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June 28, 2025, 10:20 AM
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Wall Street Journal:
A look at “The List”, a compilation of the most talented AI engineers and researchers that Mark Zuckerberg has put together in an effort to recruit them to Meta  —  Only a select few researchers have the skills for the hottest area in tech.  Mark Zuckerberg and his rivals want to hire them …
Financial Times:
Sources: Meta is looking to raise $3B in equity and $26B in debt, from private capital firms, including Apollo Global and KKR, to fund its data center build out  —  Apollo, Brookfield and Pimco among the lenders in talks with Mark Zuckerberg's social media group
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says the US is “terminating all discussions on trade with Canada” in response to Canada's decision to impose a digital services tax on US tech firms  —  - President Donald Trump said the United States is immediately “terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada.”
Samuel Axon / Ars Technica:
A look at AIFF 2025, Runway's third annual AI Film Festival featuring 10 shorts, as the film and TV industry remains divided over the role of AI in its future  —  We saw 10 AI films and interviewed Runway's CEO as well as Hollywood pros.  —  Last week, I attended a film festival dedicated to shorts made using generative AI.
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The Information:
Source: OpenAI recently began renting Google's TPUs to power ChatGPT, marking its first significant use of non-Nvidia chips; Meta also considered using TPUs  —  OpenAI, one of the world's biggest customers of Nvidia artificial intelligence chips, recently began renting Google's AI chips …
Cezary Podkul / ProPublica:
An in-depth look at how foreign scammers use US banks to facilitate large-scale transfers of funds stolen from victims of “pig butchering” scams overseas  —  - Struggling Gatekeepers: In the face of some $44 billion a year in pig-butchering scams conducted by Asian crime syndicates …
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
The term “context engineering” is gaining traction over “prompt engineering” as it better describes the skill of providing LLMs with the necessary information  —  I've spoken favorably of prompt engineering in the past - I hoped that term could capture the inherent complexity of constructing reliable prompts.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
SCOTUS upholds a Texas law that requires porn websites to verify that their visitors are 18 or older, rejecting a First Amendment challenge to the law  —  The Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law that requires porn websites to verify that their visitors are 18 or older.

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
An Alabama jury finds the NYT defamed a college basketball player in a 2023 article that wrongly placed him at a deadly shooting and awards $9.25M in damages

Michael McCarthy / Front Office Sports:
OutKick founder Clay Travis launches Sport & State, offering live shows and podcasts; sources say it is valued at $100M, and Hard Rock Bet owns a 10% stake

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
LA Mayor Karen Bass calls for a quick settlement of the antitrust lawsuit blocking Paramount's acquisition of WBD; WGAW says it is “disappointed” with Bass

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Ryan Daws / AI News:
Anthropic tested Claude's ability to manage a physical “storefront” to mixed results, as the AI struggled with pricing strategy and inventory management
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
On the a16z podcast, Bryan Kim said a16z backed Cluely because speed in marketing and building beats crafting a perfect “artisan” product due to AI competition
Ashley Gold / Axios:
A group of 17 GOP governors write to Senate majority leader and House speaker urging for the state AI bill moratorium to be removed from the reconciliation bill
Kylie Robison / Wired:
Sources: OpenAI is not releasing an internal paper on AI stages as it may complicate OpenAI's ability to declare AGI and block Microsoft from its tech

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Miranda Bryant / The Guardian:
Denmark plans to clamp down on AI-generated deepfakes by changing copyright law to give its citizens rights to their own body, facial features, and voice
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google launches Doppl, an experimental AI app to let users virtually try on outfits by generating videos from photos, available on iOS and Android in the US
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple overhauls EU App Store to comply with DMA: developers can push offers and alt payments, and the Core Technology Fee will be swapped for tiered commission
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