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May 11, 2025, 10:20 PM

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Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI is negotiating with Microsoft to enable a future IPO; Microsoft offers to cut its equity stake for continued access to OpenAI tech beyond 2030  —  High-stakes talks to revise terms of multibillion-dollar partnership are key to plans to adopt for-profit model
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
The Trump administration fired US Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter; her office had raised concerns about xAI using copyrighted content to train AI  —  The Trump administration has fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, two sources familiar with the situation confirmed to CBS News Saturday.
Tyler Cowen / Conversations with Tyler:
Q&A with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark on the parts of the economy AGI will affect last, why he's relatively bearish on AI-fueled economic growth, and more  —  And the inevitable future of AI-enhanced parenting  — SUBSCRIBE - Apple - Google - Stitcher - Spotify - YouTube
Charles Daly / Bloomberg:
Financial Times:
Lloyd's of London insurers have launched a product to cover companies for losses if sued over AI chatbot errors, with policies developed by YC-backed Armilla  —  Policies will pay out for costs such as legal fees and court damages if AI tools underperform  —  Simply sign up to the Artificial …
Lauren Kent / CNN:
Pope Leo XIV says he chose his name to honor Pope Leo XIII's work during the first industrial revolution, as AI poses challenges in a new industrial revolution  —  Pope Leo XIV indicated on Saturday that his papacy will follow closely in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis …
Google:
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Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget:
The FTC pushes the enforcement of its “click-to-cancel” rule requiring businesses to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up, from May 14 to July 14  —  The Federal Trade Commission has delayed the start of a rule that aims to make the process of canceling subscriptions less of a nightmare.
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
CMU researchers unveil LegoGPT, an AI model that designs physically stable Lego structures from text prompts and currently supports eight standard brick types  —  On Thursday, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University unveiled LegoGPT, an AI model that creates physically stable Lego structures from text prompts.

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