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Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Anthropic backtracks on its decision to quietly limit Fable 5's ability to develop LLMs, saying “requests will visibly fall back to Opus 4.8”, after backlash  —  The company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude's ability to develop competing AI models.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Cybersecurity researchers complain that Claude Fable 5's guardrails are too restrictive, rejecting “innocuous tasks” like reading blog posts or reviewing code
Dario Amodei:
Dario Amodei outlines policy responses to AI's exponential progress across regulation and public safety, macroeconomics and taxes, science, geopolitics, more  —  In one of the side plots to The Lord of the Rings, two of the Hobbits attempt to rouse Treebeard—a wise but ponderous sentient tree …
Anthropic:
Anthropic releases two policy proposals on how governments should address catastrophic risks from powerful AI models and how to prepare workers for AI's impact
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI is considering drastically lowering the prices it charges users for tokens in anticipation of similar cuts the startup expects Anthropic to make  —  The company might lower prices for tokens, the central unit for gauging AI costs, though the discussions are still in flux
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Microsoft's Xbox division is planning major layoffs next month and significant budget cuts for marketing and some other areas  —  Asha Sharma's first major cuts will arrive in July  —  Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox division is planning major job cuts next month as new Chief Executive …
The Verge:
Memo: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty warn of an “Xbox reset” over the next 100 days, citing annual revenue down nearly $500M over the past five years
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube rolls out a new in-app messaging system for sharing videos and having 1:1 conversations; it discontinued its previous Messages feature in September 2019  —  After testing got underway last year, YouTube is now more widely rolling out a new in-app messaging system.
A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
The FBI seizes 13 domains allegedly tied to fake consulting firms that sought information from US government and military employees for suspected Chinese agents  —  Federal authorities announced on Wednesday the seizure of 13 internet domains tied to what the U.S. Justice Department called …
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Deezer launches an AI music detection tool for users of 20 services, including Spotify and Apple Music, after no company licensed its AI detection tech  —  Since the competition won't buy their tech, they're bringing it directly to users. … Deezer will now scan your playlists …
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta has completed an operational split with Manus and stopped data sharing; Manus is exploring options, including raising ~$1B to fund a buyback  —  Meta Platforms Inc. has completed an operational split from Manus and halted data sharing between the two companies …
More: The Next Web
Maria Cheng / Reuters:
Canada introduces the Safe Social Media Act, a bill that would ban social media for children under 16 and establish safety standards for AI chatbots  —  The Canadian government introduced a new digital safety bill on Wednesday that would ban social media for children under 16 with exemptions …
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
CISA shortens the deadline for US agencies to fix, disable, or remove vulnerable software or equipment in their networks to three days, citing hackers' AI use  —  The U.S. cyber defense agency said on Wednesday that government officials now have three days to deal with the most serious categories …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Instagram expands Your Algorithm to its main feed, letting users choose topics they want to see, and is working to support requests for people, moods, and more  —  Adam Mosseri wants AI to give users a sense of control over recommendations.  —  Instagram is going to let you tweak …
Sam Sabin / Axios:
OpenAI says it has banned China-linked accounts that used ChatGPT to draft social media influence campaigns targeting US debates over tariffs and data centers  —  OpenAI has banned China-linked accounts that used ChatGPT to draft social media influence campaigns targeting U.S. debates …
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
DoorDash launches an in-app AI chatbot to let users order food and groceries and make reservations with photos and prompts  —  DoorDash is bringing artificial intelligence deeper into the user experience, allowing customers to order food and make reservations with photos and prompts.
More: Bloomberg
Shinhye Kang / Bloomberg:
South Korea fines US-listed Coupang ~$409M for inadequate safety systems and “negligent management” that caused a data breach affecting ~34M accounts  —  A South Korean regulator fined the country's largest e-commerce platform, owned by US-listed Coupang Inc., a record 624.7 billion won …
Qianer Liu / The Information:
Sources: Google is in talks with Samsung to manufacture a memory input-output die for its 10th-gen Icefish TPU, while making the computing engine at TSMC  —  Google is considering giving Samsung Electronics a crucial role in making a component of one of its most advanced future AI chips …
More: Reuters
Financial Times:
Analysis: Conservative and Reform UK MPs have increased their volume of posts on X since Elon Musk's takeover, while center-left politicians have reduced theirs  —  Majority of Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians are on alternative social media platform Bluesky, report shows

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Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the first “case” brought before Objection, which aims to use AI to evaluate news stories, and a Q&A with Objection's founder; the site is now dark

Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Gene Shalit, a longtime film critic for NBC's Today who was with the show from 1970 until his retirement in 2010, dies at 100

Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega was fired while working on a feature on Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories

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Yang Tian / BBC:
London's Met Police calls on tech companies to make stolen phones unusable and says it is sharing data with Apple to build a “global picture” of stolen devices

Earlier Picks

Moneycontrol:
Opendoor says it is shutting down its India operations and laying off nearly 250 employees, replacing them with smaller, AI-enabled teams in the US
The Texas Tribune:
Letter: Texas Governor Greg Abbott released regulatory recommendations for state lawmakers to ensure that data centers shoulder the costs of their growth
Juby Babu / Reuters:
Oracle reports Q4 revenue up 21% YoY to $19.18B, vs. $19.1B est., and expects to raise nearly $40B in debt and equity financing in FY 2027; ORCL drops 10%+
The Keyword:
Google introduces DiffusionGemma, an experimental 26B-parameter open model that uses text diffusion for faster text generation compared to autoregressive models
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