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• Meta’s recruiting blitz claims three OpenAI researchers

  In the fight for top AI talent, Meta just reportedly snagged a win, poaching three OpenAI researchers despite rival Sam Altman’s public mockery of Mark Zuckerberg’s lavish hiring tactics. The latest victory in Zuckerberg’s widely-reported recruiting blitz: Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai – who established OpenAI’s Zurich office – have joined Meta’s superintelligence […]

• Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr raises $100M as military UAV demand soars

  The startup aims to boost its R&D and local production capabilities amid growing demand for drones in battlefields and for border surveillance.

• Federal judge sides with Meta in lawsuit over training AI models on copyrighted books

  A federal judge sided with Meta on Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against the company by 13 book authors, including Sarah Silverman, that alleged the company had illegally trained its AI models on their copyrighted works.

• Brad Feld on “Give First” and the art of mentorship (at any age)

  Brad Feld has spent decades operating by a simple principle: Give without expecting anything in return.

• Sam Altman comes out swinging at The New York Times

  From the moment OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped onstage, it was clear this was not going to be a normal interview.

• Kalshi closes $185M round as rival Polymarket reportedly seeks $200M

  Investors are pouring big bucks into these two rival prediction markets.

• Air quality tests around xAI’s Memphis data center raise questions

  A legal group is questioning why a key pollutant was omitted from air quality tests near xAI's data center.

• Creative Commons debuts CC signals, a framework for an open AI ecosystem

  CC signals will allow dataset holders to detail how their content can or cannot be reused by machines, as in the case of training AI models.

• Meta is adding AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp

  The optional new feature uses Meta AI to summarize unread messages in a chat. This summary would only be visible to you, not others in your chat, the company notes.

• Rubrik acquires Predibase to accelerate adoption of AI agents

  Predibase helps companies train and fine-tune open source AI models, which will help Rubrik customers deploy AI agents faster.