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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
OpenAI rolls out GPT-4o image generation natively in ChatGPT across all subscription tiers and says the omnimodal model is “a step change above previous models” — The new upgrade is better at text rendering. … OpenAI is integrating new image generation capabilities directly …
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| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Developers say aggressive AI crawlers are overwhelming open-source infrastructure; LibreNews: up to 97% of some projects' traffic comes from AI companies' bots — Software developer Xe Iaso reached a breaking point earlier this year when aggressive AI crawler traffic from Amazon overwhelmed …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google debuts Gemini 2.5 “thinking” models for developers and Gemini Advanced subscribers, starting with Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, which tops some benchmarks — Following updates to the models that are available for all users, Google today announced Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) for Advanced subscribers and developers.
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils AI “deep reasoning” agents for 365 Copilot: Researcher, based on OpenAI's deep research model, and Analyst, based on o3-mini, coming in April — Multi-step reasoning AI is coming to Microsoft Copilot. … After Google and OpenAI offered up AI news on Tuesday … | Philip Stafford / Financial Times: |
Sources: Fidelity Investments is in the advanced stages of testing its own stablecoin, managed by its digital assets arm; Trump pledged to back USD stablecoins — Asset manager is in advanced stages of testing token as the Trump administration prepares to overhaul crypto oversight| TechCrunch: |
Leaked email: Block lays off 931 employees, or ~8% of staff, and moves 193 managers to individual contributor roles, after cutting ~1,000 roles in January 2024 — Fintech Block laid off 931 people, roughly 8% of the company's staff, on Tuesday, according to a leaked message from the company seen by TechCrunch.
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| Ana Swanson / New York Times: |
The US adds export restrictions to 80 organizations, primarily targeting Chinese companies, including server maker Nettrix and clients of Nvidia, Intel, and AMD — The additions included companies that are customers of Intel and Nvidia, and one firm that was the focus of a New York Times investigation last year.| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Anthropic convinced a California federal judge to reject a preliminary bid to block it from using lyrics owned by UMG and other music publishers to train Claude — Artificial intelligence company Anthropic convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminary bid to block … | Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
Mercury, which helps startups manage their finances, raised $300M led by Sequoia at a $3.5B valuation; the fintech saw $2B in deposits after SVB's collapse — Fintech banking startup Mercury says it has more than doubled its valuation to $3.5 billion after raising $300 million in its latest funding round.
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| James Laporta / CBS News: |
An internal NSA memo in February 2025 warned staff of a “Signal Vulnerability”; Signal says it was a phishing warning and “had nothing to do with” its core tech — The National Security Agency sent out an operational security special bulletin to its employees …
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| Yun Li / CNBC: |
GameStop says its board has unanimously approved a plan to buy bitcoin with its corporate cash, and it has not set a ceiling on how much bitcoin it may purchase — Video game retailer GameStop announced Tuesday its board has unanimously approved a plan to buy bitcoin with its corporate cash …
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| Bloomberg: |
BMW partners with Alibaba to use Qwen-powered AI cockpit tech from Alibaba-backed Banma in its upcoming car models for the Chinese market, rolling out in 2026 — BMW will adopt AI cockpit technology from Alibaba-backed Banma for its upcoming models tailored for the Chinese market, the companies said Wednesday in a joint statement.| Stanley Widianto / Reuters: |
Apple says the iPhone 16 series will be available in Indonesia from April 11, after Jakarta lifted a sales ban following Apple's $300M+ investment plan — Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone 16 series will be available in Indonesia from April 11, it said on Wednesday, after Jakarta lifted a ban …
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| Laura Dubois / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU's Huawei corruption probe is looking at alleged exchanges of soccer tickets and phones for political favors; one detainee is a Huawei lobbyist — Representatives for Chinese tech giant accused of offering cash, football tickets and smartphones to parliament staff| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces WWDC 2025 for June 9-13, which will be an “entirely online” event free for developers, with an in-person special event at Apple Park on June 9 — Apple has officially announced WWDC 2025. The event will take place on June 9 and run through June 13 at Apple Park in California.
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
Databricks details Test-time Adaptive Optimization, or TAO, a new approach to boost LLM performance without requiring labeled data, available now to customers — Using several recent innovations, the company Databricks will let customers boost the IQ of their AI models even if they don't have squeaky clean data.| Bloomberg: |
Bain Capital agrees to acquire a majority stake in Italian IT company Namirial from private equity firm Ambienta, sources say valuing Namirial at €1.1B — Bain Capital agreed to acquire a majority stake in Namirial SpA from private equity firm Ambienta. … It didn't provide financial terms.
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| Rachel Yeo / Bloomberg: |
Chinese AI startup SenseTime reports FY 2024 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$524M, below ~$620M est., and a ~$592M net loss, above ~$551M est., as the AI race heats up — China's SenseTime Group Inc. reported a wider-than-estimated net loss for the full year as the AI tools developer continues … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Qualcomm has complained to antitrust regulators in the EU, the US, and South Korea that Arm is hurting competition by restricting access to its tech — In private meetings and confidential filings to regulators on three continents, Qualcomm is arguing that Arm — its biggest supplier … | Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon unveils Interests, an AI search tool for finding products by passion or hobby, rolling out to all US users, and is testing a chatbot called Health AI — Amazon, in an effort to infuse generative artificial intelligence across a wider swath of its e-commerce universe …
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| Delphine Strauss / Financial Times: |
A cross-party committee of UK MPs casts doubt on the UK's plan to boost the public sector with AI, citing outdated tech, poor data, and a lack of digital skills — Commons committee points to outdated technology and lack of digital skills in government — Outdated technology …
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| Financial Times: |
Documents: China's new energy rules could block Nvidia's H20 chips in new data centers if implemented strictly, risking Nvidia's $17B per year China business — US chipmaker could suffer $17bn-a-year hit to business if energy efficiency rules are enforced more strictly
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