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A US jury finds Elon Musk intentionally misled Twitter shareholders by disparaging the company in 2022 to buy it for a lower price than his original $44B bid — Elon Musk defrauded Twitter Inc. investors when he disparaged the company in 2022 in an effort to buy the social media platform …
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Inside Palantir's recent developer conference, where it doubled down on a vision of AI built for battlefield advantage as its commercial business soars — As business soars, Palantir is doubling down on a vision of AI built for battlefield advantage—and attracting customers who agree.
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| David Jeans / Reuters: |
Leaked DOD letter: Pentagon will adopt Palantir's Maven AI system as an official program of record to streamline its adoption across all arms of the US military — Palantir's (PLTR.O) Maven artificial intelligence system will become an official program of record, Deputy Secretary …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI aims to grow to about 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, from ~4,500 today, as it seeks to stop Anthropic's momentum with business customers — OpenAI plans to almost double its headcount by the end of the year as it accelerates a push to sell to businesses and gain ground …
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Filing: Anthropic says it cannot manipulate Claude once the military has deployed it, denying DOD accusations that Anthropic could tamper with models during war — The Department of Defense alleges the AI developer could manipulate models in the middle of war. Company executives argue that's impossible.
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| Ed Bott / ZDNET: |
Microsoft acknowledges complaints about Windows 11, promising a reduction of “unnecessary” Copilot integrations, more control over updates, and more — ZDNET's key takeaways — Microsoft finally acknowledged complaints about Windows 11. — The company is promising sweeping changes to a slew of features.
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| Tim Starks / CyberScoop: |
The FBI and CISA warn hackers tied to Russian intelligence services are targeting users of messaging apps such as Signal with phishing attacks — It echoes earlier alerts from the Netherlands and Germany, and is the latest to warn about targeting of Signal users and others. — Learn more.| New York Times: |
A review of Polymarket's social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts, as the betting market presents itself as “News 2.0” — A review of the betting market's social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Super Micro names VP DeAnna Luna as acting chief compliance officer, after SMCI closed down 33% on March 20 amid a chip smuggling scandal — Super Micro Computer Inc., the AI computing provider at the center of a smuggling scandal, is working to shore up its compliance operations … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
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| Richard Nieva / Forbes: |
Vercel, which helps developers host web apps and AI agents, says its run-rate GAAP revenue hit $340M at the end of February, up 86% YoY, amid the AI coding boom — One of the most popular ways to view the Epstein Files, an interface called Jmail that mimics a Gmail inbox, is hosted on Guillermo Rauch's $9.3 billion unicorn Vercel.| Jerry Neumann / Colossus: |
Universal recipes for startup success are impossible: once good ideas are widely adopted, founders converge on the same moves, erasing any competitive moats — Startup pundits sold us a failed science of entrepreneurship. The Red Queen offers something better.| Wall Street Journal: |
Interviews with over three dozen people detail how lobbyist Mike Davis used his ties to Trump to push the DOJ to approve deals, including HPE's Juniper deal — Mike Davis pushed DOJ officials to approve his deals—and went over their heads if they pushed back
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| Chang Che / The Guardian: |
A look at China's rapidly expanding robotics sector, which now has roughly 140 companies hoping to build humanoids, fueled by massive state-backed investments — How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out
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The US Department of Energy announces a partnership with SoftBank and its affiliate SB Energy to develop a 10 GW data center with its own power supply in Ohio — The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced a public-private partnership to develop a major data center with its own power supply … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
A US judge dismisses a lawsuit by Sam Altman's sister accusing Altman of sexual abuse from 1997 to 2006, as the claims expired in 2008, but says she can refile — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by Sam Altman's sister accusing the billionaire OpenAI chief executive of sexually abusing … Sponsor Posts
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