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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
OpenAI launches o3, its most advanced reasoning model, and o4-mini, a lower cost alternative that still delivers “impressive results”, for ChatGPT paid users — ChatGPT Plus users can begin using both new models starting today. — A mere two days after announcing GPT-4.1, OpenAI is releasing not one but two new models.
More: OpenAI, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Ars Technica, MacRumors, Business Today, OpenAI, Digit, Microsoft Azure, Analytics India Magazine, The GitHub Blog, MarkTechPost, Neowin, iClarified, TechCrunch, The Decoder, Blockchain.News, Crypto Briefing, iPhone in Canada Blog, implicator.ai, Axios, and OpenAI
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LinkedIn: Geoff Lewis and Bill Chen
Forums: Hacker News, r/mlscaling, r/LocalLLaMA, r/OpenAI, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI debuts Codex CLI, an open-source coding agent tool for terminals that links AI models with local code and computing tasks, like moving files — In a bid to inject AI into more of the programming process, OpenAI is launching Codex CLI, a coding “agent” designed to run locally from terminal software.
More: OpenAI on GitHub, OpenAI on YouTube, Tom's Guide, eWeek, and WinBuzzer
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| Dan Shipper / Every: |
More: The Algorithmic Bridge, WinBuzzer, and TechCrunch
| Bloomberg: |
Source: OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an AI coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for ~$3B; Windsurf was valued at $1.25B in a 2024 funding deal — OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an artificial intelligence-assisted coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for about $3 billion …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, r/ChatGPTCoding, r/Codeium, and Slashdot
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Tech stocks plunge amid uncertainty over US tariff plans and China export controls: AMD, Nvidia, and ASML dropped 7%, Applied Materials and Lam Research fell 5% — Technology stocks dropped Wednesday, led by a 7% plunge in Nvidia, as the chipmaking sector signaled that President Donald … | New York Times: |
The US House opens a probe into whether Nvidia knowingly provided AI tech to DeepSeek in violation of US rules and asks Nvidia for details on its Asian clients — China's success in artificial intelligence has the Trump administration and lawmakers weighing rules and investigations to slow Beijing's progress in the industry.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Intel told its Chinese clients last week that some AI chip sales would require a license; Nvidia was blindsided by Trump's curbs on its H20 chips — US chipmaker reveals $5.5bn impairment, while full hit to China revenues could surpass $10bn — Nvidia has been caught by surprise … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Former CISA Director Chris Krebs says he is resigning from SentinelOne to more freely challenge the White House, after Trump directed the DOJ to investigate him — Chris Krebs, the top cybersecurity official in Trump's first term, resigned from his private-sector job
More: TechCrunch, CNBC, Risky Business, Reuters, Nextgov/FCW, Alternet.org, NBC News, CRN, The Hill, and Axios
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LinkedIn: Chris Krebs, Alex Stamos, Dustin Volz, Marietje Schaake, and Phil Hagen
Forums: Hacker News and r/cybersecurity
| Eileen Guo / MIT Technology Review: |
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms the elimination of R/FIMI, an office aimed at tracking and countering foreign disinformation campaigns — The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is to be eliminated, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
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| Fatima Hussein / Associated Press: |
Sources: the Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' free Direct File tax program, after IRS staff were told in mid-March to stop working on it — The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free …
More: ZDNET, FedScoop, Ars Technica, Forbes, KTVU-TV, and Raw Story
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Forums: r/centrist, r/Accounting, r/uspolitics, r/news, r/politics, and Slashdot
| Julia Shapero / The Hill: |
FTC v. Meta: Mark Zuckerberg says he considers TikTok the “highest competitive threat” for Facebook and Instagram in the past few years — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasized Wednesday that his social media company faces stiff competition from TikTok, as Meta seeks to fend off accusations …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google is making Gemini Live camera and screen sharing features free for all Android users in the coming weeks after launching them for Advanced users last week — Last week, Google started widely rolling out Gemini Live camera and screen sharing to Advanced subscribers … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Perplexity is in discussions to integrate its AI assistant on Samsung's devices and has reached an agreement to preload Perplexity on Motorola's phones — Perplexity AI Inc., an artificial intelligence startup vying with Google and OpenAI, is ramping up efforts to get prime placement for its virtual assistant on smartphones.
More: Android Police, WinBuzzer, Sam Lover, Android Authority, and Tech in Asia
| Jakob McWhinney / Voice of San Diego: |
US community colleges are battling a flood of fake, or bot, students who bilk financial aid by enrolling in online classes and submitting AI-generated work — Community colleges have been dealing with an unprecedented phenomenon: fake students bent on stealing financial aid funds.
Bluesky: @socialmedialab.ca, @voiceofsandiego.org, @damon.kiesow.net, @thealexknapp, and @richardkadrey. X: @voiceofsandiego. LinkedIn: Ben Williamson
Forums: r/artificial, r/technology, and r/sandiego
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart appears to have suspended service a day after regulators launched a probe into Gensol, which shares its co-founders — BluSmart, India's all-electric cab-hailing startup that was once seen as an emerging rival to Uber, appears to have suspended service …
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| Bloomberg Law: |
A US judge grants a permanent injunction against an Ohio law that required platforms to verify users are at least 16 and seek parental consent for younger users — A federal judge struck down Ohio's law limiting teen social media use, marking another court win for the tech industry group … | Reuters: |
Deezer says ~18% of songs uploaded to the service are AI-generated; 20K AI-generated songs are uploaded daily, nearly twice the number reported four months ago — About 18% of songs uploaded to Deezer (DEEZR.PA) are fully generated by AI, the French streaming platform said on Wednesday …
More: Engadget, Deezer Newsroom, Digital Music News, and Billboard
| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
Docusign unveils AI contract agents, which can analyze agreements and surface issues that usually require human intervention, available by the end of 2025 — Docusign launched AI contract agents, which will analyze agreements, highlight risks and surface issues that usually require human intervention.| Max Goldbart / Deadline: |
Study: in South Korea, active YouTube users spent 210 minutes per day on the service in Q4, while Netflix subscribers spent 96 minutes per day on the streamer — Koreans who subscribe to Netflix spent less than half that time (96 minutes) watching the streamer, which airs Korean hits like Squid Game, Love Next Door and Queen of Tears.| Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle: |
Discord requires some UK and Australian users to verify their age by scanning their face or ID to access sensitive material; Discord says it's “an experiment” — THE COMPANY SAYS THE AGE VERIFICATION FEATURE IS “AN EXPERIMENT” — Discord has added a new age verification system … | Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat: |
Konvoy: the gaming industry saw 43 M&A transactions and 77 VC deals in Q1 2025, and the sector is projected to be worth $186B in 2026, a 4.7% YoY jump — Konvoy this week released its Gaming Industry Report for the first quarter of 2025, where it revealed more information about trends in the industry … Sponsor Posts
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