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June 25, 2024, 10:00 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple rejected Meta's overtures to integrate Llama into the iPhone months ago, in part because it sees Meta's privacy practices as not stringent enough  —  - Apple has been looking to forge agreements to use AI chatbots  — Report indicated that Apple and Meta are in discussions
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
In preliminary findings, the EU charges Microsoft with antitrust violations over concerns that it gave Teams an “undue advantage” by bundling it with Office  —  Allegations that software giant is ‘tying’ its video app to Office are the first such case against it in more than a decade
The Information:
Sources: Google has been developing a product to create customizable chatbots, which could be modeled on celebrities, and plans to launch it as soon as 2024  —  Google wants chatbots that people can hang with—not just pelt with questions.  —  The search engine giant has been developing …
Max A. Cherney / Reuters:
Bright Machines, which automates manufacturing with AI and robotics, raised a $126M Series C from Nvidia, Microsoft, and others, including $20M in debt  —  Software and robotics startup Bright Machines raised $106 million in a Series C funding round that included Nvidia (NVDA.O) and Microsoft …
Associated Press:
With an economy hobbled by Western sanctions and inflation, desperate Iranians are flocking to “tap-to-earn” crypto mini apps in Telegram like Hamster Kombat  —  Cab drivers and bikers tap away furiously on their mobile phones as they wait at red lights in the Iranian capital during an early June heatwave.
Quentyn Kennemer / The Verge:
Amazon plans to hold Prime Day 2024 on July 16 and July 17 in 24 countries including the US, the UK, and Japan; India will receive a separate event later  —  As expected, Amazon's annual sales event for Prime subscribers will once again take place in mid-July.
Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Sources: Amazon is working on an AI chatbot, codenamed Metis, designed to compete directly with ChatGPT; source: it's tentatively slated for a September launch  —  - Amazon is working on a new AI service that competes with ChatGPT.  — The project is internally codenamed Metis.

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