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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI is weighing legal action against Apple after expectations that ChatGPT's Siri integration would generate billions in revenue fell short  —  Apple Inc.'s two-year-old partnership with OpenAI has become strained, according to people familiar with the matter …
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Security research firm Calif says it used Mythos to help build a macOS kernel memory corruption exploit circumventing Apple's Memory Integrity Enforcement tech  —  During tests in April, researchers found software issues in MacOS, one of the world's toughest targets for hackers
Associated Press:
Musk v. Altman: in closing arguments, Musk's attorney doubled down on claims of Altman's untrustworthiness, while OpenAI's lawyer said Musk has no evidence  —  Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their final arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence.
Bloomberg:
Cerebras shares closed up 68% at $311.07 in the company's Nasdaq debut after it raised $5.5B in the year's largest IPO, giving it a market value of $67B  —  Cerebras Systems Inc. shares jumped 68% in its trading debut after raising $5.5 billion in the year's largest IPO …
Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg:
xAI launches Grok Build, an agentic CLI for coding, building apps, and automating workflows, in beta for SuperGrok Heavy subscribers  —  Elon Musk's xAI is rolling out its first artificial intelligence coding agent, called Grok Build, in an attempt to catch up to Anthropic PBC's Claude on streamlining software development.
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
Bill Ackman says his fund has taken a new stake in Microsoft after the company's recent share price decline; Ackman says investors have underestimated Microsoft  —  Pershing Square Chief Executive Officer Bill Ackman said he's taken a new stake in Microsoft Corp. after the shares declined …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
OpenAI adds remote access to Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app, letting users control Codex sessions running on a connected computer directly from a phone  —  OpenAI has released a new way to interact with its Codex app from your smartphone.  An update to ChatGPT's mobile app brings remote access …
Anthropic:
In a policy paper, Anthropic urges the US and allies to enforce export controls, curb distillation attacks, and export US AI to hold the lead over China by 2028  —  We're releasing a new paper that explains our views on the competition on AI between the US and China.
@mingchikuo:
Sources: Intel has begun testing production of “low-end/legacy iPhone, iPad, and Mac processors”; Apple thinks TSMC's resources will continue tilting toward AI  —  ... Apple has kicked off low-end/legacy iPhone, iPad, and Mac processors at Intel on the 18A-P series (using Foveros packaging).
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Figma reports Q1 revenue up 46% YoY to $333.4M, vs. $313.2M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates, citing AI monetization; FIG jumps 8%+ after hours  —  Figma (FIG.N) raised its annual revenue forecast on Thursday, as growing adoption of its artificial intelligence tools helped convert …
Bloomberg:
A profile of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who is killing projects, cutting staff, and pleasing Wall Street, while steering the company toward an AI-focused era  —  Thirteen miles north of Jackson, Mississippi, past the self-storage facilities, a Nissan factory and a Coca-Cola bottling plant …
More: Los Angeles Times.  X: @business and @mattmday
LinkedIn: Matt Day and Brad Stone.  Bluesky: @carlquintanilla
Bloomberg:
Sources: HSG, formerly Sequoia China, has set up a $3B continuation fund anchored by its ByteDance stake, offering entry into the company valued at $370B  —  HSG, the investment firm formerly known as Sequoia Capital China, has closed a $3 billion continuation vehicle anchored by a stake in ByteDance Ltd. …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says two employee devices were impacted via a supply chain attack on TanStack but no user data or production systems were compromised  —  Earlier this week, hackers hijacked several open source projects used by dozens of companies and pushed updates designed to spread malware.

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