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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.
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| 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.
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| Dan Shipper / Every: |
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| 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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| 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 on whether Nvidia knowingly provided AI tech to DeepSeek in violation of US rules and asks Nvidia for details on its Asian customers — 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 sales of some AI chips 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 …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
SEC filing: AMD expects that new US license requirement for exporting AI chips to China, which applies to its MI308 products, may result in charges of ~$800M — AMD says that the U.S. government's license control requirement for exporting AI chips to China and certain other countries may have a material impact on its earnings.| 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
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Forums: Hacker News and r/cybersecurity
| 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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 …
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| 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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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Documents: ICE awarded Palantir nearly $30M in April 2025 to enhance its Investigative Case Management system, after a $90M, five-year deal in September 2022 — Last week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) paid contracting giant Palantir tens of millions of dollars to make modifications …
More: The Atlantic, The Markup, and Futurism
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Forums: r/neoliberal, r/technology, and r/DACA
| 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 … | 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.| 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 … | 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.
More: SiliconANGLE and Docusign, Inc.
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Auradine, which manufactures Bitcoin miners and offers AI infrastructure, raised a $153M Series C, with $138M in equity and $15M in debt, led by StepStone Group — - Auradine has raised $153 million in new funding to grow its bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure businesses.
More: FinSMEs, Yahoo Finance, TheMinerMag, Cointelegraph, Benzinga, SiliconANGLE, Decrypt, and Bloomberg. X: @auradine_inc
| 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: Deezer Newsroom, Engadget, Digital Music News, Billboard, and Forbes
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