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Meta launches Llama 4 Maverick with 400B parameters and Scout with 109B parameters and a 10M context window, and previews Behemoth with 2T total parameters — Takeaways — We're sharing the first models in the Llama 4 herd, which will enable people to build more personalized multimodal experiences.
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Meta updates Meta AI in WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram Direct, and the Meta.AI website with Llama 4 in 40 countries; multimodal features are US-only in English — Meta has released a new collection of AI models, Llama 4, in its Llama family — on a Saturday, no less.| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk and Andreessen got a “Decel-in-Chief”, who instigated a brain drain and tariffs that hurt tech companies — In October of 2023, Marc Andreessen, founder of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) …
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Sources: StubHub, Klarna, eToro, and adtech group MNTN have paused their IPO plans as President Trump's trade war upends the global economy and public markets — Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions and initial public offerings are on hold as Donald Trump's trade war upends the global economy …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Joel Kaplan says Meta's US fact-checking program will be over by Monday, and Community Notes will start appearing on Facebook, Threads, and Instagram — Meta will no longer have any fact-checkers in the U.S. come Monday, according to chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan.
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| Joseph Bambridge / Politico: |
OpenAI and Google reject the UK's proposal to allow training AI on copyrighted work without permission unless rights holders opt out to “reserve their rights” — The U.K. government's AI copyright plans can't seem to please anyone. — LONDON — Leading AI companies OpenAI …
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SensorTower: users in India have spent $8M on ChatGPT subscriptions through IAP since 2023, not including web app purchases, versus ~$330M spent by US users — For years, U.S.-based tech companies have tapped into India's vast and increasing internet user base for growth. OpenAI is no exception.| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
New Jersey's governor signs a law criminalizing creating and sharing “deceptive and dangerous deepfakes”, like fake AI nudes of minors, with up to a $30K fine — When Francesca Mani was 14 years old, boys at her New Jersey high school used nudify apps to target her and other girls.
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Google announces Sec-Gemini v1, an experimental AI model for cybersecurity, claiming it outperforms others on the leading CTI-MCQ threat intelligence benchmark — Today, we're announcing Sec-Gemini v1, a new experimental AI model focused on advancing cybersecurity AI frontiers.
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| Harry Alston / TheGamer: |
Schedule 1, a drug-dealing simulator made by a single developer, tops Steam charts with an estimated 2M+ copies sold after going viral on streams and TikTok — I keep my eyes on new game releases because I have to: it's a part of my job. For those who are a bit more casual when it comes to playing games … | Bloomberg: |
Miami-based remittance startup Felix Pago, which uses stablecoins and handled $1B+ in money transfers via WhatsApp in 2024, raised a $75M Series B led by QED — Remittance startup Felix Pago raised $75 million in a Series B round led by QED Investors as it looks to expand operations …
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| Effie Webb / Business Insider: |
Leaked docs show Outlier and Scale AI use freelancers to write prompts about suicide, abuse, and terrorism to stress-test AI, urging creativity but banning CSAM — - BI obtained training docs showing how freelancers stress-test AI with “harmful” prompts. — Outlier and Scale AI use freelancers …
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Sources: a TikTok US deal, which was largely finalized by April 2, was put on hold after China indicated it would reject the deal over President Trump's tariffs — A deal to spin off the U.S. assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated that it would not approve …
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