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| Bloomberg: |
The US Commerce Department's CAISI says Google, Microsoft, and xAI join OpenAI and Anthropic in granting early access to evaluate models prior to public release — Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Microsoft Corp. and xAI have agreed to give the US government early access to their artificial intelligence models …
More: NIST, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Tom's Hardware, Axios, CNN, The Guardian, Crypto Briefing, Tech Brew, Financial Times, CIO Dive, Nextgov/FCW, The Information, Barchart.com, UPI, Decrypt, crypto.news, The Next Web, Washington Examiner, and New York Times
X: @shakeelhashim, @deanwball, @jimstewartson, @andrewcurran_, @_nathancalvin, @_nathancalvin, @nist, @the_danielking, @deredleritt3r, @allinallnotbad, @matvelloso, @bitcoinconner, @basedjensen, @emollick, @shakeelhashim, @thomas_woodside, and @blainedilli
LinkedIn: Chris Lehane and Christopher Okpala
Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com, @karlbode.com, and @karlbode.com
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5 Instant, which it says is smarter, with more accurate and personalized responses, replacing GPT-5.3 Instant as ChatGPT's default model — We're updating ChatGPT's default model, available to everyone, to be smarter and more accurate, with clearer, more concise answers that feel better tailored to you.
More: MacRumors, VentureBeat, PCWorld, The New Stack, Decrypt, Mashable, Neowin, Digital Trends, The Tech Portal, TestingCatalog, and The Deep View
X: @openai, @michpokrass, @jp54362, @alexeheath, @mikelecheve, @sam_badawi, @sama, @masterwang34, @openai, @conor_d_dart, @mark_k, @enginron, @deryatr_, @sama, @openai, @teksedge, and @anushabalak. Bluesky: @davidcrespo
Forums: Hacker News and r/OpenAI
| Reuters: |
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announces the company is cutting ~700 jobs, or ~14% of its global workforce, to reduce costs, saying “AI is changing how we work” — Coinbase (COIN.O) said on Tuesday it will cut about 700 jobs, or about 14% of its global workforce …
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Forums: r/BetterOffline, r/Buttcoin, and r/programare
| The Information: |
Source: Anthropic plans to spend about $200B on Google's cloud and chips over five years, representing 40%+ of the “revenue backlog” Google disclosed last week — When Google last month said it would supply Anthropic with an astonishing five gigawatts of server capacity …
More: Engadget, Benzinga, Sherwood News, and The Motley Fool
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| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Apple reaches a $250M settlement in a CA federal court to resolve a false advertising class action lawsuit over the launch of a “personalized” Siri in 2024 — iPhone buyers sued the tech giant for touting features in 2024 that have yet to launch| Reuters: |
AMD reports Q1 revenue up 38% YoY to $10.25B, vs. $9.89B est., Data Center revenue up 57% to $5.8B, forecasts Q2 revenue above est.; AMD jumps 7%+ after hours — Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, helped by keen demand … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Kaspersky says Daemon Tools, a widely used app for mounting disk images, has been backdoored in a monthlong compromise that has pushed malicious updates — Daemon Tools, a widely used app for mounting disk images, has been backdoored in a monthlong compromise that has pushed malicious updates …
More: Securelist, TechCrunch, The Hacker News, and BleepingComputer
Forums: r/programming and Ars OpenForum
| Alice Speri / The Guardian: |
Letter: UK-based Google DeepMind workers voted to unionize with the Communication Workers Union and Unite in April, representing 1K+ staff, amid the US DOD deal — Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon's Anthropic feud as indications the department is ‘not a responsible partner’
More: Wired, The Verge, The Information, The Next Web, Fortune, Morning Star, The Economic Times, and Engadget
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Bluesky: @piotrmirowski, @davidcrespo, @bentarnoff.com, @lutzfernandez, @katie-drummond, @justinhendrix, @foxglovelegal, and @rprose
Forums: r/ArtificialInteligence, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
Super Micro reports Q3 revenue up 123% YoY to $10.24B, vs. $12.33B est., forecasts Q4 revenue and adjusted profit above estimates; SMCI jumps 17%+ after hours — Super Micro Computer (SMCI.O) on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates, banking on robust demand … | Bloomberg: |
Musk v. Altman: Greg Brockman testified about tense negotiations with Musk in 2017, saying “he knows rockets, he knows electric cars” but “does not know AI” — OpenAI President Greg Brockman testified that Elon Musk called a ChatGPT predecessor “stupid,” …
More: The Information, Puck, New York Times, CNBC, Fortune, Business Insider, Wired, BBC, New York Post, SiliconANGLE, San Francisco Business Times, NBC Bay Area, Forbes, and The Verge
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic unveils 10 new AI agents for the financial sector, including for drafting pitch decks, reviewing financial statements, and escalating compliance cases — Anthropic PBC unveiled a set of new artificial intelligence agents designed to handle a broader mix of financial services tasks …
More: Anthropic, Decrypt, Forbes, The Register, Wall Street Journal, eMarketer, Blockonomi, Yahoo Finance, and Reuters
X: @scaling01, @madisonmills22, @timhaldorsson, @linusekenstam, @claudeai, @andrewcurran_, @claudeai, @kimmonismus, and @0xarslan. LinkedIn: Cameron Karagitz
Forums: r/auscorp and r/Accounting
| 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: Macworld, CNET, The Information, GSMArena.com, Spyglass, The Tech Portal, Fast Company, Benzinga, Neowin, Yahoo Finance, and Computerworld
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Lola Murti / CNBC: |
More: Yahoo Finance, Livemint, Motley Fool, Asymco, Barron's Online, Blockonomi, and Axios
| Alexandra Alter / New York Times: |
Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, and Cengage, alongside novelist Scott Turow, file a class-action copyright lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg — The class-action lawsuit accuses the tech giant and its founder and chief executive of infringing on authors' copyrights.
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Forums: r/technology and r/books
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Memo: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma overhauls the group's leadership, including bringing over executives from Microsoft's CoreAI engineering unit where she worked before — Microsoft Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told employees in a Tuesday memo that she's appointing new leaders, as the software company looks to return its video game unit to growth.
More: Engadget, XDA Developers, GeekWire, The Information, The Verge, Windows Central, VideoCardz.com, IGN, Kotaku, MobileSyrup, Phandroid, Game Informer, Notebookcheck, Digital Trends, PC Gamer, Dexerto, Neowin, The Game Post, Polygon.com, and Pure Xbox
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Forums: r/Games, r/gamingnews, r/consoles, r/xbox, r/gaming, and r/technology
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to let users choose from multiple third-party AI models to perform tasks like generating and editing text and images in iOS 27 — Apple Inc. will let users choose from a range of outside artificial intelligence services to power features across its software …
More: PYMNTS, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, iTnews, The Verge, iClarified, MacTech.com, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Digital Trends, The Tech Portal, and MacRumors
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @bengeskin, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @zerohedge
Forums: r/apple, r/iphone, and MacRumors Forums
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Pennsylvania sues Character.AI, alleging that one of its characters posed as a psychiatrist, as the state seeks to prevent chatbots from impersonating doctors — Pennsylvania has sued the artificial intelligence company behind Character.AI to stop its chatbot from posing as doctors.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta is using AI on Facebook and Instagram to detect under-13 users by analyzing bone structure, height, and visual cues, but says it's “not facial recognition” — ‘We want to be clear: this is not facial recognition,’ Facebook says. … Facebook and Instagram have a new way to detect …
More: Meta Newsroom, Help Net Security, The Tech Portal, Thurrott, Digit, BERNAMA, iPhone in Canada, and Neowin
| Patrick Seitz / Investor's Business Daily: |
GlobalFoundries reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.63B, in line with est., and forecasts Q2 revenue and adjusted earnings above estimates; GFS closes up 9.28% — Contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries (GFS) on Tuesday beat earnings estimates on in-line sales for the first quarter.
More: Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Finance, GlobalFoundries Inc., and Reuters
X: @globalfoundries and @skundojjala
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
a16z crypto raised $2.2B for its fifth fund, down from its record $4.5B Fund 4 in May 2022, taking its total capital raised across five funds to ~$9.8B — Quick Take — a16z crypto has raised $2.2 billion for its fifth fund as the venture capital firm points to growing use of stablecoins …
More: a16z crypto, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fortune, Benzinga, Yahoo Finance, The Crypto Times, and Crypto Briefing
X: @cdixon, @digiii, @0xsharvil, @meigga, @0xnairolf, @packym, @a16zcrypto, and @sungmo_apac16z
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
OpenAI rolls out a beta version of its new Ads Manager tool to advertisers in the US, making it easier for SMBs to buy ChatGPT ads on a cost-per-click basis — OpenAI has launched a self-serve advertising platform, executives said, marking a significant step in its goal of generating $2.5 billion …
More: AdExchanger, OpenAI, Blockchain.News, Search Engine Land, and Mobile Dev Memo
X: @trishlaostwal, @eric_seufert, @glenngabe, and @glenngabe
| John Reynolds / Tech.eu: |
ElevenLabs raised $550M+ in its Series D, up from a previously announced $500M, adding BlackRock, Nvidia, and others as investors; its ARR passed $500M in Q1 — ElevenLabs also said it had completed it second employee share sale in less than a year. — One of the UK's most hyped AI startups today …
More: ElevenLabs, The Information, TechCrunch, CNBC, CNBC, and Bloomberg
X: @matiii, @venturetwins, and @sebjohnsonuk
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Crypto exchange Bullish agrees to acquire UK-based financial services outsourcing business Equiniti from Siris Capital for $4.2B, set to close in January 2027 — Bullish agreed to buy Equiniti from Siris Capital in a $4.2 billion deal, as the crypto exchange seeks to expand in blockchain-based capital markets infrastructure.
More: Bullish, Reuters, Motley Fool, Telegraph, Axios, Barron's Online, CoinDesk, Wall Street Journal, Benzinga, Blockonomi, Decrypt, Yahoo Finance, and crypto.news
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FTC will ban data broker Kochava and its subsidiary CDS from selling Americans' location data as part of a settlement over charges brought in 2022 — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will ban data broker Kochava and its subsidiary Collective Data Solutions (CDS) from selling location …
More: Federal Trade Commission, DeviceSecurity.io, and The Record
| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Subquadratic launches with a $29M seed and debuts SubQ, an LLM that uses a subquadratic sparse attention architecture to achieve a 12M-token context window — Subquadratic, a company developing a novel generative artificial intelligence model, launched today with $29 million in seed funding.
More: VentureBeat, Subquadratic, Subquadratic, and The New Stack
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Sources: Meta is building an OpenClaw-inspired agent internally called Hatch, to be powered by its Muse Spark model, and an agentic shopping tool in Instagram — Meta Platforms is building a consumer version of the AI agent OpenClaw and a new agentic shopping tool, people familiar with the efforts said … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alphabet sold its biggest-ever euro-denominated bonds, raising €9B, and its first Canadian dollar notes, raising CA$8.5B, months after raising $20B — Alphabet Inc. needs to borrow heavily to fund investments in artificial intelligence, and it's increasingly tapping every market to do so.
More: Reuters and Sherwood News
| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Match Group reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to $864M, vs. $855M est., as Tinder's new user registrations grew for the first time since 2024, up 1% — Match Group Inc. reported first-quarter revenue that beat analysts' estimates as a decline in Tinder users moderated, suggesting its turnaround strategy is resonating with younger daters.
More: Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Match Group, and Wall Street Journal
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