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Tesla's 4th 'Master Plan' reads like LLM-generated nonsense: Tesla's fourth "Master Plan" lacks an important building block of plans: specifics. Even Elon Musk agrees it was too generic. Read More

MrBeast reportedly plans to launch a phone company: MrBeast, the 27-year-old popular YouTuber, plans to launch a phone company as he diversifies his brand. Read More

Anthropic raises $13B Series F at $183B valuation: AI firm Anthropic's $13 billion Series F round will be used to grow its enterprise adoption, deepen safety research, and support international expansion. Read More

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Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial: U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined remedies on Tuesday that would bar Google from entering or maintaining exclusive deals that tie the distribution of Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or Gemini to other apps or revenue arrangements. Read More

OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, introduce parental controls: OpenAI said Tuesday it plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning models like GPT-5 and roll out parental controls within the next month – part of an ongoing response to recent safety incidents involving ChatGPT failing to detect mental distress. Read More

Just 4 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — 10 tables remain: The clock is ticking, and exhibit space at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is moving fast. With just 4 days and 10 table left to book, now's the time to stop circling the idea and claim your spot on the show floor. Read More

WordPress shows off Telex, its experimental AI development tool: WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg introduced the new WordPress AI tool, called Telex, at the company's WordCamp US 2025 conference in Portland last week, alongside other AI experiments. Read More

Judges side with Trump EPA over canceled Inflation Reduction Act grants to nonprofits: An appellate court found that the Trump administration was within its rights to cancel billions of dollars in grants. The nonprofits that had their grants canceled are expected to appeal. Read More

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Last but Not Least

OpenAI acquires product testing startup Statsig and shakes up its leadership team: OpenAI is bringing on the founder of Statsig as its CTO of Applications, and making changes to other leadership roles at the company. Read More