Happy Tuesday.
Apple’s new CEO just joined the timeline.
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Enjoy today's news.
Apple CEO Tim Cook steps down after a 15-year tenure, transitioning to executive chairman as John Ternus takes over.
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European Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox under the Digital Services Act, requiring compliance within four months.
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Runway introduces Solaris, an AI Interface World Model that generates interactive interfaces frame by frame in real time without code.
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OpenAI hits $1B annual revenue run rate for ChatGPT ads in under 200 days.
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The Pentagon deploys custom ChatGPT and Grok versions, giving 3M personnel secure access to generative AI tools.
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𝕏 rolls out 𝕏 Money to all U.S. Premium and Premium+ subscribers.
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Google courts Disney, Universal, and other Hollywood studios to license characters and film libraries for its AI tools.
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Instagram limits the reach of undisclosed AI-generated profiles, rolling out a clearer "AI-generated profile" label for creators.
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The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states sue Amazon, alleging it secretly overcharged advertisers billions through rigged auction pricing.
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China sets strict terms for U.S.-China AI talks, accusing Anthropic of data overreach, covert monitoring, and unauthorized domain tracking.
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UK launches a $128M AI competition, funding startups developing solutions for NHS, defense, public compute, and AI agents.
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Meta takes Muse Code out of beta, adding multi-agent workflows and monthly plans starting at $5.
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Polymarket raises $300M from Donald Trump Jr.'s investment fund, part of a $1B funding round.
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Frontier Computing debuts a biocomputing platform that trains ML models on grown neurons, building a 500-million-neuron cluster by 2026's end.
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G20 Innovation Meeting 2026: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick hosts Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Jensen Huang to discuss artificial intelligence, global economic impacts, and emerging technology policies.
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New a16z episode: David George sits down with Gavin Baker, one of the top AI and chip investors, to discuss why AI demand may be dramatically underestimated, the case for a positive-sum outcome across labs and NVIDIA, and the potential for orbital compute.
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New Dalton + Michael episode: Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss how founders should build a startup brand, why you can't hire someone else to do it, and how delivering on customer promises creates real word-of-mouth growth.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. Tesla Cybercabs hit the streets of Austin 🥹
