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Michel Devoret, a Google Quantum AI chief scientist, John Martinis, who left Google in 2020, and John Clarke win the Nobel in Physics for quantum computing work — Two physicists integral to efforts by Alphabet Inc.'s Google to build working quantum computers have been awarded the Nobel Prize …
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Bluesky: @durumcrustulum.com, @lschmeiser, and @whodat35
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: xAI nears a deal to raise $20B in equity and debt, tied to the Nvidia GPUs that xAI plans to use in Colossus 2; Nvidia is investing as much as $2B — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is raising more financing than initially planned, tapping backers including Nvidia Corp …
More: Reuters and Blockchain.News
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| The Keyword: |
Google releases the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model, built on Gemini 2.5 Pro's capabilities to power agents that can interact with UIs, in preview via the API — Available in preview via the API, our Computer Use model is a specialized model built on Gemini 2.5 Pro's capabilities to power agents that can interact with user interfaces.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/Bard
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Qualcomm agrees to acquire the Italian open-source electronics platform Arduino for an undisclosed sum and says the Arduino brand will remain independent — Arduino is also launching a Qualcomm-equipped Uno Q that functions as a single-board computer and microcontroller.
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Mastodon: @devopscats@toot.cat and @masek@infosec.exchange
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic releases Petri, an open-source tool using AI agents for safety testing, and says it observed multiple cases of models attempting to blow the whistle — Petri (Parallel Exploration Tool for Risky Interactions) is our new open-source tool that enables researchers to explore hypotheses about model behavior with ease.
More: Anthropic, SiliconANGLE, ZDNET, and The Decoder
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Elon Musk has appointed former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong as CFO of xAI; he will also take over financial management for X — Anthony Armstrong will take over financial management for both the AI group and social media platform X — Elon Musk has appointed former …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
AltStore, one of the first alternative app stores in the EU, raised a $6M Series A led by Pace Capital, aims to launch in Australia, Brazil, and Japan in 2025 — The third-party app store known as AltStore, one of the first companies to offer an alternative app marketplace in the European Union …
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| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Sources: Tesla abandoned Elon Musk's goal to make thousands of Optimus robots in 2025 due to significant technical challenges, especially with the robots' hands — When Elon Musk takes the stage at Tesla's annual meeting next month, one of the centerpieces of his plan to impress shareholders …
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| Katelyn Chedraoui / CNET: |
Meta updates Reels on Facebook to prioritize showing fresher and more-relevant content, and adds AI search suggestions and friend bubbles like on Instagram — Facebook's vice president of product, Jagjit Chawla, talks about how the platform treats AI-generated content and how you can see less of it.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mastodon plans to add Bluesky-like starter packs to suggest accounts to follow for new users, but will allow accounts to opt out of being included in Packs — Mastodon, the decentralized, open social network with over 8 million accounts and nearly 700,000 monthly active users …
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NYSE owner ICE says it will invest up to $2B in Polymarket in a cash deal valuing the company at ~$8B pre-investment and that it will distribute Polymarket data — Investment from Intercontinental Exchange could help the popular prediction market re-enter the U.S.
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Bluesky: @wendysiegelman and @peark.es
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic and IBM partner to make Anthropic's Claude models available in IBM's latest IDE for large businesses, and IBM aims to add Claude to more products soon — The AI startup and enterprise tech giant team up to make Anthropic's Claude models available to developers on IBM's software
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X: @johnarnoldfndtn and @beth_kindig
LinkedIn: Nikhilesh Murthy and Dr. Chan Naseeb
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
OpenAI's recent deals with Oracle, Nvidia, Samsung, AMD, SK Hynix, and others, plus its DevDay announcements, show it is making a play to be the Windows of AI — OpenAI's flood of announcements are getting hard to keep up with. A selection — not exhaustive! — from just the last month:| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
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| Caleb Mutua / Bloomberg: |
JPMorgan Chase: debt tied to AI-related companies hits $1.2T, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market at 14%, surpassing US banks at 11.7% — The amount of debt tied to artificial intelligence has ballooned to $1.2 trillion, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market …
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| Wired: |
Docusign's stock dropped 12% last week after OpenAI revealed an internal DocuGPT demo, highlighting OpenAI's potential sway over the current software market — OpenAI revealed last week the custom AI tools it uses internally. The news sent some software companies into turmoil.| Tyler Katzenberger / Politico: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a law banning excessively loud ads on streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, a US first, modeled on a 2010 federal law — “We heard Californians loud and clear, and what's clear is that they don't want commercials at a volume any louder than the level …
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