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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Microsoft's Xbox division is planning major layoffs next month and significant budget cuts for marketing and some other areas  —  Asha Sharma's first major cuts will arrive in July  —  Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox division is planning major job cuts next month as new Chief Executive …
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
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.
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.
More: CNBC and OpenAI
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.
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  —  The U.S. cyber defense agency said on Wednesday that government officials now have three days to deal with the most serious categories …
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 …
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 …
Dario Amodei:
Dario Amodei outlines policy responses to AI's exponential progress across regulation and public safety, macroeconomics and taxes, science, geopolitics, more  —  In one of the side plots to The Lord of the Rings, two of the Hobbits attempt to rouse Treebeard—a wise but ponderous sentient tree …
Reuters:
Barcelona-based Theker, which is building AI-powered robots for industrial environments, raised $85M led by CRV, with Samsung, LVMH, and others participating  —  Theker, an AI robotics firm from Barcelona, has secured $85 million in new funding.  This investment was led by CRV and included major players like Samsung and LVMH.
More: Sifted
Hannah Webster / Bloomberg:
Apollo Global has implemented a new risk assessment that categorizes software investments into 12 to 14 sectors to rank their susceptibility to AI disruption  —  Apollo Global Management Inc. is assessing every new investment opportunity in the software industry for AI disruption risk …
Bloomberg:
Crusoe said it had “paused” a plan to build a Wyoming data center; sources: it failed to win customers including Google amid concerns about costs and timetable  —  On Tuesday, the data center developer Crusoe announced that it had “paused” a plan to build an AI campus in Wyoming …

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
ITV says advertising revenues from the World Cup are about 30% higher than those from Euro 2024; Telemundo says it sold out of key World Cup ad inventory

Natalie Korach / Status:
Sources: Lesley Stahl has inked a new two-year contract to remain a correspondent on 60 Minutes; her most recent deals were year-to-year

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
WSJ asks a judge to toss out Trump's revised defamation lawsuit over its Jeffrey Epstein letter story, saying it is a “re-package” of claims already dismissed

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Brian Fagioli / NERDS.xyz:
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Moneycontrol:
Opendoor shuts down its India operations and lays off nearly 250 employees, the final phase of a restructuring that includes increasing AI workflows in the US
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
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
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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