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Q&A with NYT reporter Tiffany Hsu about AI-generated online influencers, how the volume of synthetic content produces exhaustion for users, and more (Charlie Warzel/The Atlantic)
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic : Q&A with NYT reporter Tiffany Hsu about AI-gene…
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Survey of 6,698 people across six EU countries: around 84% said they don't trust US tech companies with their personal data; 93% don't trust Chinese companies (Ellen O'Regan/Politico)
Ellen O'Regan / Politico : Survey of 6,698 people across six EU countries: arou…
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Sources: Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to seek input on Claude's moral and spiritual development and if it could be considered a "child of God" (Washington Post)
Washington Post : Sources: Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to seek in…
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A wave of top AI researchers returned from the US to China in the past year, driven by better pay, quality of life, and a more restrictive US immigration system (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
Zijing Wu / Financial Times : A wave of top AI researchers returned from the US to …
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Sources: a week before Mythos release, JD Vance and Scott Bessent questioned Amodei, Altman, and others about AI model security and responding to cyber attacks (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
Samantha Subin / CNBC : Sources: a week before Mythos release, JD Vance and Scott B…
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Analysis: Trump's World Liberty Financial used 5B of its WLFI tokens to borrow $75M from a platform its adviser co-founded; WLFI falls to an all-time low (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : Analysis: Trump's World Liberty Financial used 5B of…
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Microsoft unveils plans to streamline the Windows Insider program, offering a simplified channel structure, moving between channels without wiping PCs, and more (Ed Bott/ZDNET)
Ed Bott / ZDNET : Microsoft unveils plans to streamline the Windows Insider program…
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EFF says it is leaving X, as "X is no longer where the fight is happening" and an X post now gets less than 3% of the views a tweet got seven years ago (Kenyatta Thomas/Electronic Frontier ...)
Kenyatta Thomas / Electronic Frontier Foundation : EFF says it is leaving X, as “X …
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Google says the Gemini app can now generate interactive 3D models and simulations; users must select the Pro model in the prompt bar (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge : Google says the Gemini app can now generate interactive 3D …
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Sources: the White House is pushing back on GOP-led AI bills in Nebraska and Tennessee, putting new pressure on GOP state lawmakers who support AI guardrails (Axios)
Axios : Sources: the White House is pushing back on GOP-led AI bills in Nebraska an…
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In his annual letter, Andy Jassy says Amazon's space-internet service Leo will "launch in mid-2026", after delays; Amazon has FCC approval for 3,236 satellites (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)
Thomas Ricker / The Verge : In his annual letter, Andy Jassy says Amazon's spac…
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Samsung plans to invest $4B to construct a chip packaging facility in Vietnam's Thai Nguyen province to support AI demand; sources say the first phase costs $2B (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Samsung plans to invest $4B to construct a chip packaging facility in V…
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Meta commits to spending additional $21B on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, running from 2027 to 2032, on top of its prior $14.2B deal that ends in 2031 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
Jordan Novet / CNBC : Meta commits to spending additional $21B on AI cloud infrastr…
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Anthropic announces Claude Managed Agents, offering developers an agent harness and other tools to build and deploy AI agents at scale, available in public beta (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
Maxwell Zeff / Wired : Anthropic announces Claude Managed Agents, offering develope…
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Amazon says Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier won't be able to access the Kindle Store from May 20; downloaded books can still be read (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge : Amazon says Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released …
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