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Amazon MGM Studios announces the GenAI Creators' Fund, greenlights three AI animated series for Prime Video, and launches an AI production platform with AWS (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Todd Spangler / Variety : Amazon MGM Studios announces the GenAI Creators' Fund…
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Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally, will test $7.99/mo. and $19.99/mo. Meta AI plans, a $49.99/mo. creator plan, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and W…
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OpenAI announces partnerships to combat election misinformation, offering cybersecurity products to state officials and backing legislation to curb deepfakes (Maria Curi/Axios)
Maria Curi / Axios : OpenAI announces partnerships to combat election misinformatio…
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Micron hit a $1T market value for the first time on Tuesday as shares jumped 19%, driven by demand for its memory chips in the AI race (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
Samantha Subin / CNBC : Micron hit a $1T market value for the first time on Tuesday…
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London-based Perceptic, which says its end-to-end AI platform for drug development is being used by top pharmaceuticals, raised a $12M seed led by Accel (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
Jeremy Kahn / Fortune : London-based Perceptic, which says its end-to-end AI platfo…
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Q&A with Sundar Pichai about reshaping the information ecosystem with Search changes, putting AI agents in everything, when AI will replace him as CEO, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
Nilay Patel / The Verge : Q&A with Sundar Pichai about reshaping the informatio…
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Iranian state media reports that President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access after a near-90-day blackout (Reuters)
Reuters : Iranian state media reports that President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued a…
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A look at the UK's AI Safety Institute, whose researchers probe AI models for safety gaps, as its work becomes a blueprint for other governments' AI policies (New York Times)
New York Times : A look at the UK's AI Safety Institute, whose researchers prob…
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How the Trump admin gutted the CFTC, ousting enforcers and appointing industry-friendly officials, as Trump family got into crypto and prediction markets (New York Times)
New York Times : How the Trump admin gutted the CFTC, ousting enforcers and appoint…
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Demand for security engineers is surging, with job postings up 11% YoY in Q1, driven by threats from AI-generated code and models like Mythos and GPT-5.4-Cyber (Kate Conger/New York Times)
Kate Conger / New York Times : Demand for security engineers is surging, with job p…
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Sources: Uber weighs a higher bid after it approached a major Delivery Hero shareholder with a €38-per-share bid, valuing the group at €11.5B+, but was rebuffed (Financial Times)
Financial Times : Sources: Uber weighs a higher bid after it approached a major Del…
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The ECB summons Eurozone banks to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss risks posed by the latest AI models and hopes US banks with Mythos access will share lessons (Martin Arnold/Financial Times)
Martin Arnold / Financial Times : The ECB summons Eurozone banks to a meeting on Tu…
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For publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI on YouTube are a growing issue: removal is cumbersome, and some are hiring tech companies to take them down (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
Alexandra Alter / New York Times : For publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI …
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How Anthropic's ongoing discussions with the Vatican about ethics and AI led to Christopher Olah being invited to Pope Leo's unveiling of an encyclical on AI (Jack Jenkins/RNS)
Jack Jenkins / RNS : How Anthropic's ongoing discussions with the Vatican about…
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Sources: the ECB warned EU finance ministers that proposals to issue more euro stablecoins could reduce bank lending and make controlling interest rates harder (Reuters)
Reuters : Sources: the ECB warned EU finance ministers that proposals to issue more…
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