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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Internal memo: OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer says Anthropic is “grossing up rev share with Amazon and Google”, which overstates its “run rate by roughly $8B” — OpenAI's chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, sent a four-page memo to employees on Sunday …
More: Gizmodo, PitchBook, Implicator.ai, Semafor, and The Decoder
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Memo: OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser says OpenAI's Microsoft deal “limited our ability” to reach clients using Bedrock and touts its Amazon deal — OpenAI's newly appointed revenue chief, Denise Dresser, sent a memo to staffers on Sunday, touting the company's alliance …
More: TechRadar, Axios, Benzinga, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, Quartz, GeekWire, Blockonomi, The Information, and PYMNTS.com
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Forums: r/plugpowerstock and r/technology
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta is building photorealistic, AI-powered 3D characters; source: Mark Zuckerberg helped train and test his AI character to offer feedback to staff — Meta is building an artificial intelligence version of Mark Zuckerberg that can engage with employees in his stead …
More: The Verge, Quartz, The Guardian, Daring Fireball, San Francisco Business Times, Social Media Today, The American Bazaar, Observer, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup, Bloomberg, Blockonomi, Futurism, Implicator.ai, Decrypt, The Sun, Tom's Guide, Mother Jones, Newser, Financial Post, Engadget, New York Post, PCMag, iPhone in Canada, crypto.news, PYMNTS.com, The Economic Times, Tech in Asia, Livemint, and Notebookcheck
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Roblox says developers will need Roblox Plus, a new $4.99-per-month subscription offering benefits like discounts, to publish games for Kids and Select accounts — Roblox is introducing new account types designed to give kids and younger teens age-appropriate access to chat and games, the company announced on Monday.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Roblox unveils Kids accounts for ages 5-8 and Select accounts for ages 9-15, with age verification, coming in June; games for both must pass a three-step review — People who don't do an age check can only access family-friendly games. … Roblox is about to make a big change …
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| Stanford HAI: |
2026 AI Index Report: AI capability is accelerating, not plateauing, the US-China model gap has closed, the US leads in data centers and AI investment, and more — AI's influence on society has never been more pronounced. — At Stanford HAI, we believe AI is poised to be the most transformative technology of the 21st century.
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| AI Security Institute: |
Cybersecurity analysis: Claude Mythos Preview had a 73% success rate on expert-level capture-the-flag challenges, which no model could finish before April 2025 — The AI Security Institute (AISI) conducted evaluations of Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview (announced on 7th April) to assess its cybersecurity capabilities.
More: CSO, CyberScoop, Decrypt, The Cyber Express, and diginomica
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Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Hadas Gold / CNN: |
Daniel Moreno-Gama, a 20-year-old Texas man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home, is charged with attempted murder and attempted arson — The man who allegedly threw an incendiary device at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is facing attempted murder and attempted arson charges, authorities said Monday.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Xbox staff memo: Microsoft's gaming chief Asha Sharma says “Game Pass has become too expensive for players” and that Microsoft needs “a better value equation” — Microsoft is getting ready to address Game Pass pricing concerns.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
The Trump family's World Liberty Financial faces an investor revolt; Justin Sun accuses WLFI of building a “backdoor” that has been used to blacklist investors — World Liberty Financial Inc., a Trump family crypto venture, is facing an investor revolt that includes billionaire backer Justin Sun … | Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft raises prices for Surface PCs, with Laptop 7 and Pro 11 now starting at $500 more than at their 2024 launch, citing higher memory and component costs — Microsoft is raising prices on all its current Surface PC offerings, with the midrange devices now starting at above $1,000, and flagships starting at $1,500.
More: The Verge, 9to5Google, PCWorld, XDA Developers, and Bloomberg
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Forums: r/hardware and r/Surface
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Amazon unveils the Amazon Leo Aviation Antenna, saying it can deliver up to 1 Gbps download and 400 Mbps upload speeds “simultaneously” for in-flight Wi-Fi — Amazon Leo is trying to steal some of the spotlight from Starlink's in-flight Wi-Fi business by showing off its own satellite internet antenna for commercial jets.
More: About Amazon, The Verge, SpaceNews, and Benzinga
X: @weber44chris, @dpoddolphinpro, @amazonleo, and @xdnibor
| Bloomberg: |
Intel added $100B+ in market value and now has a $325B+ market cap after its stock jumped 53% in nine sessions on plans to buy a fab in Ireland and join Terafab — Intel Corp. has quickly become one of the hottest stocks in the S&P 500 Index thanks to a nine-day surge that has added more than $100 billion in market value.| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Originality AI: 23 major news websites and Reddit currently block the Internet Archive's crawler; journalists and advocacy groups sign a letter backing the IA — As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive's vast collection of web pages.
More: 9to5Mac, Politico, Cautious Optimism, and The Mac Observer
Bluesky: @fightforthefuture.org and @stinasdemons.com
Forums: r/DataHoarder, r/technology, and r/internetarchive
| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
The EU appoints Anthony Whelan as its top competition official; Whelan says he will press ahead with Big Tech investigations despite President Trump's pressure — Anthony Whelan, a former adviser on tech, vows to pursue cases irrespective of ‘noise’ around them
More: Human Events, Bloomberg, The Irish Times, Politico, and RTÉ
| Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC: |
OpenAI plans to open its first permanent London office with a 500+ staff capacity; in February, OpenAI said it would make London its largest non-US research hub — OpenAI has announced it's opening its first permanent London office with a capacity of over 500 team members …
More: Tech.eu, The Independent, Benzinga, Quartz, ITPro, Verdict, Tech in Asia, Reuters, and The Times
| Veronica Irwin / Transformer: |
Anthropic says its $20M donation to Public First Action is not “to influence federal elections” but is to educate the public on AI policy and promote safe AI — The company's money isn't allowed to be used in the midterm battles. Without it, pro-safety candidates may be even more outgunned than expected| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Microsoft says it is “exploring the potential of technologies like OpenClaw in an enterprise context”, including a team of always-on agents within Microsoft 365 — As Microsoft faces growing competition for business customers from Anthropic, it is developing new features …
More: The Verge, eWeek, TechCrunch, XDA Developers, and Sherwood News
X: @omarshahine and @kimmonismus
LinkedIn: Omar Shahine and Aaron Holmes
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