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Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir-cofounder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads over Bores' work for Palantir (Nancy Scola/Politico)
Nancy Scola / Politico : Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir-cofoun…
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Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of hardware and robotics, resigns over concerns about domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons after OpenAI's DOD contract (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)
Sharon Goldman / Fortune : Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of hardware and ro…
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OpenAI says it is delaying the launch of ChatGPT Adult Mode, originally planned for Q1, to focus on higher priorities, like gains in intelligence (Alex Heath/Sources)
Alex Heath / Sources : OpenAI says it is delaying the launch of ChatGPT Adult Mode,…
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Sources: US officials propose expanding AI chip export controls globally, requiring Commerce Department approval for Nvidia and AMD shipments to any country (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg : Sources: US officials propose expanding AI chip exp…
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Authorities from 14 countries shut down LeakBase, seize its domains, and arrest multiple people allegedly tied to the cybercrime forum, which had 142K+ members (Matt Kapko/CyberScoop)
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop : Authorities from 14 countries shut down LeakBase, seize i…
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Epic and Google propose a settlement that would have Google share its Play Store app catalog with rivals and offer a registered app store program for Android (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg : Epic and Google propose a settlement that would have Googl…
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Microsoft moves Build from Seattle back to San Francisco, scheduled for June 2-3, instead of May, and invites 2,500 developers, down from the usual ~3K to ~5K (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge : Microsoft moves Build from Seattle back to San Francisco, …
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ByteDance shares details about its "Project Swan" headset, set to launch this year with a 4,000-PPI micro-OLED display, and unveils Pico OS 6, its new XR OS (David Heaney/UploadVR)
David Heaney / UploadVR : ByteDance shares details about its “Project Swan” headset…
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Anthropic's $60B+ in funding, half of which came just last month, from over 200 investors is now at risk due to the company's contract dispute with the Pentagon (Dan Primack/Axios)
Dan Primack / Axios : Anthropic's $60B+ in funding, half of which came just las…
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Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action against app stores and search engines if AI services operating in Australia don't verify user ages by March 9 (Byron Kaye/Reuters)
Byron Kaye / Reuters : Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action agains…
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Israel-based Guidde, which is developing a platform to accelerate the adoption of AI in organizations, raised a $50M Series B round led by PSG Equity (Meir Orbach/CTech)
Meir Orbach / CTech : Israel-based Guidde, which is developing a platform to accele…
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Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and DOD, and how officials at agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement (New York Times)
New York Times : Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and …
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Chinese matchmaking apps like Wanmei Qinjia, which has 50M users and lets parents look for spouses for their children, surge as marriage rates continue to fall (Kohei Fujimura/Nikkei Asia)
Kohei Fujimura / Nikkei Asia : Chinese matchmaking apps like Wanmei Qinjia, which h…
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An interview with Amazon's AI chief Peter DeSantis on plans to use in-house chips, Trainium and Inferentia, to develop AI models more cheaply, and more (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal : An interview with Amazon's AI chief Peter DeSantis on pla…
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Xiaomi launches the €999 Xiaomi 17, the €1,499 17 Ultra, and the €1,999 Leica-branded Leitzphone, all featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, in Europe (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
Dominic Preston / The Verge : Xiaomi launches the €999 Xiaomi 17, the €1,499 17 Ult…
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