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Sources: Anthropic moves to close loopholes that let Chinese companies like Ant use its models via workarounds such as cloud providers and overseas subsidiaries — Engineers are still finding ways to use AI models despite stringent restrictions. Anthropic is moving to shut loopholes … | Business Insider: |
Sources: Alexandr Wang said Meta's model currently in training, codenamed Watermelon, matches GPT-5.5 and uses an “order of magnitude more compute than Avocado” — Meta is making significant progress in the AI model race, its superintelligence chief Alexandr Wang told employees today.| Katie Paul / Reuters: |
At a town hall, Mark Zuckerberg said Meta's reorganization was not as “clean” as it could have been and its AI agent development has not accelerated as expected — Meta (META.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an internal town hall on Thursday that AI agent development … | Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
Spotify removed 500K+ streams of Malcolm Todd's Earrings after a 70% surge in 24 hours sent it to #1 on Spotify USA and coincided with suspicious Kalshi wagers — Platform removes more than 500,000 streams of Malcolm Todd track ‘Earrings’ on concern traders propelled it to number 1| Financial Times: |
An interview with Sriram Krishnan, who says “there will not be an FDA for AI” under Trump, blames the AI backlash on the industry's “doomer” messaging, and more — Sriram Krishnan tells the FT the president is against a centralised regulator as AI backlash grows — NEW| Reuters: |
Filing: GoDaddy challenges a New Delhi court ruling requiring domain sellers to stop offering privacy by default, saying it could expose website owners globally — The world's biggest internet domain seller, GoDaddy, has warned that India's crackdown on fake websites impersonating famous brands … | Janko Roettgers / The Verge: |
A look back at BitTorrent, launched by Bram Cohen 25 years ago, and how media piracy fueled its growth while its architecture shielded it from legal liability — Cath Virginia / The Verge … Twenty-five years ago today, a young, little-known programmer by the name of Bram Cohen fired off … | Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: |
Letter to Scott Bessent: chip group SEMI, which includes Micron and Samsung, warns that US intervention in chip pricing or capacity would worsen chip shortages — Government attempts to address the global memory chip shortage by influencing prices or production capacity would worsen … | Giles Turner / Bloomberg: |
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opens an investigation into StubHub following complaints of last-minute ticket cancellations for FIFA World Cup 2026 matches — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into StubHub following reports that some fans who bought World Cup tickets through … | Declan Harty / Politico: |
Pitch document: Chris Larsen, Palmer Luckey, and others invested undisclosed amounts in APEC, a derivatives exchange founded by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's son — Democratic megadonor Chris Larsen has backed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's political campaigns several times over the years.| Wall Street Journal: |
How Jeff Bezos' changing relationship with President Trump has helped Amazon and Blue Origin, such as more federal contracts awarded during Trump's second term — Space company has booked rapid growth under this administration, after founder spent president's first term being ‘hated’| Dawn Lim / Bloomberg: |
Blackstone's QTS abandons plans to build its portion of a 2,100-acre data center campus in Virginia, after years of organized opposition and legal challenges — Blackstone Inc.'s QTS is walking away from plans to build its portion of a 2,100-acre data center campus in Virginia … | Reuters: |
India's IT secretary said the country is investigating a data breach at Apple supplier Tata, which exposed files that included photos of iPhone 18 Pro models — India is investigating a data breach at Tata Electronics that exposed documents linked to Apple's (AAPL.O) unreleased iPhone 18 Pro …
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