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  • OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August
  • Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation
  • UN tech chief pleads for global AI regulatory cooperation
  • Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok
  • Google AI Mode has 100M users, 2.5 Pro & Deep Search rolls out
  • FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report
  • Tesla is set to face off with the California DMV over claims it exaggerated Autopilot's and FSD's capabilities and misled consumers, in a five-day Oakland trial
  • Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day
  • A look at Tea, a woman-only safety app with 4M users that lets users anonymously assign red or green flags to local men, as it goes viral with 900K new signups
  • People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online
  • Intel is laying off tens of thousands and cancelling factories
  • AMD CEO Sees Chips From TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More
  • Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission
  • DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban
  • FCC approves Skydance-Paramount merger
  • Gwyneth Paltrow is the new face of a kiss-cam tech scandal
  • Julian LeFay, 'Father of The Elder Scrolls,' Has Died Aged 59
  • Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
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