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Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
OpenAI backs an Illinois bill shielding AI labs from liability, even for “critical harms” like 100+ deaths or $1B+ in damage, if they published safety reports  —  The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable …
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 …
Kiuyan Wong / Bloomberg:
HSBC and Standard Chartered obtain the first stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong, beating 34 other applicants; they are expected to issue stablecoins in H2 2026  —  Hong Kong has granted its inaugural stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC Holdings Plc and a joint venture of Standard Chartered Plc …
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 …
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.
Bloomberg:
Documents: Shenzhen-based computing company Sharetronic bought hundreds of Super Micro systems containing banned Nvidia H100 and H200 chips in 2025, worth ~$92M  —  Hours after the United States charged a Super Micro Computer Inc. co-founder with illegally smuggling billions of dollars' worth …
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 …
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.

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Associated Press:
A federal judge ruled the DOD violated his earlier order undoing most of the Pentagon's press pass policy and failed to reinstate NYT reporters' credentials

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump says Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have “Low IQs” and “their views are the opposite of MAGA” after they blasted him over Iran

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the DOJ is probing whether the NFL uses anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers; regulators and others have raised concerns about streaming deals

More News

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
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
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

Earlier Picks

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
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
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
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
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
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