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The Senate votes 99-1 to remove a Trump tax bill provision that would have barred states from regulating AI if they got funding from a $500M broadband program — The Senate killed a controversial effort to prevent US states from regulating artificial intelligence, marking a loss …
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LinkedIn: Ben Colman and Leah Frazier
| Zoë Schiffer / Wired: |
Sam Altman said in a memo to staff, “missionaries will beat mercenaries” and “I believe there is much, much more upside to OpenAI stock than Meta stock” — “What Meta is doing will, in my opinion, lead to very deep cultural problems,” said CEO Sam Altman in a leaked memo sent to OpenAI researchers.
More: The Information, Observer, ZDNET, and International Business Times
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Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/singularity, r/artificial, and r/technology
| Zoë Schiffer / Wired: |
Source: Mark Zuckerberg has, on 10+ occasions, offered to pay AI research talent up to $300M over four years, with $100M+ in compensation for the first year — The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare debuts “Pay per Crawl”, a marketplace that lets sites charge AI crawlers per crawl; new sites using Cloudflare will now block AI crawlers by default — Cloudflare, a cloud infrastructure provider that serves 20% of the web, announced Tuesday the launch of a new marketplace …
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LinkedIn: Sam Jacobs, Kate Knibbs, and Björn Rudling
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Figma files for an IPO, plans to trade on the NYSE under FIG, and reports Q1 revenue increased 46% YoY to $228.2M and net income grew from $13.5M to $44.9M YoY — Design software company Figma filed for an IPO on Tuesday, and plans to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol “FIG.”
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
X will start to publish Community Notes written by AI agents; developers will soon be able to submit their own “fact-checking” AI agents for review — Elon Musk's X will start to publish Community Notes written by artificial intelligence agents, a move to increase the speed …
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Nothing unveils the $799 Phone 3, with a 6.7" AMOLED display, Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip, three 50MP rear cameras, and the $299 Headphone 1, both shipping July 15 — The five-year-old company, known for its bold designs, unveiled the Phone 3 and a pair of similarly quirky headphones.
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| Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
Grammarly acquires email startup Superhuman as part of a push to diversify and build an AI productivity suite; Superhuman was valued at $825M in August 2021 — Grammarly has acquired email efficiency tool Superhuman as part of the company's push to build an artificial intelligence-powered productivity suite …
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Sources: Anthropic's revenue hit a pace of $4B/year, up almost 4x from the beginning of 2025; Cursor maker Anysphere has poached two of Claude Code's leaders — Anysphere, the maker of Cursor, an artificial intelligence-powered coding app, has hired two leaders of Anthropic's competing coding product …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Threads launches DMs for users aged 18 and older, without support for E2EE, and announces a “highlighter” feature to emphasize trending topics — For now, you can only send DMs to your followers on Threads or mutual followers on Instagram. … Threads has officially launched direct messaging for everyone.
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| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Ambrook, a startup providing specialized accounting software for US farmers and ranchers, raised a $26.1M Series A led by Thrive Capital and Figma's Dylan Field — Ambrook cofounders Dan Schlosser, Mackenzie Burnett, and Jeff Anders. — AMBROOK — When I meet Chase Crandall, he's putting up a barbed wire fence.
More: Ambrook. X: @nwilliams030, @jeffand_, @fouadmatin, @danrschlosser, @ciaomack, and @_tamarawinter. LinkedIn: Bethany Karlberg
| Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: |
Sources: Palmer Luckey is preparing to launch Erebor, a US bank backed by Joe Lonsdale and other tech investors to serve startups, including crypto businesses — Start-up named after the dragon's mountain in ‘Lord of the Rings’ — A group of tech billionaires led by Palmer Luckey … | Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A California jury rules Google is liable in a 2019 class action lawsuit over collecting information from users' devices without permission and must pay $314.6M+ — A jury in San Jose, California, said on Tuesday that Google misused customers' cell phone data and must pay more than $314.6 million … | Avery Lotz / Axios: |
Trump says “We might have to put DOGE on Elon”, “DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon”, and “We'll have to take a look” at deporting Musk — President Trump said Tuesday that DOGE could investigate Elon Musk, the latest indicator …
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Bluesky: @eliothiggins, @rmac, @atrupar.com, @techaltar, @joshtpm, and @lorak. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump …
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Forums: r/politics and r/goodnews
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