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Eighteen GOP state AGs sue the SEC and its commissioners, including Gary Gensler, alleging crypto regulatory overreach without Congressional authorization — Ahead of an expected regulatory leadership transition following the election of Donald Trump, 18 states have filed suit against the Securities …

Michael Kan / PCMag:

OpenAI makes the ChatGPT desktop app for Windows available to all users, following an October release limited to paying ChatGPT subscribers — Previously limited to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, the app opens a ‘companion window’ on your PC, allowing you to easily use the AI chatbot alongside any other Windows programs.

More: ZDNET, MSPoweruser, BetaNews, TestingCatalog, The Indian Express, SamMobile, Ghacks, Maginative, Thurrott, The Verge, Neowin, Tom's Guide, and TechRadar

X: @openai, @embirico, @kimmonismus, @ankushg, and @potatoarecool

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:

OpenAI says the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code from some developer-focused apps, including VS Code, Xcode, TextEdit, Terminal, and iTerm2 — OpenAI's ChatGPT is starting to work with other apps on your computer. — On Thursday, the startup announced the ChatGPT desktop app …

More: 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, MacRumors, BGR, O'Grady's PowerPage, iClarified, Redmond Pie, The Decoder, and VentureBeat

X: @openaidevs, @snazzylabs, @aqueelmiq, @stevenheidel, @edwinarbus, @dylanmatt, @rowancheung, @benhylak, @embirico, @gregmadison, and @koltregaskes

Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg:

Ant Group's profit grew ~193% YoY in the June quarter to $1.05B, reversing a year-long decline as it regains its footing from the Chinese government crackdown — - The Fintech company posted 7.5 billion in quarterly profit — Ant is seeking overseas and artificial intelligence expansion

More: Reuters

Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC:

Alibaba reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to ~$32.4B, below ~$32.7B est., and net income up 58% YoY to ~$6.07B due to the performance of its equity investments

More: Investor's Business Daily, Agence France-Presse, Alibaba, Nikkei Asia, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Variety, IG, Reuters, and Barron's Online

Financial Times:

Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure — FTC chair Lina Khan continues to pursue Big Tech in final days of Biden presidency — The Federal Trade Commission is preparing …

More: Computerworld, TechCrunch, Tech Monitor, Silicon Republic, WinBuzzer, Reuters, Washington Post, Proactive, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, Watcher Guru, New York Post, The Information, and Benzinga

Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @danielnewmanuv, @annmarie, @gerritd, and @arashmassoudi. Forums: Slashdot

Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg:

Ilya Lichtenstein is sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring with his wife, Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, to launder money from the 2016 Bitfinex hack — - Ilya Lichtenstein tried to launder proceeds of Bitfinex hack — His rapper wife ‘Razzlekahn’ is set to be sentenced on Monday

More: US Department of Justice, BBC, The Independent, Associated Press, Cybernews.com, Metro.co.uk, Coinspeaker, CCN.com, CNBC, Reuters, The Hacker News, The Cyber Express, The Crypto Times, CoinDesk, Cryptopolitan, Coinpedia Fintech News, Axios, crypto.news, Cryptonews, Decrypt, The Block, CoinGape, and Cointelegraph

Threads: @mgsiegler. X: @iamnomad and @lopp

Emma Roth / The Verge:

TikTok makes its AI ad creation tool, Symphony Creative Studio, available to all advertisers and adds the ability to use content from Getty Images with the tool — TikTok will let advertisers pull in content from Getty Images when using the platform's AI ad creation tool.

More: TikTok For Business, TechRadar, The Decoder, Getty Images Press Site, Nairametrics, Digiday, Tech Xplore, PhoneArena, PYMNTS.com, Tech in Asia, Social Media Today, Reuters, The Verge, and PCMag

X: @jasonxsigmon, @tiktokcomms, @gettyimages, and @marionawfal

Financial Times:

Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+ — Billionaire's rocket builder plots huge share sale while AI start-up closes in on $5bn funding round

More: Reuters. Bluesky: @gwestr.bsky.social

Emma Roth / The Verge:

NASA partners with Microsoft to create Earth Copilot, an AI chatbot that can answer questions about the Earth using NASA's geospatial information — NASA is teaming up with Microsoft to create an AI chatbot designed to make it easier to access and understand scientific data about the Earth.

More: Microsoft, WinBuzzer, Business Standard, Digital Trends, TweakTown, Maginative, Benzinga, GeekWire, and Quartz

X: @satyanadella and @microsoft

Will Knight / Wired:

How Physical Intelligence is trying to give robots a humanlike understanding of the physical world by feeding data from robots doing tasks into its AI model — Physical Intelligence has assembled an all-star team and raised $400 million on the promise of a stunning breakthrough in how robots learn.

X: @evankirstel and @willknight

Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:

Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.ai aims to raise $195M in its US IPO, targeting a valuation of up to $4.48B — Pony AI is seeking a valuation of up to $4.48 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, it said on Thursday, as the Chinese self-driving firm moves ahead with its long-sought plan for a New York listing.

More: TechCrunch, Pandaily, Forbes, The Information, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Investing.com, and Tech in Asia

Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:

Fake AI albums added to artists' pages are flooding Spotify to profit from royalty fraud, abusing a distribution process effectively based on the honor system — How fake music targets real artists. … I first noticed something weird when a HEALTH album dropped on my Spotify new release radar.

More: Spotify. Mastodon: @waxy@xoxo.zone. X: @johnspurlock and @jzellis

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