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OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal

OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal: OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft gets more cash in a revenue-share agreement. Read More

DeepMind's David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data: Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded a mere few months ago by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion. Read More

Red Hat's OpenClaw maintainer just made enterprise Claw deployments a lot safer: Tank OS puts OpenClaw AI agents into a container that let's it run reliably and more safely, especially for those running fleets of them. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Hacker who allegedly carried out cyberattacks for China is extradited to US

Hacker who allegedly carried out cyberattacks for China is extradited to US: Xu Zewei is accused of participating in a Chinese government hacking group that broke into thousands of U.S. organizations and stole COVID-19-related research. Read More

Snapchat brings AI-powered conversational advertising to its app: Users will be able to chat with a brand's AI agent to do things like ask questions and get recommendations. Read More

YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature that shows guided answers: YouTube is rolling out the new AI search feature to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on an opt-in basis. Read More

BCI startup Neurable looks to license its 'mind-reading' tech for consumer wearables: The startup specializes in "non-invasive" "mind-reading" tech—a kind of neural data collection that, its CEO hopes, will have all sorts of consumer applications. Read More

Drizzle on top: a new high-end dog food brand is coming for the 1%: Golden Child is launching with two "five-star" products: a fresh frozen meal system and, more intriguingly, a "drizzle." It has also raised $37 million in funding. Read More

Last but Not Least

Otter's new feature lets users search across their enterprise tools

Otter's new feature lets users search across their enterprise tools: Otter is also releasing a new Windows app that can capture meeting notes without joining one Read More

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