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Plus - Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Unastella, a South Korean rocket startup that launched from home, raises $24M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Smart ring maker Oura files to go public Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Waymo expands pause to four cities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spotify will reserve tickets for top fans of an artists in a bid to drum up engagement; Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - AI search startups are blowing up; Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The era of the “ten blue links” is officially over Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - If you’re giving a commencement speech in 2026, maybe don’t mention AI; Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Even GoPro is pivoting to defense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to spend more on AI; Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar; WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Amazon launches 30-minute delivery across the U.S.; Spotify launches a Wrapped-style recap of your entire listening history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - TikTok launches an ad-free subscription plan in the UK; Bravo is creating unscripted microdramas for the Peacock app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Lime, the Uber-backed micromobility company, files for IPO; Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kalshi doubles valuation in 5 months, hitting $22B; Jeff Bezos rep leaves Slate Auto’s board Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - The AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T; Bumble’s paying users are slipping as it bets on an overhaul later this year; Marc Lore says that AI will soon enable anyone open a restaurant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor; Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - A TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit Airlines after its abrupt weekend collapse; In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate emergency room diagnoses than two human doctors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - ChatGPT Images 2.0 is a hit in India; Apple was surprised by AI-driven demand for Macs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Spotify introduces verified artist badges to help distinguish humans from AI; Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public; Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FTC reports consumers lost $2.1B to social media scams in 2025; Snapchat brings AI-powered conversational advertising to its app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs; Amazon’s new podcast strategy is Monetize everything Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit; Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam; Microsoft offers buyout for up to 7% of U.S. employees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models; Amazon Music partners with Bandsintown for concert listings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - WhatsApp is testing a premium subscription; Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Google’s AI Mode can now help you find products in stock nearby; Netflix plans to add a vertical video feed, use AI for recommendations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode; AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI; Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Instacart acquires Instaleap to expand its enterprise platform internationally; Google adds AI Skills to Chrome to help you save favorite workflows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - IBM pays $17M fine to end DOJ suit over DEI programs; Booking.com confirms hackers accessed customers’ data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser’s delusions and ignored her warnings; YouTube Premium and YouTube Music are getting more expensive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Collide Capital raises $95M fund to back fintech, future-of-work startups; Waymo robotaxis are tracking potholes and sharing that data with Waze users Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline; Intel signs on to Elon Musk’s Terafab chips project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus -Binge is a movie tracking app that warns you of jump scares in real time; Google Maps can now write captions for your photos using AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As governments grapple with how to manage the economic fallout of superintelligent machines, OpenAI has released a set of policy proposals outlining the ways wealth and work could be reshaped in an “intelligence age.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Brett Levenson left Apple in 2019 to lead business integrity at Facebook, the social media giant was in the thick of the Cambridge Analytica fallout. At the time, he thought he could simply fix Facebook’s content moderation problem with better technology. The problem, he quickly learned, ran deeper than technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon; NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - OpenAI raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise; Go play this secret game in your TikTok DMs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roku launches a standalone app for Howdy, its $2.99 streaming service; Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Uber is buying Berlin startup Blacklane to bolster its ‘Elite’ offering; Why OpenAI really shut down Sora Presented by Adaptive. Learn more at adaptivesecurity.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Rivian gets another $1B from Volkswagen; You can now transfer your chats and personal information from other chatbots directly into Gemini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - WhatsApp can now draft AI-generated responses based on your conversations; The AI skills gap is here, says AI company, and power users are pulling ahead Presented by Adaptive. Learn more at adaptivesecurity.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots; Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slop from being attributed to real artists; Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption Presented by Adaptive. Learn more at adaptivesecurity.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices