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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Elon Musk is busy stoking far-right culture wars across the West on the eve of SpaceX's IPO, with an impunity unmatched in modern corporate history  —  Elon Musk is on the verge of financial immortality: The world's richest man — and potentially its first trillionaire …
Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Anthropic backtracks on its decision to quietly limit Fable 5's ability to develop LLMs, saying “requests will visibly fall back to Opus 4.8”, after backlash  —  The company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude's ability to develop competing AI models.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI is considering drastically lowering the prices it charges users for tokens in anticipation of similar cuts the startup expects Anthropic to make  —  The company might lower prices for tokens, the central unit for gauging AI costs, though the discussions are still in flux
Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News:
A teardown reveals the Trump Mobile T1 is a gold-painted HTC U24 Pro but features some changes, including memory from Micron instead of SK Hynix  —  In case you missed it, there is now a Trump phone.  Yes, really.  And this week, we got to take it apart.  —  A couple of weeks ago I got …
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Europol says it has dismantled the AudiA6 crypto mixing service, which allegedly laundered $380M+ for ransomware actors and others between 2022 and 2025  —  Law enforcement has dismantled the “AudiA6” cryptocurrency service allegedly used by ransomware actors and other cybercriminals to launder more than $380 million.
Dan Primack / Axios:
Jeff Bezos' Prometheus, which is building AI models for physical tasks, raised a $12B Series B at a $41B valuation, following a $6.2B Series A  —  Prometheus, the industrial AI startup led by Jeff Bezos and former Google exec Vik Bajaj, today will announce that it's raised $12 billion in Series B funding at a $41 billion valuation.
Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch:
Waymo launches Waymo Premier, a $30-per-month membership program offering perks like skipping the line, 10% cashback, and five free ride cancellations per month  —  Waymo is launching a loyalty program called Waymo Premier, which will offer frequent robotaxi riders a number of perks in exchange for $29.99 per month.
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
DoorDash launches an in-app AI chatbot to let users order food and groceries and make reservations with photos and prompts  —  DoorDash is bringing artificial intelligence deeper into the user experience, allowing customers to order food and make reservations with photos and prompts.
Politico:
The US House fails to extend FISA's Section 702, ensuring the warrantless surveillance program will expire for the first time since its 2008 enactment  —  Nineteen Republicans also voted to reject a punt of Section 702, which allows U.S. intelligence agencies to spy on targets abroad without a warrant.
A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
The FBI seizes 13 domains allegedly tied to fake consulting firms that sought information from US government and military employees for suspected Chinese agents  —  Federal authorities announced on Wednesday the seizure of 13 internet domains tied to what the U.S. Justice Department called …
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Deezer launches an AI music detection tool for users of 20 services, including Spotify and Apple Music, after no company licensed its AI detection tech  —  Since the competition won't buy their tech, they're bringing it directly to users. … Deezer will now scan your playlists …
Seth Fiegerman / Bloomberg:
OpenAI acquires Ona, which offers cloud services to support AI agents, and plans to bring Ona's team into its Codex effort  —  OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, a startup that offers cloud services to support artificial intelligence agents, part of a bid by the AI developer to make its technology more useful for businesses.
John O'Farrell / New York Times:
Former a16z GP John O'Farrell criticizes the AI industry and his ex-partners for spending hundreds of millions to fight regulation, calling it “a huge mistake”  —  I first came to America from Ireland in 1984, as a young engineer about to attend business school.
Anissa Gardizy / The Information:
Sources: Anthropic signed 12+ initial agreements for direct data center leases, a first for the company, with Google potentially providing a financial guarantee  —  Anthropic is moving forward with a plan to control its own servers for developing AI, giving it the ability to cut its computing costs in the long run.
More: Reuters
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube rolls out a new in-app messaging system for sharing videos and having 1:1 conversations; it discontinued its previous Messages feature in September 2019  —  After testing got underway last year, YouTube is now more widely rolling out a new in-app messaging system.
Hannah Webster / Bloomberg:
Apollo Global has built a risk assessment framework that categorizes software investments into 12 to 14 sectors to rank them by susceptibility to AI disruption  —  Apollo Global Management Inc. is assessing every new investment opportunity in the software industry for AI disruption risk …
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE:
PhoenixAI, formerly CelerData, which is building what it calls an agentic AI-ready analytical database, raised an $80M Series B led by Sky9  —  PhoenixAI Inc., formerly known as CelerData, today announced it raised $80 million in new funding to fuel the development of the company's artificial …
More: FinSMEs and PhoenixAI
Maria Cheng / Reuters:
Canada introduces the Safe Social Media Act, a bill that would ban social media for children under 16 and establish safety standards for AI chatbots  —  The Canadian government introduced a new digital safety bill on Wednesday that would ban social media for children under 16 with exemptions …

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Filing: Paramount and state AGs agree to freeze the WBD merger until an antitrust trial occurs or until June 2027; a preliminary injunction hearing is canceled

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
At the rescheduled WHCA dinner, Trump praised the press corps' response to the April shooting before insulting journalists and celebrities who criticized him

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kalshi asks Netflix to take down a trailer for Instadocs: The Prediction Games, saying it falsely suggests users placed bets in Nevada, where Kalshi is blocked

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Brian Fagioli / NERDS.xyz:
KKR launches Helix Digital, a new company to finance AI infrastructure, with $10B+ in committed capital from Nvidia, the Kuwait Investment Authority, and others
Yang Tian / BBC:
London's Met Police calls on tech companies to make stolen phones unusable and says it is sharing data with Apple to build a “global picture” of stolen devices

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Shinhye Kang / Bloomberg:
South Korea fines US-listed Coupang ~$409M for its inadequate safety system and “negligent management” that led to a data breach affecting nearly 34M accounts
The Verge:
Memo: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty warn of an “Xbox reset” over the next 100 days, citing annual revenue down nearly $500M over the past five years
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Instagram expands Your Algorithm to its main feed, letting users choose topics they want to see, and is working to support requests for people, moods, and more
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
CISA shortens the deadline for US agencies to fix, disable, or remove vulnerable software or equipment in their networks to three days, citing hackers' AI use
Sam Sabin / Axios:
OpenAI says it has banned China-linked accounts that used ChatGPT to draft social media influence campaigns targeting US debates over tariffs and data centers
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