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Sources: Meta plans to build an AI lab dedicated to pursuing “superintelligence”, led by Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, with seven- to nine-figure compensations — The new lab, set to include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta's artificial intelligence …
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Forums: r/singularity, r/BetterOffline, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated with Meta's shortfalls in AI, is personally assembling a team of AI experts and met engineers at his homes in recent weeks — Zuckerberg has prioritized recruiting for the secretive new team, referred to internally as a superintelligence group, according to people familiar with his plans.
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Bluesky: @edzitron.com and @karlbode.com
Forums: r/LocalLLaMA, r/technology, and r/singularity
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: Meta agrees to take a 49% stake in Scale AI for $14.8B, in a deal that gives cash to Scale's shareholders and makes Alexandr Wang a top Meta executive — Meta has agreed to take a 49% stake in data labeling firm Scale AI for $14.8 billion, two people familiar with the matter said.
More: Reuters, The Verge, New York Times, FXStreet, Proactive, and Blockchain.News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Similarweb: Google's AI tools are significantly cutting organic search traffic to news publishers; traffic to BI, HuffPost, and WaPo is down ~50% in three years — Chatbots are replacing Google's traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers — The AI armageddon is here for online news publishers.
More: New York Post, The Rebooting, TechCrunch, and Quartz
Bluesky: @carlquintanilla, @wavesblog, @carnage4life, and @thespaceshipper.com
X: @dylanbyers, @jtoonkel, @bgurley, @lonseidman, @rustybrick, @lisadrewradio, and @gzuckerman. Forums: r/technology
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
OpenAI says it is “working on implementing a mitigation” to a ChatGPT, Sora, and API issue causing “elevated error rates and latency”, starting at around 3am ET — The chatbot is slow to respond for some users, and down completely for others.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: OpenAI plans to add Google Cloud to meet its growing needs for computing capacity, a surprising collaboration; source: the deal was finalized in May — OpenAI plans to add Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google cloud service to meet its growing needs for computing capacity, three sources told Reuters …
More: 9to5Google, The Information, Engadget, Axios, Android Police, Investor's Business Daily, Proactive, CoinGape, Channel Futures, and TipRanks Financial
Bluesky: @robcyran and @quinnypig.com
X: @kenrickcai and @readkrystalhu
Forums: r/singularity and Slashdot
| Sam Tabahriti / Reuters: |
Ofcom launches nine Online Safety Act investigations, including into 4chan over alleged illegal content and into seven file-sharing services over possible CSAM — Britain's media regulator Ofcom on Tuesday launched nine investigations over possible breaches of online safety laws …
More: Ofcom, BBC, Telegraph, and Advanced Television
| Stephen Katte / Cointelegraph: |
US SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency is working on an “innovation exemption” to boost onchain product creation and fulfill Trump's vision of a US crypto hub — Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins also bashed the previous administration under former SEC Chair Gary Gensler and its approach to crypto.| Wall Street Journal: |
IBM plans to build IBM Quantum Starling, a “fault-tolerant” quantum computer with 20,000x the compute of today's quantum computers, in New York state by 2029 — The powerhouse computers can be sensitive and error-prone. Now, IBM is offering some details on how it will overcome … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Mistral launches its first reasoning models: Magistral Small, on Hugging Face under an Apache 2.0 license, and Magistral Medium, in preview on Mistral's Le Chat — French AI lab Mistral is getting into the reasoning AI model game. — On Tuesday morning, Mistral announced Magistral, its first family of reasoning models.
More: Mistral AI, Axios, Agence France-Presse, CNBC, The Decoder, Cryptopolitan, AI News, and TestingCatalog
X: @danielhanchen, @onetwoval, @guillaumelample, @emostaque, @emostaque, and @mistralai. Forums: Hacker News
| Roman Anin / OCCRP: |
Investigation: Russian network engineer Viktor Vedeneev controls thousands of Telegram IP addresses and maintains its servers; his companies have FSB links — INVESTIGATION — The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.
Bluesky: @mikeeckel, @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz, @mxbernhard, and @kevincollier
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Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/cybersecurity, and Beehaw
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple introduces a Liquid Glass design language across its software platforms, adding transparency and glass shine effects to in-app operating system interfaces — Liquid Glass is coming to iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, and more. … Apple is introducing a new Liquid Glass design across its software platforms today.
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| Caroline Petrow-Cohen / Los Angeles Times: |
Waymo suspends downtown Los Angeles operations after at least five vehicles were destroyed during protests, but continues to operate in other parts of the city — The autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo has suspended operations in downtown Los Angeles after several of its vehicles were set …
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| Afshan Musani / CNBC: |
Generative AI enterprise search startup Glean raised a $150M Series F led by Wellington, taking its valuation to $7.2B, up from $4.6B in September 2024 — Generative AI enterprise search startup Glean announced on Tuesday that it raised $150 million in a Series F financing … | Reuters: |
Chinese state media: Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei says the company's chips lag one generation behind US peers, and claims the US “exaggerated Huawei's achievements” — Huawei Technologies' (HWT.UL) chips are one generation behind those of U.S. peers but the firm is finding ways …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Apple's WWDC 2025 marked a strategic retreat from its overambitious AI promises; SVP Craig Federighi openly admitted Siri's AI features need more time — If WWDC's opening video — which cast Apple executives as characters in the upcoming F1 movie, with Senior Vice President …
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Snap aims to ship lightweight, consumer AR glasses called Specs in 2026, lighter than its Spectacles 5 glasses for devs, but with many of the same capabilities — Snap is back with a new pair of AR smart glasses, and for the first time in years, it's ready to sell them to consumers.
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| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
Linear, which makes software development and project planning tools that rival Atlassian's Jira, raised an $82M Series C led by Accel, valuing it at $1.25B — Enterprise software maker Linear has raised an $82 million Series C funding round valuing the startup at $1.25 billion, the company said on Tuesday.
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com
| Matthew Green / Cryptographic Engineering: |
An analysis of X's new XChat features shows that X can probably decrypt any user's messages, as the company stores its users' private keys on its own servers — Update 6/10: Based on a short conversation with an engineering lead at X, some of the devices used at X are claimed to be using HSMs.
Forums: Hacker News and r/netsec
| Financial Times: |
The UK plans to launch an autonomous taxi trial in London in spring 2026, a year earlier than planned; Uber and Wayve will partner to operate the service — Britain tries to catch up in the race to adopt autonomous vehicles — The UK plans to bring a small number of driverless taxis …
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X: @wayve_ai, @alexgkendall, and @alexgkendall
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads users will soon be able to send DMs to each other without having to leave the platform, first in Hong Kong, Argentina, and Thailand — The X rival is getting its own inbox, separate from Instagram's messaging system. … Threads users will soon be able …
More: TechCrunch, Reuters, Bloomberg, Engadget, Android Central, Business Insider, and Mashable
| Ryan Lawler / Axios: |
Israel-based Hypernative, which offers real-time threat prevention for crypto companies, raised a $40M Series B, taking its total funding to $67M — Hypernative, a provider of real-time threat prevention for crypto companies, raised $40 million in Series B funding, its founders tell Axios exclusively.| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple says Visual Intelligence will soon be able to search on-screen iPhone content, in addition to analyzing real-world objects, expanding on camera search — Apple has announced a major Visual Intelligence update at WWDC 2025, enabling users to search and take action on anything displayed across their iPhone apps.
More: Apple, iLounge, Trusted Reviews, Android Headlines, BGR, and Search Engine Roundtable
Forums: r/LocalLLaMA and MacRumors Forums
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: Apple, Macworld, The Wall Street Journal on YouTube, Marketing Dive, BGR, zollotech on YouTube, and TechCrunch
Threads: @chriswelch and @wongmjane
X: @wongmjane, @betomoedano, x.com, @al8atros, @betaprofiles, @thekitze, @bzamayo, @wongmjane, @katienotopoulos, @andrew_osu, @vadimyuryev, @stammy, @mkbhd, @stevemoser, @stevemoser, @aaronp613, @zollotech, @bzamayo, @mkbhd, @mattswider, @mattswider, @mattswider, @anshelsag, @maxwinebach, @bzamayo, @stevemoser, @scobleizer, @leakerapple, @sdw, @joannastern, and @sdw
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
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X: @edwardhayn, @ethancferguson, @vadimyuryev, and @briansangles
Forums: r/CarPlay and MacRumors Forums
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