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SpaceX signs an agreement with Anthropic to provide access to Colossus 1, and says Anthropic expressed interest in partnering for orbital compute capacity  —  SpaceXAI has signed an agreement with Anthropic to provide access to Colossus 1, one of the world's largest and fastest-deployed AI supercomputers.
Anthropic:
Following its SpaceX deal, Anthropic doubles Claude Code's five-hour rate limits for paid plans and removes peak hours limit reduction for Pro and Max plans  —  We've agreed to a partnership with SpaceX that will substantially increase our compute capacity.
Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica:
Google releases Multi-Token Prediction drafters for its Gemma 4 models, which use a form of speculative decoding to guess future tokens for faster inference  —  Google launched its Gemma 4 open models this spring, promising a new level of power and performance for local AI.
Reuters:
Sources: DeepSeek is in talks to raise $3B to $4B led by China's national AI fund, valuing DeepSeek at up to $50B  —  Chinese AI startup DeepSeek could be valued at up to $50 billion in its maiden fundraising drive, three sources said, as the large language model builder seeks to reverse …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Musk v. Altman: Mira Murati testifies that Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new OpenAI model and that he made her work more difficult  —  OpenAI's former CEO testified under oath that Altman lied to her. … Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO, has testified under oath …
Financial Times:
Uber reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $13.2B vs. $13.3B est., gross bookings up 25% to $53.7B vs. $52.9B est., forecasts Q2 bookings above est.; UBER jumps 7%+  —  Ride-hailing company posts weaker than expected first-quarter revenues but issues optimistic outlook
Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
Doc: SpaceX proposes spending $55B to begin building a Terafab chip facility in Grimes County, Texas, and estimates total capital expenditures could hit $119B  —  Elon Musk's SpaceX estimated a chip factory it plans to build along with Tesla Inc. will cost at least $55 billion …
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google Chrome silently installs a ~4GB Gemini Nano model on desktop devices; Google says it has been offered since 2024 and users can remove it via settings  —  The ongoing march of AI features continues to go on, whether you want it to or not, and a recent update to Google Chrome probably installed …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google updates AI Mode and AI Overviews to add “a preview of perspectives” from firsthand sources like social media and Reddit, presented as “Expert Advice”  —  The new AI Mode and AI Overviews updates bring in perspectives from firsthand sources like social media and web forums.
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Google DeepMind takes a minority stake in the maker of Eve Online, a multiplayer role playing game set in outer space, and plans to train its tech on the game  —  Artificial intelligence research is plunging further into video games.  —  Alphabet Inc.'s AI lab, Google DeepMind …
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Study: US schools with strict cellphone bans in class have not seen higher test scores on average so far, but students reported a greater sense of well-being  —  Cellphone bans got devices out of students' hands, according to the first large study.  But behavior and academics have not improved, at least so far.
Hannah Levitt / Bloomberg:
Morgan Stanley rolls out a crypto trading pilot on E*Trade, charging less than Coinbase, Robinhood, and Charles Schwab, ahead of a wider launch later in 2026  —  Morgan Stanley is rolling out cryptocurrency trading on its E*Trade platform with a dig at rivals: cheaper pricing.
Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack:
Anthropic updates Claude Managed Agents with “dreaming”, a scheduled process that reviews recent work and updates memory, available in research preview  —  In April, Anthropic launched the public beta of Managed Agents, its platform for running AI agents on its infrastructure.
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
SCOTUS rejects Apple's request to temporarily block a judicial order in the Epic Games lawsuit that found Apple in violation of court-mandated App Store changes  —  WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday Apple's (AAPL.O) request to temporarily block …
Nat Rubio-Licht / The Deep View:
OpenAI partners with Microsoft, AMD, Broadcom, Nvidia, and Intel researchers to detail the Multipath Reliable Connection (MRC) protocol to help scale compute  —  OpenAI is getting creative to deal with the industry's imminent compute crunch. … The protocol, which has been in the works for two years …
Katie Tarasov / CNBC:
Corning and Nvidia partner to open three advanced manufacturing plants in North Carolina and Texas dedicated to optical tech for Nvidia, creating 3,000+ jobs
Richard Nieva / Forbes:
Corgi, which provides insurance for startups and uses AI to generate quotes, manage claims, and more, raised a $160M Series B led by TCV at a $1.3B valuation  —  Named after the company-owned dog, Corgi embodies the sometimes-absurd San Francisco startup scene.  Now it's worth $1.3 billion, after raising $160 million.
George Packer / The Atlantic:
A profile of David Sacks, the White House's AI and crypto adviser since December 2024, who is ruthlessly devoted to self-interest and helped pass the GENIUS Act  —  The courtship between Silicon Valley and MAGA was consummated on June 6, 2024, in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood …
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Crypto miner Hut 8 signs a lease worth $9.8B+ over 15 years to provide computing power to a “high-investment-grade company” at its Nueces County, Texas campus  —  Hut 8 Corp., a cryptocurrency miner that is shifting to developing artificial intelligence data center capacity …
Daniel Cooper / Engadget:
reMarkable Paper Pure review: the new $399 e-paper slate has a great display, responsiveness, and design, but no backlight or typing, and some software issues  —  rating : 8.3 / 10  — Class-leading handwriting - Better responsiveness  —  There's a lot riding on reMarkable's Paper Pure …
Todd Feathers / Wired:
A medical student reverse-engineered AI tools used by medical colleges on suspicion they were filtering his applications, highlighting AI-driven hiring concerns  —  Armed with some Python and a white-hot sense of injustice, one medical student spent six months trying to figure out whether an algorithm trashed his job application.

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Sangmi Cha / Bloomberg:
Samsung reaches a $1T valuation, making it only the second Asian company after TSMC to hit the mark, after its stock rose 4x+ over the past year on the AI boom
Hugh Langley / Business Insider:
Sources and a document: Google is testing a “personal agent” codenamed Remy in the Gemini app that integrates with Google services to take actions for users
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