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ARCHIVE TUESDAY, APRIL 21 · 29 STORIES
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.0 with improved text rendering and non-Latin script support
OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.0, a major upgrade to its image generation model that significantly improves text rendering capabilities and supports non-L...
Florida AG issues criminal subpoenas to OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in mass shooting
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced criminal subpoenas against OpenAI, launching an unprecedented investigation into whether a chatbot could be he...
Cerebras files for IPO with 20x revenue growth but heavy customer concentration
AI hardware company Cerebras has filed for an initial public offering amid rapid revenue growth but persistent profitability challenges and heavy reliance on a ...
Amazon invests additional $5 billion in Anthropic with 5GW AI capacity agreement
Amazon has committed an additional $5 billion to Anthropic and secured a major compute agreement with the AI company, deepening their strategic partnership. Th...
OkCupid shared 3 million user photos with AI company in privacy breach
OkCupid shared nearly three million user photos and associated personal data with an AI company in violation of its own privacy policies, according to a recentl...
Anthropic cuts off company's Claude access, stranding 60 employees
AI company Anthropic abruptly cut off a company's access to its Claude assistant last week, leaving 60 employees unable to work and sparking criticism of the co...
Amazon commits up to $25B to Anthropic in $100B cloud deal
Amazon has agreed to invest up to $25 billion in AI company Anthropic as part of an expanded agreement that locks in more than $100 billion of cloud spending by...
Clarifai deletes 3M OkCupid photos after FTC privacy settlement
Clarifai has confirmed it deleted approximately three million OkCupid user photos and facial-recognition models trained on those images, following a U.S. Federa...
Jeff Bezos close to $10B funding for AI lab Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos is close to finalizing a $10 billion funding round for his artificial intelligence laboratory, Project Prometheus, at a $38 billion valuation, accord...
VisioLab raises $11M for AI-powered iPad checkout systems
German startup VisioLab has raised $11 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-powered self-checkout systems for the foodservice industry. The round was led...
Amazon to invest up to $25 billion in AI firm Anthropic
Amazon is strengthening its ties with artificial intelligence company Anthropic through a new investment deal that could total $25 billion. The technology gian...
Redwood Materials lays off 10% of workforce in restructuring toward energy storage
Redwood Materials has laid off approximately 135 employees, representing roughly 10 percent of its workforce, as the battery recycling company restructures to f...
SpaceX Secures Right to Acquire Cursor for $60 Billion
SpaceX has announced an arrangement that gives it the right to acquire the automated programming platform Cursor for $60 billion or pay a $10 billion fee for th...
Revolut eyes $150B-$200B valuation in eventual IPO
British fintech giant Revolut is targeting a valuation between $150 billion and $200 billion when it eventually goes public, according to a Financial Times repo...
SpaceX IPO could value company at over $1 trillion as investors weigh space economics
SpaceX is preparing for an initial public offering that could value the company at over $1 trillion, according to market estimates, making it one of the most an...
Instagram bug turned HDR photos black and white for some users
Instagram has confirmed a technical issue that caused some users' color photos to appear in black and white. The Meta-owned platform says the bug specifically a...
Nvidia supplier Victory Giant surges 57% in Hong Kong trading debut
Chinese circuit-board manufacturer Victory Giant Technology Huizhou surged 57.23% in its Hong Kong trading debut after raising $2.6 billion in the city's larges...
Pentagon Requests $53.6 Billion for Drone and Autonomous Warfare Technologies
The Pentagon is requesting $53.6 billion for drone and autonomous warfare technologies in its fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, an amount that would surpass mos...
New York attorney general sues Coinbase and Gemini over prediction markets
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed lawsuits against Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan, alleging the companies are operating illegal gam...
Consumer Federation of America sues Meta over scam advertisements
The nonprofit Consumer Federation of America has filed a lawsuit against Meta, alleging the social media company violates consumer protection laws through its h...
Homeland Security developing smart glasses with facial recognition for ICE agents
The US Department of Homeland Security is developing smart glasses for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that could identify individuals using facial r...
UK to enforce statutory ban on smartphones in all English schools
The UK government will introduce a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools across England, requiring all schools to prohibit student phone use throughout the ...
European governments struggle to reduce dependence on US technology
European officials are attempting to lessen their reliance on American technology companies but face significant challenges in doing so. The efforts come amid c...
DOJ criticizes Apple's request for Samsung documents in antitrust case
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a response criticizing Apple's recent request to obtain evidence from Samsung in South Korea as part of the ongoing ant...
Humble emerges with $24M seed for cabless autonomous electric freight truck
Autonomous trucking startup Humble emerged from stealth with a $24 million seed round and unveiled a fully electric, cabless freight vehicle called the Humble H...
Vercel Confirms Breach After OAuth Grant via Compromised AI Vendor
Vercel, the cloud platform behind Next.js, confirmed on Sunday that attackers gained unauthorized access to internal systems through an OAuth grant tied to a co...
Mozilla Patches 271 Firefox Vulnerabilities Found by Anthropic's Claude Mythos
Mozilla said early access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview model helped it identify 271 security vulnerabilities in this week's release of Firefox 150, a substanti...
Former ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to helping cybercriminal gang
A former ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to helping cybercriminals extort companies while ostensibly working for their victims. Angelo Martino, who pr...
Meta partners with CBRE to train data center technicians in new workforce program
Meta and real estate firm CBRE have launched a workforce training initiative to prepare data center technicians for jobs at Meta's U.S. construction sites. The...