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The departure of John Jumper, a key member of Google's AI coding development team, further strains Google's efforts to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI — Google DeepMind Vice President John Jumper, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on artificial intelligence, is leaving the company to join Anthropic PBC.
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John Jumper, who won the Nobel Prize “for protein structure prediction”, says he is leaving Google DeepMind after nearly nine years to join Anthropic — A bit of news: After nearly 9 years, I have decided to leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic (after taking some time to recharge). I am incredibly grateful for my time at GDM. @demishassabis took a real chance letting me lead the AlphaFold team just six months after finishing
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| Maria Curi / Axios: |
Trump says he saw Anthropic last week as a national security threat, but signals relations have since improved because Dario Amodei was “nice” and “smart” at G7 — President Trump reached the point last week of viewing Anthropic as a national security threat …
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| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Docs: OpenAI burned through $3.7B in Q1, on revenue of $5.7B, and ended the quarter with $73B+ in cash and marketable securities vs. $40B at the end of December — OpenAI burned through $3.7 billion in the first quarter, more than half its $5.7 billion in revenue, according to documents the company shared with shareholders.
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| Terje Solsvik / Reuters: |
Norway imposes a near ban on gen AI use by elementary school children and restricts its use in older kids' education, to prevent a negative impact on learning — Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their use …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Nothing won't launch a new phone this year in its budget-focused CMF Phone series due to RAM prices — Nothing's CMF Phone series has released two models thus far and, at least for now, won't be getting a third, as the rising cost of materials has essentially left the series dead in the water.
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Sources: Bain Capital stands to make $15B+ in profits on its 2018 Kioxia buyout, a ~20x return, as Kioxia's stock has surged 5,000%+ since its December 2024 IPO — Bain Capital stands to pocket profits of $15bn on 2018 buyout of Kioxia, the former Toshiba Memory| Variety: |
Amazon MGM Studios drops Luca Guadagnino's mostly finished movie on Sam Altman; Amazon struck a major deal with OpenAI in February, including a $50B investment — The film, starring Andrew Garfield as the controversial OpenAI CEO, will be shopped to other studios.
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An interview with Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki on his early decision not to prioritize ad revenue, whether every mega platform becomes an everything app, and more — Dave Baszucki is co-founder and CEO of Roblox, the user-generated gaming platform where all the games are built by the community itself.
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DOJ says two brothers pleaded guilty to robbing a Minnesota family of $8M+ in cryptocurrency after holding them at gunpoint for over eight hours in 2025 — Quick Take — Two brothers pleaded guilty to robbing a Minnesota family of more than $8 million in cryptocurrency after holding … | Reuters: |
South Korean media: Hyundai plans to buy SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325M to make the US robotics company a wholly owned subsidiary — Hyundai Motor Group plans to buy SoftBank Group's (9984.T) remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million … | Reuters: |
Sources: Abu Dhabi's MGX is exploring buying Singapore-based data center operator DayOne; last month, sources said DayOne planned a US IPO at a $20B valuation — Abu Dhabi-backed artificial intelligence investor MGX has been exploring buying Singapore-based data centre operator DayOne …
| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Oura Ring 5 review: impressive thinness, live activity tracking, and conversational AI, but not very durable, LEDs are distracting, and the app is confusing — People who already own one of the company's older models have less of a reason to upgrade to the $399 device. — The Oura Ring 5 is the best smart ring yet.| Liv McMahon / BBC: |
John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner and chair of the ICO, the country's data and AI regulator, resigned following a workplace investigation — John Edwards, the UK's information commissioner, has resigned following a workplace investigation. — “I have accepted that there have been occasions …
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