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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signs a law criminalizing the “deceptive and dangerous” creation and sharing of deepfakes, including fake AI nudes of minors — When Francesca Mani was 14 years old, boys at her New Jersey high school used nudify apps to target her and other girls.
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Crunchbase: global VC funding reached $113B in Q1 2025, up 54% YoY, buoyed by OpenAI's $40B deal; PitchBook says 77% of US deal value in Q1 2025 went to AI — New reports out today from Crunchbase Inc. and PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor reveal that global venture capital rebounded sharply …
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Google announces Sec-Gemini v1, an experimental AI model for cybersecurity, claiming it outperforms others on the leading CTI-MCQ threat intelligence benchmark — Today, we're announcing Sec-Gemini v1, a new experimental AI model focused on advancing cybersecurity AI frontiers.
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Utah-based SchoolAI, an AI-powered teaching and learning platform used in 1M+ classrooms across 80+ countries, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners — SchoolAI, a Lehi, UT-based provider of an AI platform for teaching and learning, raised $25M in Series A funding.
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A US federal judge decides Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026; Musk and OpenAI agreed to fast-track the trial last month — - Billionaire Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026, the federal judge presiding over the case decided on Friday.
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SensorTower: users in India have spent $8M on ChatGPT subscriptions through IAP since 2023, not including web app purchases, versus ~$330M spent by US users — For years, U.S.-based tech companies have tapped into India's vast and increasing internet user base for growth. OpenAI is no exception.
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Sources: enterprise AI search startup Glean is in talks to raise hundreds of millions, including money to buy employee shares, at an estimated ~$7B valuation — Glean, a developer of search chatbots for businesses, is in talks with investors to potentially raise hundreds of millions of dollars …
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Turbine, which allows LPs to borrow funds secured by their position in venture funds, emerges from stealth with a $13M Series A and an $8.75M seed — Since IPOs slowed to trickle a few years ago, limited partners who invest in venture capital funds have had one giant problem: a dearth of liquidity.
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Ring founder Jamie Siminoff rejoins Amazon as a VP of product overseeing Ring and related businesses, replacing Elizabeth Hamren, who succeeded him in 2023 — Jamie Siminoff has returned to Amazon as a vice president of product overseeing the company's home security camera arm and related businesses.
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Amazon introduces a Kindle Recaps feature that uses GenAI and moderators to create short summaries of books in a series — Amazon is introducing a new “Recaps” feature for Kindle users to help them recall plot points and character arcs before picking up the latest book in a series.
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Sources: StubHub, Klarna, eToro, and adtech group MNTN have paused their IPO plans as President Trump's trade war upends the global economy — Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions and initial public offerings are on hold as Donald Trump's trade war upends the global economy …
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Analysts say Microsoft, whose shares fell the least among top tech companies, is shielded from the worst tariff impacts due to Azure and a broad enterprise base — As Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary Friday with a Seattle event spotlighting its latest AI developments …
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Sources: a TikTok deal, which was largely finalized by Wednesday, was put on hold after China indicated it would the reject the deal over Trump's tariffs — A deal to spin off the U.S. assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated that it would not approve the deal following President …
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Tech stocks fell for a second day following Trump's tariffs announcement: Nvidia closed down 7.4%, Apple 7.3%, Netflix 6.7%, Meta 5%, and Amazon 4.2% — Amid steep losses, U.S. president says ‘my policies will never change’ — Stocks dropped sharply for a second day …
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The US SEC says that “covered” US dollar stablecoins like USDT and USDC are not securities, and registration is not required for minting or redeeming them — - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said “covered” U.S. dollar stablecoins — basically USDT and USDC …
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Investors, founders, and others detail a culture of fear around criticizing Elon Musk or DOGE; some are appalled he is seen as a reflection of the tech industry — A huge swath of Silicon Valley is horrified by what Elon Musk is doing — but they're increasingly afraid to say so.
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GitHub announces “premium requests” for GitHub Copilot, a new system that imposes rate limits when users switch from the base GPT-4o to other AI models — GitHub Copilot, Microsoft-owned GitHub's AI coding assistant, could soon become costlier for some users.
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Codex, which is building a blockchain for stablecoins, raised a $15.8M seed led by Dragonfly, with Coinbase, Circle, and others participating — Stablecoins, or cryptocurrencies pegged to fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar, are all the buzz in crypto. After fintech giant Stripe acquired …
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Trump says he will sign an EO to keep TikTok running for an additional 75 days, as a deal “requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed” — President Donald Trump on Friday extended a deadline requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. operations of TikTok …
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How Trump's tariffs affect Meta, which relies heavily on SMBs around the world for ad revenue; 10% of Meta's 2023 revenue was from Chinese advertisers like Temu — Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, would not seem to be in the line of fire from tariffs.
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Q&A with Microsoft's AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman about the new Copilot updates, differentiating Copilot from other assistants through personality and tone, and more — Suleyman touts new memory, assistive, and research capabilities as Microsoft pushes forward in the crowded personalized AI assistant space.
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Google releases API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro: $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $10 for 1M output tokens for prompts up to 200K tokens, its priciest model yet — On Friday, Google released API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro, an AI reasoning model with industry-leading performance on several benchmarks measuring coding, reasoning, and math.
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Microsoft brings Copilot Vision feature to Windows and its iOS and Android apps, letting it analyze real-time video from a mobile camera, and more — Copilot Vision on Windows will be able to see your screen and guide you through apps. … Microsoft is bringing its Copilot Vision feature …
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Despite a tariff exemption on direct chip imports for now, the semiconductor industry faces challenges as higher prices for end products may hurt demand — Higher prices for the many products that contain chips threaten to hit demand — It sounded like a welcome reprieve.
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Microsoft Copilot adds support for memory, personalization, web-based actions, podcast creation, camera and screen analysis, deep research, and more — The AI assistant adds personalization, web actions, podcast creation, and more. … As it marks its 50th anniversary …
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