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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 …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
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| Politico: |
Regulators in Europe were largely left out of the loop as Anthropic limited the release of its latest model Mythos to select companies and organizations — BRUSSELS — Regulators in Europe have been left out of the loop as U.S. firm Anthropic restricts the release of a new, powerful artificial intelligence model.| 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.
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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.
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| 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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| 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.
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| Jeff Tomich / Politico: |
Voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection last week, days after the council's approval of a $6B data center — The rout of half the Festus City Council was fueled by a surge in voter turnout and widespread frustration with the data center approval process.
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| 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.
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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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| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Anthropic hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with strong Trump administration ties, days after the DOD designated the startup a supply chain risk — Anthropic PBC hired the lobbying firm Ballard Partners as it draws out its fight with the Pentagon, a new public document shows.
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| 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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| Ellesheva Kissin / Financial Times: |
AI penetration testing company CodeWall says its agent was able to hack into one of Bain's internal AI tools, following a similar hack at McKinsey in March — CodeWall says it gained access to consultant's Pyxis platform using a username and password from public web code
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle expands its partnership with fuel cell maker Bloom to procure up to 2.8 GW of capacity, after receiving a warrant to purchase $400M of Bloom stock — Oracle is poised to make a quick buck off an investment in Bloom Energy. — On Thursday, Oracle was issued a warrant to purchase …
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| 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.Sponsor Posts
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