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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.
Anthropic:
Anthropic signs a deal with Google and Broadcom for GWs of next-gen TPU capacity, and says its run-rate revenue surpassed $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.
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
Deborah Sophia / Reuters:
Intel says it will join Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip complex project along with SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla to help produce processors for robotics and data centers  —  Intel (INTC.O) said on Tuesday it would join Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip complex project along with SpaceX, Tesla (TSLA.O) and xAI.
Jyoti Mann / The Information:
Sources: Meta has an internal leaderboard dubbed “Claudeonomics” where its 85K+ 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 …
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple is facing issues in the test phase of its foldable iPhone, which 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 …
Filippo Valsorda:
A cryptography engineer calls for an urgent rollout of quantum-resistant cryptography, 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.
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
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher taxes on capital gains, a public AI investment fund, bolstered safety nets, and more
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Spotify expands Prompted Playlists, its AI feature for creating playlists, to include podcasts, for Premium users in the US, Canada, the UK, and other countries  —  Spotify said today that it is expanding its AI-powered feature to create playlists, called Prompted Playlist, to include podcasts as well.
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 …
Natalie Breymeyer / Axios:
True Footage, which uses AI trained on years of appraisal data to generate property valuations, raised a $40M Series C led by Cox Enterprises' Socium Ventures  —  True Footage, a real estate appraisal platform, raised a $40 million Series C led by Cox Enterprises' Socium Ventures, CEO John Liss tells Axios Pro exclusively.
John Collison / Cheeky Pint:
Q&A with Sundar Pichai on the history of Google and AI, speed and Search, Google's AI comeback, bottlenecks, capital allocation, how Google works, and more  —  Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet.  He sits down with John and Elad Gil to discuss Google's resurgence in the AI race …
Austin Carr / Bloomberg:
MLB rolls out the Automated Ball-Strike System, “robot umps” that use Sony-made advanced cameras to help officiate games, as backups to human umpires  —  The automated ball-strike system has often validated the judgement of the human umpires … Tech Across the Globe

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Wall Street Journal:
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, who said this week she “practiced international transaction law”, hasn't passed the bar exam in the US

K.J. Yossman / Variety:
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Esther Fung / Wall Street Journal:
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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
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