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New Yorker:
Interviews with Sam Altman and 100+ people on if he can be trusted amid allegations of consistent lying and more: some defend him as others call him a sociopath  —  New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher taxes on capital gains, a public AI investment fund, bolstered safety nets, and more  —  ChatGPT maker put out policy proposals so consumers benefit from rapid advancements in artificial intelligence
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
How social media became a freak show: X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYT  —  The ecosystem is unhealthy, especially on Twitter, and that's producing some strange beasts among the most influential accounts.
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Netflix launches Netflix Playground, a games app for kids aged eight and under, in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and New Zealand  —  It's called Netflix Playground, and it's out now. … Netflix has made family-friendly titles a key part of its current games strategy …
The Information:
Sources: Sam Altman has excluded OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar from some key financial meetings; Friar began reporting to Fidji Simo, instead of Altman, in August 2025  —  Sam Altman has committed OpenAI to spend $600 billion in the next five years and privately said he wants to go public as soon …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
OpenAI buying TBPN makes little sense, par for the course for a company that, like Twitter, stumbled into a big market and may never build a functional business  —  OpenAI's purchase of TBPN makes no sense, which may be par for the course for OpenAI.  Then, AI is breaking stuff, starting with tech services.
Stephen Katte / Cointelegraph:
Jack Dorsey says Apple removed his Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat, used during protests in five countries, from the App Store in China at the CAC's request  —  Bitchat launched in July last year and has been used during protests in Madagascar, Uganda, Nepal, Indonesia and Iran …
Ina Fried / Axios:
Sources: Meta is preparing to release the first AI models developed under Alexandr Wang, with plans to offer versions of those models via an open source license  —  Meta is preparing to release the first new AI models developed under Alexandr Wang, with plans to eventually offer versions …
Ian King / Bloomberg:NEW
Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus raised $505M led by Coatue at a $5.5B valuation, bringing its funding raised in the last six months to $1.35B  —  Data center builder Firmus Technologies Pty raised $505 million in an investment round led by Coatue Management LLC …
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Eko, whose Arkansas “capture factory” creates digital product catalogs intended to serve as training data for retail-focused AI models  —  In an Arkansas ‘capture factory,’ hand models and food stylists are preparing for the future of shopping
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A federal appeals court rules New Jersey cannot block Kalshi users in the state from sports-related event contracts, finding CFTC has exclusive jurisdiction  —  A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey gaming regulators cannot prevent Kalshi from allowing people in the state …
Wall Street Journal:
Docs: OpenAI and Anthropic have projected profitability to investors with and without training costs, and report inference costs exceeding half of their revenue  —  Silicon Valley's hottest startups have the same challenge: funding giant computing costs  —  OpenAI and Anthropic …

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Ian King / Bloomberg:
Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus raised $505M led by Coatue at a $5.5B valuation, bringing its funding raised in the last six months to $1.35BFind
9 minutes ago
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Eko, whose Arkansas “capture factory” creates digital product catalogs intended to serve as training data for retail-focused AI modelsFind
35 minutes ago
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
How social media became a freak show: X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYTFind
2 hours ago
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
A federal appeals court rules New Jersey cannot block Kalshi users in the state from sports-related event contracts, finding CFTC has exclusive jurisdictionFind
3½ hours ago
Ina Fried / Axios:
Sources: Meta is preparing to release the first AI models developed under Alexandr Wang, with plans to offer versions of those models via an open source licenseFind
3½ hours ago
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Netflix launches Netflix Playground, a games app for kids aged eight and under, in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and New ZealandFind
4 hours ago
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Source: Binance Chief Compliance Officer Noah Perlman is looking to leave in 2026 or 2027; other senior compliance staff have departed over the past few monthsFind
5½ hours ago
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From Mediagazer

Sara Fischer / Axios:
The AP says it plans dozens of US staff cuts as part of a broader restructuring away from hyper-local print coverage and toward video and national topics

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: three Gulf sovereign-wealth funds have agreed to commit a total of ~$24B to back Paramount's $81B WBD deal; Saudi Arabia's PIF agreed to provide ~$10B

Natalie Korach / Status:
Sources: journalists attending WHCD plan to wear 1A-themed accessories, in a RCFP-coordinated campaign to express solidarity amid Trump's press restrictions

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Earlier Picks

Reuters:
Indian IT giant Wipro agrees to acquire Mindsprint, the IT services arm of Singapore-based Olam, for $375M, and strikes an eight-year, $1B+ contract with Olam
Kunal Khullar / Tom's Hardware:
Microsoft is updating devices from Windows 11 24H2 to version 25H2 with no way to fully opt out, and says an “intelligent” ML-based system handles the rollout
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit
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