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🇨🇳 China launches antitrust probes into Google and Nvidia

💥 Meta says this is the make or break year for the metaverse

💼 New US sovereign wealth fund could purchase TikTok

🤖 Meta may stop development of AI systems it deems too risky

📱 Apple unveils new Invites app

🎧 Spotify had its first ever profitable year

🎁 + 11 other news you might like

🔮 + 3 handpicked research papers and tools

🇨🇳 China launches antitrust probes into Google and Nvidia LINK

China has renewed antitrust investigations against Google and Nvidia and is considering launching a probe into Intel as part of its strategy in discussions with US President Donald Trump.

The investigation into Google will focus on the dominance of its Android operating system and its potential impact on Chinese phone manufacturers like Oppo and Xiaomi.

Chinese regulators are also examining Nvidia and possibly Intel, with these actions reportedly being a response to new tariffs imposed by the US, amid heightened US-China tensions.

💥 Meta says this is the make or break year for the metaverse LINK

Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth has given the metaverse one year to prove its success, determining if Reality Labs' efforts are visionary or a potential misadventure.

Meta plans to launch six AI-powered wearables to boost sales, retention, and engagement, with a focus on making Horizon Worlds on mobile a breakthrough for future plans.

Despite layoffs, Bosworth believes smaller teams can achieve great results, emphasizing execution of existing ideas over creating new ones to avoid a "legendary misadventure."

💼 New US sovereign wealth fund could purchase TikTok LINK

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, which might be used to acquire TikTok.

The creation of the fund is expected within 12 months by the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments, with potential funding sources mentioned as tariffs and other means.

Trump has been in discussions with various parties about purchasing TikTok, including Microsoft and potentially Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle chairman Larry Ellison.

🤖 Meta may stop development of AI systems it deems too risky LINK

Meta has released a policy document called the Frontier AI Framework, outlining scenarios where it might not release advanced AI systems due to potential risks associated with cybersecurity and biological threats.

The framework categorizes AI systems into "high-risk" and "critical-risk" levels, with the latter posing a threat of catastrophic outcomes that cannot be mitigated in their deployment context, while high-risk systems may facilitate attacks but less reliably.

Meta's approach to determining system risk relies on assessments from both internal and external researchers rather than empirical tests, as the company believes current evaluation science lacks robust metrics for definitive risk assessment.

📱 Apple unveils new Invites app LINK

Apple introduced the "Invites" app, enabling users to organize events such as birthday parties, graduations, and baby showers with customized invitations.

The app features integration with Maps and Weather, allowing invitees to access necessary event details, and offers tools for RSVP management and collaborative playlist creation.

Available to iCloud+ subscribers, the service requires a subscription starting at $0.99 per month and supports iPhone models with iOS 18 or newer.

🎧 Spotify had its first ever profitable year LINK

Spotify achieved its first full year of profitability since its inception in 2008, marking a significant milestone for the company.

The company experienced strong growth in both active users and premium subscribers, contributing to its profitable status.

Apple's decision to allow Spotify to display pricing and direct users to its website within Europe likely helped by enabling Spotify to avoid Apple's 30% commission.

Other news you might like

• OpenAI says its models are more persuasive than 82 percent of Reddit users LINK

• Anthropic has introduced a new system called Constitutional Classifiers to prevent jailbreaks in their AI model, Claude, by filtering sensitive topics like weapons of mass destruction and illegal activities.
• The Constitutional Classifier system is derived from a similar framework used in the Claude model, employing a set of natural language rules to define permitted and prohibited content categories.
• To enhance jailbreak resistance, Anthropic uses synthetic prompts in multiple languages, modified with known jailbreak styles, to create a comprehensive training dataset for fine-tuning their classifiers.
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• Downloading DeepSeek could lead to jail time and a $1 million fine under new US bill LINK

• Opera's new Air browser will encourage you take breaks from the internet LINK

• Concern about SpaceX influence at NASA grows with new appointee LINK

• Coinbase users reportedly lose over $300M yearly via social engineering scams LINK

• 22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole $65M LINK

• Adobe's Acrobat AI Assistant can now assess contracts for you LINK

• Starlink profit growing rapidly as it faces a moment of promise and peril LINK

• Snap unveils AI text-to-image model for mobile devices LINK

Latest research and tools

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VSCode Marketplace Web Pages No Longer Allow Direct VSIX Downloads: VSCode Marketplace Web Pages: users can no longer directly download VSIX files from extension pages as download links have been removed, affecting the ability to manually install extensions.

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