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A study of ~1,500 US workers finds AI use can reduce burnout but also cause "AI brain fry", a mental fatigue from using AI tools beyond one's cognitive capacity (Harvard Business Review)
Harvard Business Review : A study of ~1,500 US workers finds AI use can reduce burn…
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Luma AI debuts Uni-1, an image model that combines image understanding and generation in a single architecture, topping Nano Banana 2 on logic-based benchmarks (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : Luma AI debuts Uni-1, an image model that combines…
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How Circle, Stripe, Coinbase, and others are building stablecoin-based agentic payments infrastructure that makes microtransactions between AI agents economical (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)
Emily Mason / Bloomberg : How Circle, Stripe, Coinbase, and others are building sta…
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The US and Israel are using AI to wage war on Iran with unprecedented speed and precision in attacks, even as the cost of ill-informed decisions remains high (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal : The US and Israel are using AI to wage war on Iran with unpre…
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As cheap, powerful GPS jammers proliferate, a look at some alternatives to GPS, including using supersensitive, quantum-based magnetic sensors (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : As cheap, powerful GPS jammers proliferate…
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Iran targeting commercial datacenters in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare and raises doubts over the Gulf as a global AI hub (Daniel Boffey/The Guardian)
Daniel Boffey / The Guardian : Iran targeting commercial datacenters in the UAE and…
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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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