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Execs at Palantir, whose stock is up ~16x since its AI platform's 2023 debut, often decry other AI as slop, as competition from frontier AI labs stiffens (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)
Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal : Execs at Palantir, whose stock is up ~16…
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FCC passed an anti-robocall proposal requiring telecoms, including VoIP providers, to verify user identities before activating service, raising privacy fears (Ken Macon/Reclaim The Net)
Ken Macon / Reclaim The Net : FCC passed an anti-robocall proposal requiring teleco…
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How SpaceMob, an online community of ~50,000, has fueled a meme-stock-like rally in satellite networking company AST, which is up ~6,000% over a 22-month period (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : How SpaceMob, an online community of ~50,000, has fueled a meme-stock-l…
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LayerZero apologizes for Kelp DAO exploit response, says single-verifier setup was deficient; Dune: in April, ~47% of LayerZero OApps had the same default setup (Zack Abrams/The Block)
Zack Abrams / The Block : LayerZero apologizes for Kelp DAO exploit response, says …
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Sources: Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Google DeepMind, is in advanced talks to raise $2B+ led by Thrive Capital (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Sources: Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out…
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Interviews with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and other execs about the challenges of a turnaround, along with efforts to instill a sense of urgency in the organization (Ian King/Bloomberg)
Ian King / Bloomberg : Interviews with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and other execs about t…
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Filing: OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky's wife assumed significant control of OnlyFans holding company Fenix in March following the death of Radvinsky (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Filing: OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky's wife assumed significant …
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Corgi, which provides insurance for startups and uses AI to generate quotes, manage claims, and more, raised a $160M Series B led by TCV at a $1.3B valuation (Richard Nieva/Forbes)
Richard Nieva / Forbes : Corgi, which provides insurance for startups and uses AI t…
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Musk v. Altman: Mira Murati testifies that Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new OpenAI model and that he made her work more difficult (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge : Musk v. Altman: Mira Murati testifies that Sam Altman lied…
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Anthropic says it signed a deal with SpaceX to use "all of the compute capacity" at Colossus 1, giving it access to over 300 MW of new capacity within the month (Axios)
Axios : Anthropic says it signed a deal with SpaceX to use “all of the compute capa…
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OpenAI rolls out a beta version of its new Ads Manager tool to advertisers in the US, making it easier for SMBs to buy ChatGPT ads on a cost-per-click basis (Sara Fischer/Axios)
Sara Fischer / Axios : OpenAI rolls out a beta version of its new Ads Manager tool …
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Sources: Apple plans to let users choose from multiple third-party AI models to perform tasks like generating and editing text and images in iOS 27 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: Apple plans to let users choose from multiple th…
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Ex-iRobot CEO Colin Angle launches Familiar Machines & Magic and unveils Familiar, a dog-like, "emotionally intelligent" robot that reacts to owner's feelings (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : Ex-iRobot CEO Colin Angle launches Familia…
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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says he is making an unsolicited ~$56B offer to buy eBay and will take the offer to shareholders if the company is not receptive (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal : GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says he is making an …
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A profile of music AI startup Suno, valued at ~$2.5B with 2M+ paying users and $300M annualized revenue as of February, as it battles record labels and artists (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes : A profile of music AI startup Suno, valued at ~$2.5B w…
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