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SoftBank pledges to invest up to €75B in AI computing clusters in France, first leading a €45B investment to build 3.1GW of capacity by 2031 in Hauts-de-France — Masayoshi Son places France at the centre of his global AI ambitions — SoftBank has pledged to invest up to €75bn … | Theodore Schleifer / New York Times: |
A look at the nasty fight between Anthropic-backed super PAC Public First and OpenAI-backed Leading the Future to sway midterms, especially Democratic primaries — One super PAC is allied with Anthropic. The other is tied to OpenAI. They're both spending millions to influence this year's elections.| Kinling Lo / Rest of World: |
China's tech boom is creating a new kind of tech tourism where visitors pay for curated robotaxi rides and tours of EV factories and AI and robotics companies — Foreign visitors are flocking to China's factories and AI startups in search of the next technological breakthrough.| Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch: |
With Microsoft's GitHub Copilot shifting to token-usage billing on June 1, many developers bemoan massive cost increases and the end of flat-rate subscriptions — The golden age of Microsoft's Github Copilot appears to be at an end — for the little guy, at least.
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China will implement new online food delivery regulations on June 1, requiring platforms to regularly verify businesses' identities, locations, and licenses — BEIJING/SHANGHAI — The Chinese government will tighten a clampdown on food delivery companies from June, conducting unannounced inspections … | Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
PitchBook: VC investment in global robotics and physical AI jumped to $26B in 2025 from $4.2B in 2019, and has already topped $23B as of May 20 this year — Investors bet big on infrastructure and ‘physical AI,’ enticed by prospect of revenue opportunities| John Koblin / New York Times: |
Antenna: bundles make up 33% of new major streaming service subscriptions in the US, and 28% of all subscriptions, up from just 10% of new subscriptions in 2024 — Warner Bros. and Disney have been fierce rivals for decades. But like other entertainment companies, they both struggled … | SemiAnalysis: |
Why “Dark Output”, the AI-generated economic value that is currently invisible to national statistics, may be one of the hardest measurement problems in history — Why AI's increasing output is going to be one of the hardest economic measurement problems in history.
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As robotaxi companies attempt to scale in the US, they face increasing scrutiny and mounting criticism from drivers, law enforcement, and local governments — As autonomous taxi services scale beyond Silicon Valley, new problems abound for cities — This was supposed to be the year … | Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic cuts its list of unauthorized secondary market sellers from eight to four after the initial notice caused panic and pushback from investors — Anthropic PBC updated its warning about secondary markets for its shares, cutting the number of unauthorized platforms by half … | Pritam Biswas / Reuters: |
Coinbase and Kalshi introduce perpetual crypto futures, marking the first time the contracts will be available to US investors via domestic, regulated exchanges — Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN.O) and prediction markets platform Kalshi said on Friday they are introducing perpetual crypto futures …
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How Schneider Electric is using AI in call centers and manufacturing to complement employees' work and boost productivity, rather than to replace them — For many chief executives, success in adopting artificial intelligence is measured by the number of jobs they can eliminate.| Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of OpenAI President Greg Brockman, who is overseeing product in his new role and has become an important ambassador for AI to the Trump administration — After years in the shadow of better-known co-founders, Greg Brockman is stepping into the spotlight. He and his wife Anna are also Silicon Valley super-donors.
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