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Trump Signs Executive Order That Threatens to Punish States for Passing AI Laws

The order creates an Justice Department task force to challenge state AI laws, and directs the Commerce Department to pull future broadband funding from states that pass “onerous” legislation.

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Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced today for lying about “experimental” coins that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy.

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How Taiwan Made Cashless Payments Cute

Taiwan’s digital payment infrastructure is tactile, decentralized, and completely distinct from China’s QR code-dominated model.

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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’

The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.

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The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

Disney is hedging against the future. OpenAI is clearing a path for Sora. And together they’ve made a blueprint for how AI and Hollywood can move forward.

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Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers

The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard will give it an edge in an increasingly competitive AI software market.

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Operation Bluebird Wants to Bring ‘Twitter’ Back to Life

Elon Musk “bid adieu to the Twitter brand” in 2023 in favor of X. A startup wants to resurrect it.

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How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sunk Without a Trace

With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.

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Intel Takes Major Step in Plan to Acquire Chip Startup SambaNova

The two chip companies have signed a term sheet, according to sources with direct knowledge of the agreement.

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OpenAI Hires Slack CEO as New Chief Revenue Officer

A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser’s departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI.

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