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AI Summary

  • The AI race is heating up with major players like OpenAI and Anthropic making significant moves, including deals with SpaceX for chip access and a potential $200 billion cloud compute agreement, while concerns about AI's impact on productivity and ethics persist.
  • Tech giants are navigating complex regulatory and consumer landscapes, as seen with Apple settling a lawsuit over Siri's delayed AI features for $250 million and Google facing allegations of downloading large AI files without consent.
  • Startups are achieving significant valuations, with companies like Corgi and DeepSeek reportedly nearing or hitting multi-billion dollar valuations, attracting substantial investment even as others, like Snap's deal with Perplexity, amicably dissolve.
  • Hardware and infrastructure are key battlegrounds, evidenced by SpaceX's plans for a massive chip factory and Microsoft's challenges in balancing its AI data center expansion with clean power goals, alongside a renewed interest in open-source hardware like Valve's Steam Controller CAD files.
  • The lines between AI, traditional tech, and real-world applications continue to blur, with news ranging from driverless truck approvals and AI predicting fainting to debates about AI's role in creative fields and ethical considerations like the unionization of Google DeepMind workers over military AI projects.

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  • Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability 11 hours ago by Elizabeth Lopatto
    AI, Elon Musk, OpenAI, Tech

    I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone's minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing? Zilis, who testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk's children, was… what's the best way to characterize this? A Musk adviser? She denies she was a "chief of staff" but says she worked for Musk's "entire AI portfolio: Tesla, Neuralink, and OpenAI" starting in 2017. The two met through OpenAI, and they had what she referred to as a "one off" before

  • Nintendo announces a new Star Fox for the Switch 2 12 hours ago by Andrew Webster
    Entertainment, Gaming, Nintendo

    It turns out Fox McCloud's appearance in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie was a tease of things to come: Nintendo just surprise announced the first new Star Fox game in a decade. The game is called, simply, Star Fox, and it's out very soon, launching on June 25th. Nintendo says that it's "based" on the classic space shooter Star Fox 64, but with redesigned characters and upgraded visuals. Essentially, it sounds like a modern remake of the game with the same level design. Based on the first look at the game, it looks thoroughly modern, with incredibly detailed characters, including a

  • Google shuts down Project Mariner 13 hours ago by Emma Roth
    AI, Google, News, Tech

    Google has pulled the plug on Project Mariner, an experimental feature designed to perform tasks for you across the web, as reported earlier by Wired's Maxwell Zeff. The Project Mariner landing page now contains a message that says: "Thank you for using Project Mariner. It was shut down on May 4th, 2026 and its technology voyaged to other Google products." Google first revealed Project Mariner in December 2024 and later announced an update allowing it to perform up to 10 tasks at a time. Over the past year, Google has integrated features powered by Project Mariner into its other AI tools,

  • How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House 14 hours ago by Tina Nguyen
    AI, Column, Policy, Politics, Regulator

    AI and Crypto Czar David O. Sacks speaks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education at the White House. | Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter exclusively for Verge subscribers about tech, politics, and Washington intrigue. (It's basically House of Cards, but for nerds.) Not a subscriber yet? You really should become one, and to save you a Google search, here is the direct link to do so! And do you think I should know something? Send it to tina.nguyen+tips@theverge.com. On Monday, The New York Times reported that

  • The latest Tile Pro is down to $25 — its best price of the year 16 hours ago by Sheena Vasani
    Deals, Gadgets, Tech, Verge Shopping

    The black and white versions of the latest Tile Pro is $10 off, marking its best price of the year. | Image: Tile If you’re struggling to find a Mother’s Day gift under $30, location trackers are a good investment, helping mom keep tabs on keys, bags, luggage, and other valuables. The latest Tile Pro is one of the best on the market, and it’s on sale for $24.99 ($10 off) at Amazon and directly from Tile. While this isn’t a new deal, it’s still its best price of the year and only $2 shy of its all-time low, which is


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