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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic : Q&A with NYT reporter Tiffany Hsu about AI-generated online influencers, how the volume of synthetic content produces exhaustion for users, and more   —  AI avatars are redefining influence and trust online.  —  On this week's Galaxy Brain episode, Charlie Warzel is joined …

Ellen O'Regan / Politico : Survey of 6,698 people across six EU countries: around 84% said they don't trust US tech companies with their personal data; 93% don't trust Chinese companies   —  Europe is rolling out measures to keep data local and reduce reliance on foreign tech.  —  More than 8 in 10 Europeans …

Washington Post : Sources: Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to seek input on Claude's moral and spiritual development and if it could be considered a “child of God”   —  The artificial intelligence company asked religious leaders for guidance on building a moral chatbot.  —  Summary

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., announced Saturday that she would be filing a motion to expel Rep. Eric Swalwell , D-Calif., from Congress after former staffers accused the congressman of sexual assault and misconduct. "I am filing a motion to expel Eric Swalwell from Congress," she wrote in a Saturday morning tweet. The move comes after at least four female former staffers of Swalwell's accused him of sexual impropriety. One staffer accused him of sexual assault on multiple occasions. A former staffer told the San Francisco Chronicle that when she was 17 and Swalwell was 38 he began messaging her on the social media platform Snapchat, a messaging platform in which messages between users disappear. The woman, who the Chronicle did not identify, said Swalwell began sending her inappropriate pictures and requesting pictures of her naked body. 'USEFUL PUPPET': ERIC SWALWELL IN THE HOT SEAT AFTER TRAVELING TO DOHA ON SEVERAL QATAR-SPONSORED TRIPS She also claime...

Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept : Source: federal prosecutors have subpoenaed Reddit to appear before a grand jury, to provide personal data on an anonymous user who criticized ICE   —  An ICE summons to get the user's identity failed.  Advocates worry the move to a grand jury signals an escalation of the war on dissent.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street bank heads to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for a flash meeting to warn them of cybersecurity threats posed by AI giant Anthropic, according to a Thursday night report from Bloomberg. Bessent and Powell convened the last-minute meeting at Treasury's D.C. headquarters in order to ensure the banks were ready to guard against risks from Anthropic's latest model, Claude Mythos Preview, a powerful new AI model that experts warn marks a profound shift in the technology. Each bank summoned is marked by the Fed as "structurally important" to the global financial system. The attendees included chief executives from Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan was in attendance, a source with knowledge of his schedule told Fox News Digital. Spokespeople for Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo declined to comment. Citigroup ...

Ed Bott / ZDNET : Microsoft unveils plans to streamline the Windows Insider program, offering a simplified channel structure, moving between channels without wiping PCs, and more   —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Microsoft is making the Insider Program less complicated.  — Beta channel will be a more reliable preview of the next retail release.

An ordained Christian minister running for U.S. Congress in Iowa penned an opinion piece sharing how the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — carried out by radical Islamic terrorists — made her more "aware" of the "rising anti-Muslim bigotry and its harm." Sarah Trone Garriott is one of three Democratic candidates vying for the battleground seat held by Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa. Garriott, an Iowa state legislator and Lutheran minister, wrote the opinion piece for the Iowa Capital Dispatch in response to the "hateful messages" she received after she shared a prayer with Arabic words written by a Muslim woman on the statehouse floor in February 2021. "They said horrible stereotypical things about my Muslim neighbors — Sharia law, hating freedom, violent religion," Garriott wrote. "There were others who made comments about the United States being a Judeo-Christian country and therefore Muslim prayers were not welcome. There were some attack...

Emma Roth / The Verge : Google says the Gemini app can now generate interactive 3D models and simulations; users must select the Pro model in the prompt bar   —  You can interact with the 3D models and adjust variables in real-time. … Google's latest upgrade for Gemini will allow the chatbot to generate interactive 3D models …

Dan Primack / Axios : Meta begins removing dozens of Facebook and Instagram ads that trial lawyers placed to reach eligible plaintiffs, after social media addiction trial losses   —  Meta on Thursday began removing advertisements from attorneys who were seeking clients that claim to have been harmed by social media while under the age of 18.

A federal judge has postponed the Trump administration's termination of temporary protected status (TPS) for Ethiopia. "Plaintiffs brought suit to challenge the lawfulness of the termination, arguing that Defendants had violated the TPS statute, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Equal Protection Clause. Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion to postpone the effective date of the termination pending resolution of the merits. Because Defendants terminated Ethiopia’s TPS designation without regard for the process delineated by Congress, the Court will grant Plaintiffs’ motion," Judge Brian Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts wrote . The judge was nominated by then-President Joe Biden in 2024, according to the court's website . BIDEN-APPOINTED JUDGE TWICE SHUT DOWN BY SCOTUS FACES 'ACTIVIST' FIRE AFTER LATEST TRUMP POLICY BLOCK Last year, then-Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem issued a notice ...

Bloomberg : Samsung plans to invest $4B to construct a chip packaging facility in Vietnam's Thai Nguyen province to support AI demand; sources say the first phase costs $2B   —  Samsung Electronics Co. plans a $4 billion outlay to build a chip packaging plant in northern Vietnam, as the country's largest …

Jordan Novet / CNBC : Meta commits to spending additional $21B on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, running from 2027 to 2032, on top of its prior $14.2B deal that ends in 2031   —  Meta has committed to spending an additional $21 billion on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, which comes on top …

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., isn't ruling out a potential 2028 White House bid, but says she is focused on helping Democrats secure the House and Senate in the upcoming midterm elections . Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who previously served in the House, was asked about a presidential run while visiting Iowa this week to stump for local Democrats. "I’m not so arrogant as to think it has to be me," Slotkin told the Des Moines Register. "Midterms are what I’m focused on right now, but if it comes to the point afterwards that I think there’s not anyone else who’s on the right path, I guess I wouldn’t say no forever." During a town hall event, Slotkin lamented the divisive politics in Washington, noting she has heard from voters across the country about their disappointment in the partisan divide. KAMALA HARRIS TEASES SHE 'MIGHT' RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN IN 2028 "I want to win in November," Slotkin said at the event, as reported by The Ass...

Tom Warren / The Verge : Internal memo: Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft's developer division, will resign after 34 years and move to an “advisory role” at the end of June   —  Veteran Microsoft executive Julia Liuson is leaving after 34 years. … Microsoft is losing another veteran executive.

Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch : Anthropic says it will make a preview of its Mythos model available to more than 40 organizations, as part of a new Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative   —  Anthropic on Tuesday released a preview of its new frontier model, Mythos, which it says will be used by a small coterie of partner organizations for cybersecurity work.

Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal : A look at Eko, whose Arkansas “capture factory” creates digital product catalogs intended to serve as training data for retail-focused AI models   —  In an Arkansas ‘capture factory,’ hand models and food stylists are preparing for the future of shopping

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth drew parallels between the rescue mission of an Air Force officer shot down in Iran on Good Friday and Jesus Christ's death and resurrection. Hegseth spoke Monday during President Donald Trump 's press conference centered on the Easter weekend rescue mission. He described how the airman "evaded capture for more than a day, scaling rugged ridges while hunted by the enemy." "When he was finally able to activate his emergency transponder, his first message was simple and it was powerful. He sent a message: ' God is good ,'" Hegseth said. "In that moment of isolation and danger, his faith and fighting spirit shone through." Hegseth continued to describe the experience of the airman, suggesting that it was a spiritual experience for him. TRUMP TOUTS AIRMAN RESCUE MISSION, BOASTS IRAN COULD BE 'TAKEN OUT IN 1 NIGHT' "You see, shot down on a Friday —Good Friday — hidden in a cave — a cre...

Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin : How social media became a freak show: X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYT   —  The ecosystem is unhealthy, especially on Twitter, and that's producing some strange beasts among the most influential accounts.

Joy Dong / New York Times : China, which dominates the global drone industry, has sharply tightened its drone use rules, as some users say they are hindering routine and lawful flights   —  The Chinese government tightened rules to curb what it described as illegal drone use, but some users say the changes are now restricting too many flights.

Lily Ottinger / ChinaTalk : A deep dive into China's efforts to integrate AI into K-12 education to reduce teacher workloads, improve rural schools, and help students with disabilities   —  a deep dive  —  Pilot schools in China are already using AI to grade children's artwork, monitor their facial expressions during lectures …

Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI : Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices   —  AI isn't the only thing behind Medvi  —  On Thursday, The New York Times published a thing  —  and it went viral, declared as a victory for AI:

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit   —  Attackers posed as a trading firm, met Drift contributors in person across multiple countries, deposited $1 million of their own capital …