Forums: Hacker News
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple is closing its Towson, Maryland store, the first US location where retail employees unionized; the union says it is “outraged” and exploring legal options — Apple today announced it will be permanently closing three retail stores in the U.S. in June, including Apple Trumbull in Trumbull …
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X: @dylanmcd8, @macrumors, @pamalamiam, and @mweinbach
Forums: r/BaltimoreCounty, r/escondido, r/baltimore, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Anna Tong / Forbes: |
AfterQuery, which sells coding and finance training data to AI labs, says it raised a $30M Series A at a $300M valuation, and has hit a $100M+ annual run rate — AfterQuery, which raised $30 million several months ago, competes with data labeling companies like Mercor to sell training data … | Seth Joseph / Forbes: |
Luminai, an AI-native platform for automating administrative healthcare workflows, raised a $38M Series B led by Peak XV, bringing its total funding to $60M — Cleveland, Ohio, USA - June 17, 2017: Daytime view of Cleveland Clinic main campus entrance reflecting pool near University Circle
More: Luminai, MedCity News, Luminai, Pulse 2.0, The Quantum Insider, VC News Daily, HIT Consultant, and FinSMEs
X: @aaron_epstein, @tiagosada, @kesava_kirupa, @ycombinator, and @katies
| 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
| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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