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Michael Hytha / Bloomberg: 2½ hours ago

Chinese self-driving startup WeRide files to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol WRD, reporting a loss of $268M on revenue of $55M in 2023

George Hammond / Financial Times: 3½ hours ago

Freelancer.com, iFixit, and others say Anthropic's crawler has aggressively scraped their websites, potentially breaching their terms of service

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: 4 hours ago

US-based security vendor KnowBe4 says it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who then unsuccessfully attempted to load malware into the company's network

Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central:

X activates a setting, on by default, that gives it permission to train Grok on user's posts; the setting can be turned off on the web but not in the mobile app

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Financial Times:

Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it is surprised and is “seeking clarity” about X's move to automatically allow user data to train Grok

Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:

The Biden administration says Apple has agreed to adopt the White House's voluntary safeguards for AI, joining OpenAI, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and others

Financial Times:

A look at the race to build advanced AI robots; PitchBook: robotics startups have raised $6.5B across 552 deals in 2024 vs. $9.7B across 1,256 deals in 2023

Clare Duffy / CNN:

Kamala Harris, who began her career in the Bay Area and was involved in Biden's pro-tech actions like the CHIPS Act, sees a surge of support from tech donors

Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal:

US unions are trying to organize staff at chip firms set to receive CHIPS Act grants; CWA is pushing to organize workers at Intel and other big chip companies

Michael Hytha / Bloomberg:

Chinese self-driving startup WeRide files to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol WRD, reporting a loss of $268M on revenue of $55M in 2023

George Hammond / Financial Times:

Freelancer.com, iFixit, and others say Anthropic's crawler has aggressively scraped their websites, potentially breaching their terms of service

Bloomberg:

How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban via ad campaigns, funding creators' lawsuits, and spending $6M on lobbying in H1 2024, vs. $3.5M in H1 2023

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

US-based security vendor KnowBe4 says it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who then unsuccessfully attempted to load malware into the company's network

Joyce Lee / Reuters:

SK Hynix announces plans to invest roughly $6.8B through 2028 on a chip plant in Yongin, South Korea, including a “mini-fab” to process 300mm silicon wafers

Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:

A profile of, and interview with, Sequoia Managing Partner Roelof Botha on increasing Sequoia's focus on AI investments, staying politically neutral, and more

Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:

Inside JD Vance's VC career: five years, two firms before co-founding Narya, investing in AppHarvest, which faced lawsuits and filed for bankruptcy, and more

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