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Anthropic signs a deal with Google and Broadcom for multiple GWs of TPU capacity, and says its run-rate revenue crossed $30B, up from ~$9B at the end of 2025 — We have signed a new agreement with Google and Broadcom for multiple gigawatts of next-generation TPU capacity that we expect to come online starting in 2027.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/accelerate, r/artificial, r/ClaudeAI, and r/singularity
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Sources: Meta has an internal leaderboard dubbed “Claudeonomics” where employees compete on AI-token usage and earn rewards like “Token Legend” status — Employees at Meta Platforms who want to show off their AI superuser chops are competing on an internal leaderboard for status as a …
More: The Decoder. X: @thdxr, @alexolegimas, @frank_liquid, @melindabchu1, @mitsuhiko, @joshgholder, @zephyr_z9, @qurrie_com, @gergelyorosz, @petergyang, @theinformation, @rhorider, @aakashgupta, @shakoistslog, @ericjang11, @maxleiter, @kakashiii111, @theprimeagen, @thdxr, @nickwingfield, @jyoti_mann1, @jyoti_mann1, and @theinformation
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Filing: Broadcom agrees to produce future versions of Google's TPUs and expands its Anthropic deal to give the startup access to ~3.5 GW of computing capacity — - Broadcom said it agreed to produce future versions of Google's artificial intelligence chips,
More: Investor's Business Daily, Financial Times, Yahoo Finance, The Decoder, crypto.news, Blockonomi, Proactive, DigiTimes, Sherwood News, Reuters, Barron's Online, Google Cloud, SEC, and Stocktwits
X: @anthropicai, @yuchenj_uw, @eliebakouch, @beffjezos, @firstadopter, @petergostev, and @theprimeagen
LinkedIn: Benjamin Seab and Paul Lembo
| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple is facing issues in the test phase of its foldable iPhone that are taking longer than expected to resolve, potentially delaying mass production — TAIPEI — Apple is encountering setbacks in the engineering test phase of its first ever foldable iPhone, which could lead to delays …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Google is updating Gemini to add a UI that triggers support hotline referrals and a “help is available” module when chats indicate potential crises like suicide — Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to introduce new mental health support features for its Gemini chatbot as the company and rivals … | New York Times: |
Analysis: Gemini 3-based AI Overviews are accurate ~90% of the time, meaning across 5T searches per year, tens of millions of answers are erroneous every hour — The company's A.I.-generated answers look authoritative, but they draw on an array of sources, from trustworthy sites to Facebook posts.
More: The Verge. Bluesky: @jackcarterbenjamin, @ronaldjcoleman, @hern, @daniloc.xyz, @hern, and @metacurity.com
| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
Samsung reports a record preliminary Q1 operating profit of ~$38B, up more than 8x YoY and above ~$27B est., and revenue up 68% YoY to ~$88B, amid the AI boom — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) on Tuesday projected a record-high first-quarter operating profit from a year earlier … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus hires xAI co-founder Kyle Kosic from OpenAI and has hundreds of staff across its San Francisco HQ, London, and Zurich — Kyle Kosic joins Project Prometheus, the secretive start-up working on systems that can understand the physical world
More: Silicon Republic and The Decoder
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI announces a Safety Fellowship program for external researchers, engineers, and practitioners to study the safety and alignment of advanced AI systems — A pilot program to support independent safety and alignment research and develop the next generation of talent
More: Help Net Security, Digit, and New Yorker
X: @ronanfarrow, @markchen90, @wesroth, @tenobrus, @ilex_ulmus, @openai, and @deredleritt3r
| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
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LinkedIn: Adrian Brown, Viviana Jordan, David Robinson, Michael Kokin, Vinod K., and Jabran Chaudhry
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
A look at the gold rush for firms claiming to help brands get cited by AI search tools, via tactics like hiding instructions behind “Summarize with AI” buttons — Let's pretend you work in IT and you're looking for a new digital service desk platform to help your employees reset passwords or onboard new hires.
More: Search Engine Land, Microsoft Security Blog, and Glossy
| Filippo Valsorda: |
A cryptography engineer calls for urgent rollout of post-quantum cryptography schemes, saying the risk of inaction is now unacceptable, after Google's warning — My position on the urgency of rolling out quantum-resistant cryptography has changed compared to just a few months ago.
More: SiliconANGLE and TechRadar
Bluesky: @marypcbuk and @matthewdgreen
Forums: Hacker News, r/crypto, and Lobsters
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are sharing information via the Frontier Model Forum to detect adversarial distillation attempts that violate their ToS — Rivals OpenAI, Anthropic PBC, and Alphabet Inc.'s Google have begun working together to try to clamp down on Chinese competitors extracting results …
More: The Hans India, The Decoder, Beyond Search, and The Asia Business Daily
| Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin: |
How social media became a “freak show”: X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYT — The ecosystem is unhealthy, especially on Twitter, and that's producing some strange beasts among the most influential accounts.
More: Reason. X: @natesilver538, @blueboxdave, @davidafrench, @christopherrufo, @clairlemon, @alicefromqueens, @micsolana, @noahpinion, @konstantinkisin, @natesilver538, @razibkhan, @moultano, @literaryeric, @phl43, @akoustov, @devahaz, @asymmetricinfo, @christopherrufo, @richardhanania, @robbysoave, @esjesjesj, @nntaleb, @notjessewalker, @datarepublican, @ryanburge, @jeremiahdjohns, @jamessurowiecki, @phl43, @benryanwriter, @david_ingram, @elonmusk, @nikitabier, @david_ingram, @timcast, @richardhanania, @nikitabier, @mikeisaac, @nikitabier, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @besttrousers, @ryanburge, @asymmetricinfo, @bretdevereaux, @natesilver538, @richardhanania, @jason_koebler, @richardhanania, @elonmusk, @richardhanania, @jaredlholt, @stefanfschubert, @natesilver538, @haroon, @nikitabier, @akarlin, @yimbyland, @natesilver538, @micsolana, @modeledbehavior, @micsolana, @aricohn, @elonmusk, @cesifoti, @buccocapital, @natesilver538, @modeledbehavior, @mattvanswol, @neeratanden, @modeledbehavior, @soncharm, @davidu, @paulnovosad, @jason_kint, @ddiamond, @jason_kint, @zerohedge, @kasparov63, @timcast, @nkulw, @petersavodnik, @raharrisonpa, @katiemiller, @alanmcole, @yacinemtb, @elonmusk, @kareem_carr, @crazy_stephen_i, @jonatanpallesen, @catturd2, @juliangough, @ryanradia, @alanmcole, @nikitabier, @natesilver538, @jaybaxter, @natesilver538, @tha_muser, @jamessurowiecki, @catturd2, @nikitabier, @natesilver538, @catturd2, @redsteeze, @alx, @sailaunderscore, @natesilver538, @kirkegaardemil, @nateduncannba, @natesilver538, @bing_chris, and @noupside. LinkedIn: Adam Shapiro
Bluesky: @fightforthefuture.org and @carnage4life. Mastodon: @jalefkowit@vmst.io. Forums: r/fivethirtyeight
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Adobe launches Acrobat Spaces, a free AI study tool to help students generate flashcards, quizzes, and Express presentations without logging in — Adobe Acrobat has largely catered to professionals with its recent AI features. Now, the company is turning its attention to students by making …
More: 9to5Mac
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Kalshi signs a deal with Fox Corp. to integrate its forecasts into Fox News, Fox Business Network, Fox One, and Fox Weather, following deals with CNN and CNBC — The prediction market already has deals with CNN and CNBC. — The biggest prediction market in the U.S. is teaming up with the biggest TV news channel in the U.S.
More: Reuters, New York Post, and Kalshi
| Kiki Intarasuwan / CBS News: |
An Indianapolis city councilor says his home was targeted in what appeared to be a politically motivated shooting over a proposed data center in the city — Add CBS News on Google — An Indianapolis city councilor says his home was targeted in what appeared to be a politically motivated shooting …
More: The Register, Heatmap News, The Guardian, New York Times, NBC News, ABC News, WALV-TV, Business Insider, WFYI, Axios, Washington Post, Mirror Indy, The Indianapolis Star, WRTV Indianapolis, and Washington Examiner
X: @taylorlorenz, @andymasley, @tszzl, @pewilliams_, @andymasley, @davidu, @cnliberalism, and @oncloud_e
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Natter, an AI platform for large-scale video conversation insights, raised a $23M Series A led by Renegade Partners and says it grew revenue 5x in 2025 — Natter, which uses AI to gain insights from work conversations, raised a $23 million Series A led by Renegade Partners, co-founder and CEO Charlie Woodward tells Axios Pro.
More: SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, and Tech Funding News
| Stacy Cowley / New York Times: |
The US Treasury says Robinhood and BNY will work with the federal government to handle tax-sheltered “Trump Accounts” for children when they launch this summer — The new tax-sheltered savings and investment accounts will start accepting deposits this summer.| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
Polymarket plans to launch the CTF Exchange V2 upgrade within the next three weeks, including a rebuilt trading engine and a native, USDC-backed USD stablecoin — Quick Take — Polymarket noted the upgrade is its “biggest infrastructure change since launch,” and will include … | Sophie Shulman / CTech: |
Israel-based Q-Factor, which is developing a quantum computer based on neutral atom technology, emerges from stealth with a $24M seed led by NFX and TPY Capital — Intel Capital-backed startup, founded by scientists from Weizmann and Technion, aims to move beyond current qubit constraints with neutral atom technology.
More: Jerusalem Post, HPCwire, and Tech in Asia
| Reuters: |
A Taiwan intelligence report to lawmakers says China is targeting Taiwan to obtain its chip manufacturing tech and talent to break through global “containment” — China is targeting Taiwan to obtain its advanced chip manufacturing technology and talent as a way of breaking through international …
More: 9to5Mac, Benzinga, Focus Taiwan, The Decoder, Tech in Asia, and TNGlobal
| Austin Carr / Bloomberg: |
MLB rolls out “robot umps”, or an Automated Ball-Strike System, using Sony-made advanced cameras to help officiate games, but it often validates human umpires — The automated ball-strike system has often validated the judgement of the human umpires … Tech Across the Globe| Financial Times: |
South Korea is deploying thousands of ChatGPT-enabled social care robots to help elderly people; over-65s now account for ~20% of the country's 51M people — South Korea's strained social care system turns to ChatGPT-enabled devices as population ages — NEW
More: Power Technology
| Annie Bang / Bloomberg: |
Silicon Valley investors say annual recurring revenue, a popular metric with AI startups, is unreliable because it lacks SEC definitions and can be inflated — The co-founder of Cluely — an Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup with the motto, “Cheat on everything” — ignited a controversy earlier …
Bluesky: @shiraovide
| CNBC: |
OpenAI sends a letter to the California and Delaware AGs, urging them to investigate “anti-competitive behavior” by Elon Musk, ahead of a trial in April — OpenAI on Monday sent a letter to the California and Delaware attorneys general, urging them to investigate …
More: Implicator.ai, Gizmodo, Sacramento Bee, Digit, The Asia Business Daily, Benzinga, Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Information
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