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Sources: OpenAI wants Microsoft to take a ~33% stake in exchange for giving up future profit rights, and seeks to revise its exclusive cloud deal with Microsoft (The Information)
The Information: Sources: OpenAI wants Microsoft to take a ~33% stake in exchange for giving up future profit rights, and seeks to revise its exclusive cloud deal with Microsoft — Negotiations between Microsoft and OpenAI over the startup’s plan to restructure its for-profit unit, which requires Microsoft’s approval … Source link
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Roblox hires Paramount's Naveen Chopra as CFO starting June 30; Chopra previously held senior roles at Amazon and served as CFO at Pandora and TiVo (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)
Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Roblox hires Paramount’s Naveen Chopra as CFO starting June 30; Chopra previously held senior roles at Amazon and served as CFO at Pandora and TiVo — “Naveen’s experience as CFO at leading companies equips him with invaluable financial and strategic acumen to foster Roblox’s growth,” … Source link
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Aerones, which makes robots that can service wind turbines in about half the time of humans, raised $62M led by Activate Capital and S2G Investments (Virginia Furness/Reuters)
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Researchers detail an exploit in GitHub’s official MCP server that lets hackers trick an LLM agent into leaking private information about the MCP user (Simon Willison/Simon Willison’s Weblog)
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Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T N1.5, an open, customizable AI model for humanoid reasoning and skills, and GR00T-Dreams, a tool for generating synthetic motion data (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T N1.5, an open, customizable AI model for humanoid reasoning and skills, and GR00T-Dreams, a tool for generating synthetic motion data — Nvidia said it is racing ahead with humanoid robotics technology, providing a custom foundation model for humanoid reasoning … Source link
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Galaxy S25 Edge hands-on: the thin design is a breath of fresh air, sturdy, many specs match other S25 phones, but has a 3,900 mAh battery vs. S25's 4,000 mAh (Abrar Al-Heeti/CNET)
Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET: Galaxy S25 Edge hands-on: the thin design is a breath of fresh air, sturdy, many specs match other S25 phones, but has a 3,900 mAh battery vs. S25’s 4,000 mAh — At 5.8mm thick and 163 grams, this slim phone packs many of the features you’ll find on other S25 series devices. Source link
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Sources: Microsoft remains the biggest holdout among investors in OpenAI's restructuring, and is seeking assurance that changes will protect its $13.75B stake (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Microsoft remains the biggest holdout among investors in OpenAI’s restructuring, and is seeking assurance that changes will protect its $13.75B stake — After months of public pressure, OpenAI walked back part of its effort to create a more conventional for-profit company … Source link
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Critics fear the Take It Down Act, one of the few online safety laws to pass in years, could be weaponized against content the Trump admin or its allies dislike (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
Lauren Feiner / The Verge: Critics fear the Take It Down Act, one of the few online safety laws to pass in years, could be weaponized against content the Trump admin or its allies dislike — Critics warn it could have grave consequences for online speech and encryption. Source link
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Crypto casinos rival traditional betting groups in scale despite being illegal in most countries, with $81.4B in gross gaming revenue in 2024, up 5x since 2022 (Marianna Giusti/Financial Times)
Marianna Giusti / Financial Times: Crypto casinos rival traditional betting groups in scale despite being illegal in most countries, with $81.4B in gross gaming revenue in 2024, up 5x since 2022 — Platforms now rival traditional betting groups in scale despite their services being illegal in most countries Source link
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Science Corp., which was started by Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak to develop a retina and brain implant system, raised over $100M led by Khosla Ventures (Ike Swetlitz/Bloomberg)
Ike Swetlitz / Bloomberg: Science Corp., which was started by Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak to develop a retina and brain implant system, raised over $100M led by Khosla Ventures — “We have a philosophy of investing in companies that are early and make bold bets and can be impactful for the future,” said Shernaz Daver … Source link
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