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Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Meta debuts Incognito Chat in WhatsApp, an AI chat mode built on Private Processing that lets users talk to Meta AI without Meta being able to access the chats  —  The company says its new Incognito Chat allows you to use its AI chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being able to access your conversations.
Reuters:
LinkedIn says it has “implemented organizational changes”; a source says LinkedIn plans to cut about 5% of its 17,500 full-time workers  —  LinkedIn planned to inform staff of layoffs on Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a widening of technology sector cuts this year.
CNBC:
Nvidia says Jensen Huang has joined President Trump on his China trip; source: Trump called Huang to ask him to join after seeing media coverage of his absence  —  BEIJING — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has joined U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to China, after initial indications the executive had not been invited.
Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Anduril raised a $5B Series H led by Thrive and a16z at a $61B valuation, up from $30.5B in June 2025, taking its total funding to $6.82B, and could IPO in 2027  —  The start-up, which makes A.I.-backed weapons, was valued at $61 billion in the financing round, double what it was a year ago.
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google says Chromebooks will get support through their “existing date commitment”, and “many” models are “eligible to transition” to the Googlebook experience  —  During The Android Show earlier today, Google revealed its “Googlebook” …
Google DeepMind:
Google DeepMind details a Gemini-powered mouse pointer that understands what it is pointing at, allowing users to perform tasks without using text-heavy prompts
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Amazon is replacing its Rufus AI shopping assistant with Alexa for Shopping, which is powered by Alexa+, on Amazon.com and its app, for all customers in the US  —  The company is giving its AI-powered assistant special shopping skills on its website and app.
Gyana Swain / CSO:
Microsoft unveils MDASH, a security system that orchestrates 100+ AI agents to find vulnerabilities, and says it identified 16 previously unknown Windows flaws  —  The agentic tool, codenamed MDASH, will open to enterprise customers in private preview in June.
Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Investor docs: Anthropic's revenue run rate is on track to hit $50B by the end of June; Ramp says more of its customers now use Anthropic than OpenAI, a first  —  After years as also-ran, startup pulls ahead in AI race after focusing on enterprise users and coding
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise between $30B and $50B at an up to $950B valuation, up from $380B after raising $30B in February 2026
Sean McLain / Wall Street Journal:
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe's Mind Robotics, which is building AI-powered robots for manufacturing tasks, raised $400M, source says at a $3.4B valuation  —  Funding for AI-powered industrial robot project now exceeds $1 billion  —  Mind Robotics, the startup founded by Rivian Chief Executive RJ Scaringe …
New York Times:
Analysis: a16z is the largest known donor in the current US midterm election cycle, spending $115.5M so far on pro-crypto, pro-AI, and Republican Super PACs  —  The biggest donor in the midterm elections is not Elon Musk, or George Soros, or any of the other billionaires who are often thought to wield the fattest wallets in politics.
Michelle Del Rey / USA Today:
Trump Mobile says T1 Phone preorders will begin shipping to customers this week and that the first T1 phones were assembled in the US, after months of delays  —  Trump Mobile phones are being shipped this week, the company exclusively confirmed to USA TODAY in an email May 11.
Ashlee Vance / Core Memory:
Q&A with Alexandr Wang on rebuilding Meta's AI stack, launching Muse Spark, personal superintelligence, acquiring Assured Robot Intelligence, and more  —  Last June, Meta pried Alex Wang away from Scale AI, the company he co-founded and ran, in a deal valued at $14 billion.
Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Adaption, co-founded by ex-Cohere VP of AI research Sara Hooker, unveils AutoScientist, which can automate the research loop behind model training and alignment  —  For years, AI researchers have anticipated the moment when AI systems will be able to improve themselves better than humans could.
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Waymo recalls ~3,800 robotaxis in the US to fix software issues that may cause them to drive onto flooded roads, after some were seen stalled on flooded streets  —  Waymo is recalling about 3,800 robotaxis in the U.S. to fix software issues that could allow them to “drive onto a flooded roadway …
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Foxconn says some of its North American factories “suffered a cyberattack” in recent days; ransomware group Nitrogen claims it stole 8TB of data from Foxconn  —  Famous for helping build Apple's iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another cyberattack, highlighting the perils of warehousing some of the world's most valuable data.
Agnieszka Barteczko / Bloomberg:
Poland says it plans to continue working on a digital services tax of up to 3% on large digital platforms, despite the US' threats of retaliation, like tariffs  —  Poland will continue working on legislation to tax digital platforms, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said …

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From Mediagazer

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The BBC is seeking to subpoena Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner in the defamation lawsuit the president is pressing against the broadcaster

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
California capped business tax credits at $5M/year in June and didn't exempt Hollywood, which is trying to fix the issue before the legislature ends August 31

Bryan P. Sears / Maryland Matters:
A Maryland court strikes down a state tax on some digital ads as a violation of the Internet Tax Freedom Act; Apple, Google, and Peacock TV challenged the tax

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OpenAI Global Affairs:
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Viola Zhou / Rest of World:
How the “Facebook House” in Los Altos, Mark Zuckerberg's former residence, became a hub for Chinese AI talent, who are a key part of Silicon Valley's AI boom
Molly Taft / Wired:
Internal emails: xAI has added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 over the past two months; xAI is fighting a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site
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