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Robotics startup Generalist, which released its GEN-1 model to complete short physical tasks in April, raised $400M led by Radical Ventures at a $2B valuation (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Robotics startup Generalist, which released its GEN-1 model to complete short…
Revolut co-founder and CTO Vlad Yatsenko plans to step down in July, replaced by executive Donato Lucia; Yatsenko joined as Revolut's first employee (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Revolut co-founder and CTO Vlad Yatsenko plans to step down…
A deep dive into the case for data centers in space, as SpaceX prepares to go public: Elon Musk's claims, the wider debate, power supply issues, costs, and more (Daniel Nishball/SemiAnalysis)
Daniel Nishball / SemiAnalysis: A deep dive into the case for data centers in space,…
Centralized control over the user experience not only leads to enshittification, but to "despotification"; decentralized protocols bring back democratic ideals (Mike Masnick/Liberalism.org)
Mike Masnick / Liberalism.org: Centralized control over the user experience not only leads to enshittification,…
A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public and broaden access to Mythos, amid criticism that commercial pressures have eroded its AI safety standards (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public…
US SEC filing: Vanguard marks down Ola Consumer's valuation to ~$70.3M; Ola, which faces intense competition from Uber and Rapido, was valued at $7.3B in 2021 (Kunal Manchanada/Entrackr)
Kunal Manchanada / Entrackr: US SEC filing: Vanguard marks down Ola Consumer's valuation to ~$70.3M;…
Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit claim that peptide companies are spamming their forum in hopes of getting their posts scraped and used by AI chatbots (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
Jason Koebler / 404 Media: Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit claim that peptide companies are…
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among signatories on an open letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA potentially used in AI-developed bioweapons (Emily Mullin/Wired)
Emily Mullin / Wired: Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among signatories on an open…
Quantinuum raised $1.68B in an upsized US IPO, selling 28M shares for $60 each, above its marketed range of $53 to $55, valuing the company at $15.6B (Carmen Reinicke/Bloomberg)
Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg: Quantinuum raised $1.68B in an upsized US IPO, selling 28M shares…
Apple says users in Texas must confirm they are 18 years or older or obtain parental consent to create an Apple Account starting June 4, after a court ruling (Juli Clover/MacRumors)
Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple says users in Texas must confirm they are 18 years…
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