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April 2, 2024, 4:45 AM

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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
OpenAI no longer requires an account to use ChatGPT, but with “slightly more restrictive content policies”, starting in a few markets and rolling out globally  —  OpenAI is making its flagship conversational AI accessible to everyone, even people who haven't bothered making an account.
Wall Street Journal:
Filing: to settle a 2020 class action lawsuit over Chrome's Incognito mode, Google agreed to destroy billions of data points it allegedly improperly collected  —  Individual lawsuits targeting firm now seek compensation for alleged improper data tracking  —  Google plans to destroy a trove …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
AltStore, an alt iOS app store coming to EU thanks to DMA, plans to use a Patreon integration to let devs tie access to their apps to users' Patreon pledges  —  Apple's chokehold on the App Store ecosystem for iPhone apps stifles competition, according to the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
On the Daily Show, Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to have FTC chair Lina Khan for his Apple podcast by saying “please don't talk to her”  —  - “Apple's conduct extends beyond just monopoly profits and even affects the flow of speech.
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The US and the UK sign an agreement on how to test and assess risks from emerging AI models, marking the first bilateral arrangement on AI safety in the world  —  Allies reach world's first bilateral deal as global governments seek to assess and regulate risks from emerging technology
Reuters:
Trump Media & Technology Group closed down 21% on April 1, wiping out the gains from last week, after disclosing a $58M+ loss on $4.1M in revenue in 2023  —  Shares of Donald Trump's social media company plunged 21% on Monday, wiping out the gains from its debut last week …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Intuit Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar on the core business of email, acquiring Mailchimp in 2021, generative AI, shutting down TinyLetter, and more  —  Intuit purchased Mailchimp in 2021, and less than a year later, co-founder Ben Chestnut was out.  Here's how new CEO Rania Succar is moving forward.
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MIT Technology Review:
An interview with outgoing ASML CTO Martin van den Brink on the company's rise, Moore's Law, competition from Chinese companies, hyper-NA technology, and more  —  On a drab Monday morning in San Jose, California, at the drab San Jose Convention Center, attendees of the SPIE Advanced Lithography …
Bloomberg:
Cloud data management startup Rubrik files for a NYSE IPO under the symbol RBRK, reporting a net loss of $354M on revenue of $628M for the year ended January 31  —  - Data security provider says subscription ARR grew by 47%  — Rubrik's filing follows trading debuts by Reddit, Astera Labs

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