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Elon Musk made a $1 billion investment in Skydance, report says: The investment will provide a much needed financial boost as the company seeks to cut costs and lift its stock price. Read More

1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password: The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secure those accounts. Read More

Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says its AI outperforms doctors on hard cases as he chases ‘medical superintelligence’: Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system beat generalist doctors on hard cases, according to a study in Science. But most of the improvement seems to come from the AI models underneath, not from Microsoft’s system itself. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Fusion startup Helion is developing new semiconductors that could double output of its power plants: Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028. Read More

Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work: The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide. Read More

Developer platform Railway urges 'all users' to revoke secret keys after cyberattack: The vibe-coding platform said all of its customers should revoke and rotate their private keys, after hackers were able to decrypt some customer secrets. Read More

Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise: Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thousands of its customers. Read More

Tesla is prepping a Cybercab onslaught: The company is looking to roll out the gold two-seater robotaxis to other U.S. cities this year, even as it goes mum on the number of paid rides. Read More