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| Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
Joel Kaplan says Meta won't sign EU's AI code of practice, calling its guidelines overreach that will throttle development and deployment of AI models in Europe — Meta Platforms Inc. said it won't sign the code of practice for Europe's new set of laws governing artificial intelligence …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The EU issues guidelines to help AI models with systemic risks comply with the AI Act, after criticism from some companies about lack of clarity — The European Commission set out guidelines on Friday to help AI models it has determined have systemic risks and face tougher obligations …
More: MLex, Mashable, and European Commission
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple sues YouTuber Jon Prosser and an Apple staffer's friend over iOS 26 leaks, for allegedly accessing the staffer's iPhone; Prosser denies the claim — Earlier this year, YouTuber Jon Prosser shared multiple videos showing off what he claimed to be re-created renderings of what was then presumed …
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Osmond Chia / BBC: |
Netflix used AI tools for the first time in one of its TV shows, for a VFX sequence; Ted Sarandos says the VFX costs would have been too high otherwise — Netflix says it has used visual effects created by generative artificial intelligence (AI) in one of its original TV shows for the first time.
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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
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| Jessica Lyons / The Register: |
Google files a lawsuit in the US against 25 unnamed individuals in China, accusing them of operating the BadBox 2.0 botnet, compromising 10M+ devices worldwide — Ads giant complains of damage to its reputation and finances ... and crime, too — Google has filed a lawsuit …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft shuts down the Movies & TV storefront on the Microsoft Store on Windows and Xbox; users will continue to be able to access their past purchases — After 12 years, Microsoft is shutting down its storefront that let Windows and Xbox users buy or rent Movies & TV shows natively on the platform.
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| Bloomberg: |
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins says the GENIUS Act is a “historic step” and the SEC is weighing an “innovation exemption” from regulations to incentivize tokenization — The Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing an innovation exemption from regulations to incentivize tokenization …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the White House is preparing an EO requiring AI companies with federal contracts to be neutral and unbiased, to combat what officials see as “woke AI” — The order would be one of several expected to be released outlining the president's vision for winning the AI race with China
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| Reuters: |
The US House passes the GENIUS Act, sending the stablecoin bill to Trump for his signature, and advances two other crypto bills to the Senate for consideration — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to create a regulatory framework for U.S.-dollar-pegged cryptocurrency tokens known …
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| Financial Times: |
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| Eric Geller / Cybersecurity Dive: |
Sources: the US State Department has effectively dismantled its three-year-old Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, firing between nine and 11 staffers — Departures and restructuring will make it harder for the agency to pursue global policies that strengthen its own critical infrastructure, experts said.
More: Nextgov/FCW and Politico
| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
Claude Code users, many on the $200-a-month Max plan, are unexpectedly facing restrictive usage limits; Anthropic says it's “working to resolve these issues” — Since Monday morning, Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits.
More: The Decoder. Bluesky: @calbucci.com and @russellbrandom. LinkedIn: Sakar Khatiwada
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Neuralink filed on April 24 as a “small disadvantaged business” that could give it preferential access to federal opportunities, before being valued at $9B — Elon Musk's health tech company Neuralink labeled itself a “small disadvantaged business” in a federal filing …
More: Musk Watch and UPI
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
BrightAI, an AI-powered service using custom chips and devices to monitor critical infrastructure, raised a $51M Series A, source says at a $300M valuation — BrightAI raised $51 million to sell sensors and software that monitor infrastructure. — While many artificial intelligence tools …
More: WebWire and VC News Daily
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta hired AI researchers Mark Lee, from Apple's Foundation Models team, and Tom Gunter, who left Apple in June, for its superintelligence lab — Meta Platforms Inc. hired a pair of key artificial intelligence researchers who worked at Apple Inc., shortly after poaching their former boss from the iPhone maker.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Reuters: |
A lawmaker who regulates Russia's IT sector warns WhatsApp to “prepare to leave” Russia; Moscow recently approved development of a state-backed messaging app — WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, a lawmaker who regulates the IT sector said on Friday …
More: Benzinga, Engadget, AzerNews, Ukrainska Pravda, Livemint, Meduza, and NewsMax.com
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