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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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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Meta begins removing dozens of 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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 …
| 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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| Callie Holtermann / New York Times: |
Gallup survey of 1,500 people aged 14 to 29: hopefulness regarding AI has dropped from 27% to 18% over the past year, with 22% using GenAI daily and 29% weekly — A new study from Gallup found that young adults have grown less hopeful and more angry about artificial intelligence.
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| 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.| 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.| 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.
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Tubi becomes the first streaming service to debut a native app within ChatGPT, letting viewers discover its 300K+ movies or shows via a conversational interface — Tubi, the Fox-owned streaming service, announced Tuesday the launch of its native app within ChatGPT, giving viewers an easier … | Axios: |
Sources: the White House is pushing back on GOP-led AI bills in Nebraska and Tennessee, putting new pressure on GOP state lawmakers who support AI guardrails — The Trump administration is pushing back on Republican-led AI bills in Nebraska and Tennessee, with sources familiar … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
X brings back Voice Notes to X Chat, supporting one-on-one and group conversations via a new voice input icon, as it tests a standalone X Chat spinoff on iOS — Posting Voice Notes publicly on X may no longer be possible, but you can now share audio messages within X's direct messaging system, X Chat, once again.| 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 …
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| 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.| Kelly Tyko / Axios: |
Visa unveils Intelligent Commerce Connect, a platform that facilitates payments for AI agents across multiple card networks, including those of Visa competitors — Visa is rolling out a new platform for a future where AI agents do the shopping for consumers.
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| 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 …
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| Jack Queen / Reuters: |
A DC appeals court denies Anthropic's bid to pause the DOD's supply chain risk designation, after a California judge granted a preliminary injunction in March — A Washington, D.C., federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to block the Pentagon's national security blacklisting of Anthropic for now …
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
RISC-V chip designer SiFive raised a $400M Series G led by Atreides at a $3.65B valuation; CEO Patrick Little says it is the final funding round before an IPO — Silicon Valley startup SiFive said on Thursday it has raised a $400 million round of funding from Atreides Management, Nvidia … | Reuters: |
John Deere agreed to pay $99M into a fund to settle a 2022 right-to-repair class action lawsuit, and make digital repair tools available to farmers for 10 years — U.S. agriculture equipment maker Deere (DE.N) on Monday agreed to pay $99 million into a settlement fund for farms and farmers … | Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Chapter, which uses AI to help seniors enroll in Medicare, raised a $100M Series E, doubling its valuation to $3B and bringing its total funding to $285M — Meta Platforms' Wednesday release of Spark, the first model in its broader Muse model family, doesn't blow other frontier models out of the water … | Bloomberg: |
Elorian, which builds visual AI models with better reasoning capabilities for industries like robotics, emerges from stealth with $55M at a $300M valuation — Former Google DeepMind researcher Andrew Dai believes that the artificial intelligence models at big labs have the intelligence of a 3-year-old kid …
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Zoho:
AWS WorkMail is shutting down: Migrate to a secure alternative without downtime — If your organization is currently using AWS WorkMail, this probably wasn't news you were expecting, but it is something you now have to act on.With AWS WorkMail reaching end of support …
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| 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 … | 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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| Katie Tarasov / CNBC: |
TSMC says its most advanced chip packaging tech, CoWoS, is growing at an 80% CAGR as it ramps up capacity; Nvidia has reserved most of TSMC's CoWoS capacity — An underappreciated step in the chipmaking process is poised to become the next bottleneck for artificial intelligence.Sponsor Posts
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AWS WorkMail is shutting down: Migrate to a secure alternative without downtime — If your organization is currently using AWS WorkMail, this probably wasn't news you were expecting, but it is something …
AWS WorkMail is shutting down: Migrate to a secure alternative without downtime — If your organization is currently using AWS WorkMail, this probably wasn't news you were expecting, but it is something …
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