01 · Semafor
Amodei addresses AI backlash
Dario Amodei conceded AI firms haven't yet delivered on their big promises, and endorsed a FINRA-style central regulator.
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Politics and government Business and tech
Regulation · AI
02 · Semafor
New Chinese model adds to AI competition
Zhipu says its GLM-5.3 beat Anthropic's Mythos 5 on a key cybersecurity benchmark.
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China
Business and tech
AI
03 · Business Insider
Tech workers are not OK
Silicon Valley therapists are treating a wave of new neuroses among tech workers, one of whom coined the term complicity grief.
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San Francisco-San Jose
Business and tech
04 · Business Insider
Oracle is planning another round of job cuts
Oracle has drawn up plans for another round of layoffs this month, after shedding 21,000 people, 13% of its workforce, in FY2026.
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Business and tech
Labour
05 · Business Insider
Anthropic has soared to a $1.5T secondary valuation
Anthropic reached a $1.5 trillion secondary-market valuation with almost nobody willing to sell.
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Business and tech

06 · Business Insider
The best and worst places to build a tech career
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on AI's capital boom and its growing guilt.
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07 · Business Insider
Jeff Dean's last day at Google, hour by hour
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on AI's capital boom and its growing guilt.
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08 · Snopes
The Hasan Piker clip investigation
Why it matters
A Snopes investigation found the clips of Hasan Piker were authentic but stitched from separate streams and stripped of context.
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09 · The Washington Post
Universities are fighting AI cheating. There's a deeper problem.
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on bot loops, where AI tools on both sides of a transaction face off.
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10 · The Washington Post
Hollywood is hiring "slop janitors"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on bot loops, where AI tools on both sides of a transaction face off.
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11 · Business Insider
Instagram's uneven crackdown on Meta glasses harassment videos
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on bot loops, where AI tools on both sides of a transaction face off.
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12 · Status
Hasan Piker Lawyers Up
Why it matters
Hasan Piker told Status a defamation suit against Scott Jennings and Salem Media seems unavoidable, and may expand to Fox News.
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13 · Puck
David Ellison Has Gamed Out His California Exit
Why it matters
Matt Belloni reports David Ellison gave advisors a detailed plan and a specific date for moving Paramount out of California.
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14 · Puck
Is Paramount's Pretrial P.R. Blitz a Mistake?
Why it matters
Eriq Gardner asks who Paramount's PR blitz is actually aimed at, given there's no jury in the coming trial.
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15 · The New York Times
Ellison, Nashville, and the future of Hollywood
Why it matters
Sharon Waxman wrote that Ellison is deadly serious about moving Paramount out of California, citing an executive house-shopping in Tennessee.
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16 · The Hollywood Reporter
California's business tax-credit law may undercut its film incentive
Why it matters
California's newly expanded $750M film tax credit may be undercut by a separate state law limiting credit use.
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17 · The Intercept
A Los Angeles journalist nears 300 days in ICE detention
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media fights over a lawsuit, a ruse and Paramount's exit plan.
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18 · Semafor
US, Hamas hold rare direct talks
Why it matters
Jared Kushner met Hamas's leader in Egypt for rare direct talks, pushing for disarmament, with a Netanyahu meeting expected Monday.
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19 · Semafor
US leaves Pacific without an aircraft carrier
Why it matters
The Navy is rotating out the USS Abraham Lincoln for the USS George Washington, leaving the US without a carrier in the Pacific.
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20 · Semafor
NATO counters drone incursions
Why it matters
A Spanish jet downed a suspected Russian drone over Romania two days after NATO downed one over Latvia.
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