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The NHTSA says it is investigating incidents of Tesla's robotaxis apparently violating traffic laws, like by entering opposite lanes, as seen on social media — The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is aware of the incidents that were captured in videos posted on social media …
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The UK CMA proposes to designate Google with “strategic market status” in general search and search advertising under the new Digital Markets Competition Regime — Big Tech giant slams Competition and Markets Authority's plan as ‘punitive’ and risk to economic growth
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The Linux Foundation unveils the Agent2Agent project, with founding members including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft; Google donated the protocol spec and SDKs — Today at Open Source Summit North America, the Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Agent2Agent project with Amazon Web Services … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Waymo launches robotaxis in Atlanta available exclusively in Uber's app, covering a 65-square-mile area excluding highways, after launching in Austin on March 4 — Atlanta is the second city to host Uber and Waymo's burgeoning partnership. … Uber customers in Atlanta now have the option …
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A look at 2025's AI models and what's next: OpenAI's o3 is a technical breakthrough, agents will improve randomly and in leaps, but scaling parameters will slow — Summer is always a slow time for the tech industry. OpenAI seems fully in line with this, with their open model “[taking] … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
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Elliptic: Telegram-based crypto scam marketplaces like Tudou Guarantee have almost entirely filled the void left by Telegram banning the two biggest a month ago — Last month, Telegram banned black markets that sold tens of billions of dollars in crypto scam-related services.
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Inside Amazon's Indiana data center complex: built for Anthropic with plans for ~30 centers, consuming 2.2GW of power and millions of gallons of water per year — On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.| Blake Dodge / Pirate Wires: |
Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on joining US Detachment 201, the US Army's tech challenges, the “vibe shift” in Silicon Valley's military relations, and more — a q&a with boz on joining detachment 201 with execs from palantir and openai, tech challenges the armed forces are tackling … | Freya Jones / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it plans to invest £40B in the UK economy over the next three years, including opening four new warehouses; Amazon invested £12B+ in the UK in 2023 — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed a three-year program by Amazon.com Inc. to invest £40 billion … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out historical Street View imagery on Google Earth as the service turns 20, and says pro US users can access AI insights, like tree canopy coverage — Google announced on Tuesday that you can now access historical Street View imagery on Google Earth.
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Q&A with Hinge CEO Justin McLeod on why AI companionship is like junk food, plans for a Hinge mobile payment system to avoid Apple's App Store fees, and more — Today, I'm talking with Hinge founder and CEO Justin McLeod. Hinge is one of the biggest dating apps in the United States … | Reuters: |
Internal memo: Goldman Sachs launches a generative AI assistant companywide to boost productivity, and says ~10K employees are already using the GS AI Assistant — Goldman Sachs (GS.N) on Monday announced a firmwide launch of an artificial intelligence assistant, a tool driven by generative AI …
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Interviews with 24+ Microsoft customers and salespeople show that Microsoft is struggling to sell Copilot to enterprises as many of their employees want ChatGPT — Microsoft is struggling to sell its Copilot AI assistant to corporations because many of their employees want ChatGPT.
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| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Abridge, which uses AI to automate doctors' notetaking, raised $300M led by a16z at a $5.3B valuation, after raising $250M at a $2.75B valuation in February — Startup raises $300 million in round led by Andreessen Horowitz, cash that will go to further develop its ‘ambient-listening’ products, Abridge CEO says
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Researchers: “chain of thought” techniques used by Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI show inconsistencies where chatbot answers contradict the stated reasoning — Anthropic, Google and OpenAI deploy ‘chains of thought’ to better understand the operations of AI systems
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Digital Asset, which builds the Canton Network, an open-source public blockchain for regulated financial institutions, raised $135M co-led by DRW and Tradeweb — Crypto company Digital Asset said Tuesday that it's netted $135 million in funding from a raft of major names in banking and finance.| The Information: |
Sources: Mira Murati has told investors Thinking Machines Lab plans to develop customized AI models based on business KPIs, and also plans a consumer product — The thinking behind Thinking Machines Lab, a high-profile but mysterious artificial intelligence startup led by former OpenAI Chief … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Court filings from in-ear hardware startup iyO's trademark dispute lawsuit against OpenAI detail OpenAI and io's early work on in-ear hardware devices — Legal filings submitted earlier this month from lawyers representing OpenAI and Jony Ive's io reveal new details about the companies' efforts … | Boone Ashworth / Wired: |
Google, the Earth Fire Alliance, and Muon Space's Fire Sat aims to launch 52 satellites by 2029 to detect wildfires globally and will make the data accessible — A partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and satellite manufacturer Muon Space is giving Google a better shot at tracking wildfires …
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How Broadway is embracing large-scale, high-resolution videos and projectors as an integrated narrative tool aided by AI, as some creatives worry about overuse — Sarah Snook screen-sharing selfies from a face-filtering phone app. Nicole Scherzinger getting her close-up via movie cameras.| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott: |
Microsoft unveils Mu, an on-device small language model used in Copilot+ PCs, mapping natural language queries in the Settings app to function calls — Microsoft today detailed Mu, its latest small language model (SML) for Copilot+ PCs, which maps natural language queries to Settings function calls.| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Samsung schedules its next Galaxy Unpacked event for July 9 at 10am ET in Brooklyn, where AI updates, the Galaxy Z Fold 7, and Galaxy Z Flip 7 are expected — Company announces will introduce new Galaxy devices and AI features at Unpacked summer event — Samsung Electronics Co. announced plans …
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