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Q&A with ElevenLabs co-founder Mati Staniszewski on how audio models work, the company's business model, the conversational Turing Test, voice agents, and more (cheekypint.substack.com)
19 days ago

Asia's startup funding rose 93% YoY to $27.4B in Q1, the highest quarterly total in 3+ years, with Chinese startups raising $16.5B and Indian startups $3.8B (news.crunchbase.com)
19 days ago China India Asia Startup

ASML reports Q1 net sales of €8.8B, vs. €8.5B est., and €2.8B net profit, vs. €2.5B est., and raises 2026 net sales forecast to €36B-€40B from €34B-€39B (www.cnbc.com)
19 days ago

Apple endorses the ~$11.6B Amazon-Globalstar deal, citing a “proven track record” with Amazon infrastructure; Apple holds a ~20% stake in Globalstar (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago Amazon Apple

US affidavit: the man charged with attacking Sam Altman's home had a document that “identified views opposed” to AI and included other AI executives' addresses (www.nytimes.com)
19 days ago AI

The 10 Most Outrageous Military Designs from WWII (listverse.com)
19 days ago

Sources and analyst estimates: Uber is on track to spend $7.5B+ on buying robotaxis and $2.5B+ on equity stakes in their makers over the next few years (www.ft.com)
19 days ago Uber Equity

Indonesia shouldn't give blanket airspace access to the US (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
19 days ago Indonesia

ADF must master the fight tonight before betting on tomorrow's autonomy (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
19 days ago

Google DeepMind introduces Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 robotic reasoning model, says it shows significant spatial and physical reasoning improvements over ER 1.5 (deepmind.google)
19 days ago Google Robot

Sources: ahead of US midterms, Democrats have been advised not to antagonize a ~$300M pro-AI lobby; internal polling shows broad support for tougher AI rules (www.ft.com)
19 days ago AI Democrat

Sony Is Removing Many Popular Features From Its Free OTA TV Options (entertainment.slashdot.org)
19 days ago Sony

Global smartphone shipments fell 4.1% YoY in Q1, the first decline since 2023, amid a memory chip crunch; Samsung's shipments grew 3.6% and Apple's grew 3.3% (www.idc.com)
19 days ago Samsung Apple

Sources: a Snap-Perplexity AI search deal calling for Perplexity to pay Snap $400M has fallen apart; Snap is set to announce significant layoffs on Wednesday (sources.news)
19 days ago AI Layoffs

A profile of BusPatrol, whose AI-powered cameras on 35K+ school buses in 24 US states record vehicles passing illegally, claiming they help reduce violations (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago AI

Pacific islands face a connectivity shock as oil prices surge (www.lowyinstitute.org)
19 days ago

Acting together? The myth of middle power fix (www.lowyinstitute.org)
19 days ago

How some mathematicians are exploring ways to incorporate LLM models into their research without losing direct experience with mathematical understanding (www.quantamagazine.org)
19 days ago

Sources: at least two US federal agencies and three congressional committees have reached out to Anthropic to test Claude Mythos, quietly bypassing Trump's ban (www.politico.com)
19 days ago Trump Ban

Car & Truck Inflation in America: Cost of Vehicle Ownership Soared by 36% since 2020 (wolfstreet.com)
19 days ago U.S. Inflation

War at the speed of light: the emerging role of directed-energy weapons (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
19 days ago Energy

Lavrov calls for end to ‘electoral neocolonialism' (www.rt.com)
19 days ago

Maine's legislature passed a bill blocking new data centers that exceed 20 MW capacity until November 2027, making it the first state to enact such a measure (www.wsj.com)
19 days ago

Omdia: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok now capture over 90% of social media ad revenue, with Meta accounting for 70% of the total (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
19 days ago Facebook YouTube Instagram

The new chief of army is the right person at the right time (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
19 days ago

PPI Jumps by over 6% Month-to-Month Annualized for 3rd Month in a Row. Energy Price Spike just Latest Wrinkle (wolfstreet.com)
19 days ago Energy PPI

The analyst's escape hatch that says everything and nothing (www.lowyinstitute.org)
19 days ago

Google releases a Windows desktop app with a macOS Spotlight-like search box for the web, Google Drive, and local files, a screen sharing feature, and more (9to5google.com)
19 days ago Google

Mintlify, which uses AI to help companies generate software documentation, raised a $45M Series B led by a16z and Salesforce Ventures at a $500M valuation (www.forbes.com)
19 days ago AI Salesforce

Sources: Anthropic has fielded multiple offers from VCs valuing the company at as much as $800B in recent weeks; it was valued at $380B in February (www.businessinsider.com)
19 days ago

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