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Instructure reached a deal with hackers who breached its Canvas platform to return stolen data and destroy copies, without disclosing what it gave in exchange (Qasim Nauman/New York Times)
Sources: some Amazon employees are using in-house OpenClaw-like tool MeshClaw for unnecessary tasks to inflate AI token use after Amazon set weekly AI targets (Financial Times)
The US House Oversight Committee launches a probe into potential conflicts in Sam Altman's personal investments; letter: several GOP AGs call for an SEC review (Wall Street Journal)
AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to ~8.3M in April, from a high of 20M+ in January; Recon Analytics says Grok paid adoption in the US remains nearly flat YoY in Q2 (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)
Source: new revenue sharing terms cap OpenAI's payments to Microsoft at $38B; they previously could have totaled $135B through 2030 if long-term goals were met (The Information)
The US Commerce Department removed from its website details about its May 5 agreement with Google, xAI, and Microsoft to test their AI models (Courtney Rozen/Reuters)
Q&A with Scott Wu, CEO of Cognition, which hit a $445M revenue run rate in its first 18 months, on his math competition roots, the Devin AI coding agent, more (Jeremy Stern/Colossus)
Many npm packages for Mistral, UiPath, TanStack's web dev tools like react-router, and more were compromised, likely in the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack (Socket)
GM plans to lay off IT workers in an effort to trim costs and bring in staff with skills in other tech areas; sources: the cuts will affect 500 to 600 employees (David Welch/Bloomberg)
OpenAI launches Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative integrating AI models and Codex Security to help organizations patch vulnerabilities (Alexey Shabanov/TestingCatalog AI News)
Thinking Machines Lab details interaction models, which can think and respond in real time, letting users and AI interact continuously for better collaboration (Thinking Machines Lab)
Robinhood confidentially filed for its second publicly traded venture fund, Robinhood Venture Fund II, focusing on early-stage and growth-stage startups (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
Digg relaunches as an aggregator of AI news and social media commentary, with plans to expand to other topics; its previous reboot shut down in March (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
GitLab announces layoffs, saying they are "not an AI optimization or cost cutting exercise", and plans to cut the number of countries it operates in (Sarah Frier/Bloomberg)
Musk v. Altman: Satya Nadella says Elon Musk never contacted him with concerns that Microsoft's investments in OpenAI violated any special terms or commitments (CNBC)

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Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Ouster: ‘I Didn’t Want It to Be Destroyed’
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The FCC Received Hundreds of Complaints About Bad Bunny’s ‘Vulgar’ Super Bowl Performance
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Engadget

Sony's new wearable air conditioner runs even cooler
Gemini for Google Home will no longer freak out if you ask it how to make a margarita
Daybreak is OpenAI's response to Anthropic's Claude Mythos
Astronomers use the Webb telescope to improve our map of the cosmic web
Texas AG sues Netflix, claiming the streaming service collects user data without consent
iOS end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging begins rolling today in beta
Google announces its first-ever discovery of a zero-day exploit made with AI
OpenADR and Matter are collaborating to let your smart home talk to the grid
Venmo's redesigned app offers more discreet payments by default
OpenAI sued by spouse of FSU shooting victim
Discord's Nitro subscription now includes a slightly nerfed Xbox Game Pass
NBC is turning Wordle into a TV show
Forza Horizon 6 has leaked a week ahead of launch
TikTok is rolling out an ad-free option in the UK
Samsung's Bespoke update is big step towards a useful AI for your fridge
Whoop will soon offer users in-app video consultations with licensed clinicians
GM agrees to pay $12.75 million to settle California lawsuit over misuse of customers' driving data
Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million
Safari's latest trick could be automatically organizing your tabs into groups
Liquid Glass tweaks are reportedly coming in the next macOS

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