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Sources: the Trump administration is discussing an EO to create an AI working group to examine AI oversight procedures, including vetting models before release — The Trump administration, which took a noninterventionist approach to artificial intelligence, is now discussing imposing oversight …
More: Wall Street Journal, Axios, Engadget, CSO, Business Insider, Mashable, Noahpinion, The Economic Times, The Information, The Verge, Tom's Hardware, Yahoo Finance, NewsMax.com, Implicator.ai, Tom's Guide, and Forbes
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple held exploratory talks with Intel and Apple executives visited a Samsung plant in Texas to explore producing core chips for its devices in the US — Apple Considers Using Intel, Samsung to Build Device Processors — Video Player is loading. — Unmute
More: Proactive, AppleInsider, Digit, 9to5Mac, SamMobile, Reuters, Cult of Mac, and DigiTimes
| Bloomberg: |
Musk v. Altman: Greg Brockman testifies that his OpenAI stake is now worth ~$30B; a Musk attorney asks why he hasn't donated $29B to OpenAI's nonprofit arm — OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman testified that his stake in the startup is now worth almost $30 billion …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
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| Nicola M White / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk agrees to pay $1.5M to settle SEC allegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders in 2022 by failing to disclose the 5%+ stake he had in the company — Elon Musk agreed to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders out of millions … | Diana Novak Jones / Reuters: |
New Mexico child safety trial: New Mexico asks a judge to declare Meta a public nuisance and to order it to pay $3.7B and overhaul its apps to protect children — The U.S. state of New Mexico on Monday asked a judge to declare Meta Platforms (META.O) a public nuisance …
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| @mingchikuo: |
Kuo: OpenAI appears to be fast-tracking its AI agent phone with two NPUs and a custom MediaTek Dimensity 9600 SoC, targeting mass production as early as H1 2027 — 【Industry Check Update】OpenAI appears to be fast-tracking its first AI agent phone, with mass production targeted as early as 1H27. Potential drivers include supporting a year-end IPO narrative and intensifying competition in AI agent phones. MediaTek currently appears better
| Bloomberg: |
How Europe is falling behind in the global crypto race, as delays to the ECB's digital euro leave the bloc exposed to US-led stablecoin dominance — In the contest over the future of money, the US dollar has a huge head start — When Christine Lagarde addressed a central bank conference late last year, her frustration was clear.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on his plan to make Uber an everything app, Uber's AI integrations, investing in autonomous cars, and more — Uber's CEO on his plan to make Uber an everything app and take over travel. … Today, I'm talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Ex-iRobot CEO Colin Angle launches Familiar Machines & Magic and unveils Familiar, a dog-like “emotionally intelligent” robot that reacts to an owner's feelings — The inventor behind the world-famous robot vacuum is now designing robots that form an emotional bond with their owners| Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
Crypto stocks jump after lawmakers struck a compromise on the CLARITY Act to preserve stablecoin rewards under certain conditions; Circle's stock closed up ~20% — Shares of Circle surged after lawmakers over the weekend struck a compromise on the market structure bill known as the CLARITY Act …
More: Blockonomi, CNBC, The Crypto Times, CoinGape, Blockhead, Crypto Briefing, The Information, Bloomberg, crypto.news, The Block, Barchart.com, CryptoSlate, Fortune, International Business Times, PYMNTS, Fast Company, ABA Banking Journal, Yahoo Finance, Bitcoin Insider, CoinDesk, DL News, Benzinga, and Blockchain.News
| Jack Clark / Import AI: |
Anthropic co-founder explains why there's a 60%+ chance of AI systems autonomously building their successors by 2029 and the consequences of automated AI R&D — The first step towards recursive self improvement — Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research.
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| Mike Rogoway / Oregonian: |
Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65B in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI provides firmware and infrastructure manageability for cloud and AI — Hillsboro-based Lattice Semiconductor said Monday it is buying a Georgia tech company called AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock …
More: DigiTimes, AMI, Portland Business Journal, Lattice Semiconductor, Yahoo Finance, and Reuters
| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Palantir reports Q1 revenue up 85% YoY to $1.63B, above $1.54B est., US government revenue up 84% YoY to $687M, and US commercial revenue up 133% YoY to $595M — Palantir Technologies (PLTR.O) beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Monday, driven by rising demand … | Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Inference cloud startup DeepInfra raised a $107M Series B co-led by 500 Global and Georges Harik, and currently supports 190+ open models, including Nemotron — Dedicated inference cloud startup Deepinfra Inc. is looking to expand its global capacity after raising $107 million in a Series B round … | Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Sam Altman discussed spinning out OpenAI's robotics and consumer hardware divisions in late 2025 to give them more room to grow; the plan was rejected — Company is considering an Alphabet-like structure for its portfolio of products, though no discussions are currently active| Natasha Mascarenhas / Bloomberg: |
Katie Haun raised $1B for two funds split between early and later-stage investments, looking at startups blending financial services, AI, and alternative assets — Katie Haun, a former Andreessen Horowitz general partner and federal prosecutor who made her name investigating digital assets …
More: Haun Ventures, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Bitcoin News, Blockchain.News, Decrypt, The Next Web, TechCrunch, and PYMNTS
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| Owen Tucker-Smith / Wall Street Journal: |
As Colorado tech leaders say that burdensome regulations are driving companies away, lawmakers introduce a slimmer version of an AI anti-discrimination bill — Proposed AI bill has many wondering whether state's regulations killing its entrepreneurial spirit
More: Charleston Daily Mail, Colorado Politics, Decrypt, Colorado Newsline, and Axios
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Pinterest reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $1B, above $966M est., MAUs up 11% YoY to 631M, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates; PINS jumps 17%+ pre-market — Pinterest reported first-quarter earnings on Monday that beat on the top and bottom lines. Shares soared 15% after the report.
More: The Next Web, Bloomberg, Investor's Business Daily, Pinterest, and Benzinga
| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Cisco agrees to acquire Astrix Security, which helps companies monitor and control the permissions granted to AI agents, a source says for approximately $400M — The Israeli startup, backed by Menlo Ventures and Anthropic, targets growing risks from non-human identities and autonomous AI agents.
More: Cisco Blogs, Astrix Security, SiliconANGLE, The Information, Network World, SecurityWeek, and CRN. LinkedIn: Tom Alcock
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple prepares a “Create a Pass” feature for iOS 27, which lets users take a QR code and generate a custom pass around it for concerts and other venues — Apple Inc. is preparing a new “Create a Pass” feature for its next major iPhone software update …
More: The Next Web, 9to5Mac, CNET, PYMNTS, BGR, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada, Cult of Mac, Digital Trends, Macworld, The Tech Portal, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and MacRumors
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Bret Taylor's Sierra, which sells AI customer service agents, raised a $950M Series E led by Tiger and GV at a $15.8B post-money valuation, up from $10B in 2025 — Artificial intelligence startup Sierra is raising nearly a billion dollars in a new funding round, CNBC has learned …
More: Sierra blog, StrictlyVC, TechCrunch, The Economic Times, Axios, PYMNTS, and Yahoo Finance
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