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- Why "Dark Output", the AI-generated economic value that is currently invisible to national statistics, may be one of the hardest measurement problems in history (SemiAnalysis) [44d]
- PitchBook: VC investment in global robotics and physical AI jumped to $26B in 2025 from $4.2B in 2019, and has already topped $23B as of May 20 this year (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal) [44d]
- Antenna: bundles make up 33% of new major streaming service subscriptions in the US, and 28% of all subscriptions, up from just 10% of new subscriptions in 2024 (John Koblin/New York Times) [44d]
- SoftBank pledges to invest up to €75B in AI computing clusters in France, first leading a €45B investment to build 3.1GW of capacity by 2031 in Hauts-de-France (Financial Times) [44d]
- China's tech boom is creating a new kind of tech tourism where visitors pay for curated robotaxi rides and tours of EV factories and AI and robotics companies (Kinling Lo/Rest of World) [44d]
- A look at the nasty fight between Anthropic-backed super PAC Public First and OpenAI-backed Leading the Future to sway midterms, especially Democratic primaries (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times) [44d]
- Anthropic cuts its list of unauthorized secondary market sellers from eight to four after the initial notice caused panic and pushback from investors (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg) [44d]
- How Schneider Electric is using AI in call centers and manufacturing to complement employees' work and boost productivity, rather than to replace them (Patricia Cohen/New York Times) [44d]
- Sources detail AI companies' engagement with US FERC as the energy regulator readies a June proposal to speed up data center connections to regional power grids (Politico) [44d]
- Memory chip makers are leveraging their newfound power to secure long-term agreements, a move set to reshape the industry's business model and stabilize prices (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal) [44d]
- A profile of OpenAI President Greg Brockman, who is overseeing product in his new role and has become an important ambassador for AI to the Trump administration (Wall Street Journal) [45d]
- BlackBerry's stock is up more than 160% over the past three months, as the company's QNX division positions its automotive software as an OS for robots (Luke Kawa/Sherwood News) [45d]
- Filing shows Shanghai-based MiniMax has begun preparations for a Chinese IPO; the AI company listed in Hong Kong in January and says its ARR has reached $300M (Bloomberg) [45d]
- Google's keyword ad practices face renewed criticism after the Delhi High Court ruled against Google in a trademark dispute involving Indian company Hindware (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) [45d]
- The DOD's $9.7B contract with Dell has raised eyebrows as a potential payback for Michael and Susan Dell's $6.25B donation to 25M US children's Trump Accounts (CNBC) [45d]
- Miami-based Canals, which uses AI to help distributors automate workflows across sales, customer service, and more, raised a $35M Series A led by Base10 (Chris Metinko/Axios) [45d]
- How massive bonuses for Samsung's employees in the memory division have sparked debate over how companies and governments should share profits from the AI boom (Bloomberg) [45d]
- Filing: a Kentucky school district secured ~$27M in settlements from Meta, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube in a social media harms lawsuit; Meta paid the most, at $9M (Diana Novak Jones/Reuters) [45d]
- Internal memo: Meta plans to start testing an AI pendant in 2027, release new AI glasses next month, start a "Wearables for Work" unit for enterprises, and more (Jyoti Mann/The Information) [45d]
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