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July 16, 2024, 5:45 PM

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Proof:
Investigation: Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic, and others trained their AI on a dataset containing YouTube video transcripts, including from the WSJ, MrBeast, and MIT  —  Creators claim their videos were used without their knowledge  —  AI companies are generally secretive about their sources of training data …
New York Times:
After Trump was shot, Elon Musk endorsed him and stepped up his own political speech in 100+ posts, entering uncharted territory for a social media leader  —  The owner of X broke with tradition at other social media companies to support the former president, as he drives political conversation on his site.
The Information:
Sources: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have told a16z staff in recent days that they plan to make large donations to PACs supporting Donald Trump's campaign  —  Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who run one of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture capital firms, have told the firm's employees …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Elon Musk plans to commit ~$45M per month to America PAC, a new pro-Trump super PAC; other backers include 8VC's Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins  —  Other backers of America PAC include Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins
Kamila Wojciechowska / Android Authority:
Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold details, including photos, battery sizes, and charging speeds, leak from Taiwanese regulator NCC  —  The upcoming Pixels leak yet again — this time giving us a real life look at the Pixel 9 Pro Fold.  —  •
Laura Waxmann / San Francisco Chronicle:
Elon Musk says that X's headquarters will move to Austin, after he protested a new California law that bans schools' transgender notification policies  —  San Francisco real estate market participants confirmed last week that a majority of the Market Street headquarters of X Corp. …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Taboola CEO Adam Singolda says the company has struck a deal with Apple to power native advertising in the Apple News and Apple Stocks apps; TBLA jumps ~5%  —  - Taboola's effort to build trust with Apple across its various teams and stakeholders was “a multiyear process,'” Singolda said.
Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA opens a formal investigation into Microsoft's Inflection AI investment, and sets a September 11 deadline on whether to open an in-depth investigation  —  - CMA said it needs to look further at the firm's partnership  — Watchdog is taking closer order of Big Tech investment into AI
Damien Wilde / 9to5Google:
OnePlus unveils the $550 OnePlus Pad 2 with a 12.1-inch 3K LCD display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 12GB RAM, 256GB storage, and a 6.49mm thin design, shipping August 1  —  The OnePlus Pad 2 has officially launched alongside a number of other Nord-series devices at the OnePlus Summer Launch event in Milan, Italy.

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