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| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
OpenAI memo: Greg Brockman says he will lead product strategy as part of a reorg, folding ChatGPT, Codex, and developer-facing API into one core product team — OpenAI is once again reorganizing its executive ranks as part of its effort to unify ChatGPT and Codex into one core product experience.
More: The Verge, The Information, The Indian Express, iThinkDifferent, Digital Trends, Semafor, Business Standard, Digit, Pulse 2.0, iClarified, Thurrott, Reuters, and TechCrunch
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI debuts personal finance tools for US ChatGPT Pro users, partnering with Plaid to give access to 12K+ financial institutions to analyze spending and more — On Friday, OpenAI launched a new set of personal finance tools in preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S. …
More: The Verge, OpenAI, MacRumors, Decrypt, Engadget, Implicator.ai, Mashable, Digital Trends, Yahoo Finance, WeRSM, The Tech Portal, and Crypto Briefing
X: @mcuban, @pitdesi, @sporadica, @racheltobac, @pareen, @chatgptapp, @zachperret, @gdb, @katiemiller, @frankdegods, @glindaupland, and @iterintellectus. LinkedIn: Stephanie Daub Struck
Bluesky: @seosavvyagent.com, @numb.comfortab.ly, and @stevenjcbuckley. Mastodon: @counternotions@mastodon …
Forums: r/BetterOffline, r/privacy, and r/technology
| Akshay Gangwar / Android Authority: |
Google confirms a new storage policy test, after some users reported that new Gmail accounts get 5GB, not 15GB, of free storage if they don't add a phone number — Update: Google has confirmed that it's testing a 5GB storage limit for some new Gmail users, unless they add their number. — •
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| Meaghan Tobin / New York Times: |
Nvidia's future in China remains unclear after the Trump-Xi Summit; Trump says China “chose not to” buy Nvidia chips as “they want to try to develop their own” — The standoff comes as Chinese firms increasingly turn to domestic chipmakers like Huawei …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Replit says it has “worked things out with Apple”, which has approved a Replit update after four months, following a reported dispute over vibe coding apps — All's well that ends well in App Store review controversies. Back in March, a major agentic coding company made news …
More: The Information, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, TechRadar, Redmond Pie, and PhoneArena
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out new features for its Ray-Ban Display glasses, including neural handwriting support for all users, and opens up support for third-party apps — You can also now capture a video combining what you see on the lens display, what you see in the world, and the audio around you.
More: Meta, Engadget, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Android Authority, PCMag, Tech Times, Digital Trends, and CNET. Bluesky: @marypcbuk
| Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg: |
xAI launches Grok Build, an agent and CLI for coding, building apps, and automating workflows, in early beta, available first 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 …
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| 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 underestimate Microsoft 365 — Bill Ackman said Pershing Square has built a new stake in Microsoft Corp., taking advantage of a decline in the company's share price … | Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
ArXiv, the repository of preprint academic research, says it will ban authors for a year if their papers have “incontrovertible evidence” of AI-generated work — The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.
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| 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.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Source: Kraken cut ~150 staff after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO may be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to a drop in digital-asset prices — Kraken, one of the world's oldest cryptocurrency exchanges, has cut some staff to reduce costs and may not go public as soon … | Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Ofcom says X has committed to implementing stronger protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hate and terror content within 24 hours, after a probe — Social media platform commits to providing faster review of reported material following regulator's investigation| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who is killing projects, cutting staff, and assuring investors, all while also placing staggeringly expensive bets on AI — Thirteen miles north of Jackson, Mississippi, past the self-storage facilities, a Nissan factory and a Coca-Cola bottling plant … | 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.
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Forums: r/BetterOffline and r/accelerate
| Reuters: |
Sources: SpaceX aims to make its IPO prospectus public by next week, targeting a June 12 listing on Nasdaq, driven by a faster-than-expected SEC review — Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is planning to price its blockbuster initial public offering as early as June 11 …
More: Bloomberg Law, CoinDesk, Reuters, The Tech Portal, and Crypto Briefing
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
A profile of AI video generation startup Runway, which is training models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3B, and added $40M in ARR in Q2 — Every major AI lab is betting on language. Runway is betting they're wrong. — AI video-generation startup Runway doesn't have the typical Silicon Valley pedigree.
LinkedIn: Cole Garry
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
A look at Matthew McConaughey's novel legal strategy to fight unauthorized AI use of his image and likeness, by trademarking video and audio clips of himself — The actor has secured trademarks covering his persona, hoping to deter unauthorized AI use. Will it make a difference?| Sean Silcoff / Globe and Mail: |
Sources: Nord Quantique, a quantum computing startup that is pursuing a hardware-level quantum error correction approach, raised $30M at a $1.4B valuation — West Coast pipeline is conditional on carbon-capture project, Carney says — Boycotts, cancellations and price hikes: Get ready for a summer of travel chaos| Transformer: |
OpenAI's disavowal of a liability shield in Illinois SB 3444 bill and endorsement of a stronger SB 315 suggest it is open to meaningful AI safety legislation — Transformer Weekly: US-China talks, AI executive order, and Anthropic's $900b valuation … - Scott Bessent said the US and China will …
X: @zeffmax, @shakeelhashim, and @shakeelhashim
| Bianca Giacobone / Latitude Media: |
Gridcare, which uses AI to detect underused capacity in electric grids, raised a $64M Series A, following a $13.5M seed in 2025 — The grid intelligence startup uses AI to unlock capacity and get data centers connected faster. — Gridcare has raised $64 million in an oversubscribed Series …
More: Yahoo Finance, FinSMEs, and Ventureburn
| Zoe Kleinman / BBC: |
The UK's HMRC tax authority announces a 10-year, £175M deal to use London-based Quantexa's AI tech to help identify fraud incidents and fix tax return errors — HM Revenue and Customs has announced a 10-year, £175m deal with the British tech firm Quantexa to provide AI-powered technology to help improve its performance.| CJ Haddad / CNBC: |
Cerebras' co-founders, CEO Andrew Feldman and CTO Sean Lie, own stakes worth $3.2B and $1.7B, respectively, representing about 5.5% and nearly 3% of the company — The tech billionaires club has two new members after Cerebras' blockbuster IPO lifted the chipmaker's market cap close to $100 billion.| Bloomberg: |
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X: @cerebras, @saranormous, @rolfewinkler, @danprimack, @dinabass, @skupor, @andrewbenson, @morningbrew, @katie_roof, @mrgoldbro, @jaltma, @stocksavvyshay, and @stocksavvyshay. Bluesky: @jordannovet.cnbc.com. Forums: r/wallstreetbets
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