Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The US Treasury sanctions three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a botnet controlling residential proxy service “911 S5” — The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network comprising three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked …
In a podcast, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the board learned of ChatGPT’s launch on Twitter, criticizes Sam Altman’s leadership on safety, more (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
In a podcast, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the board learned of ChatGPT’s launch on Twitter, criticizes Sam Altman’s leadership on safety, more — – Helen Toner spoke about Sam Altman’s firing in a new podcast — Toner has called for more regulation around AI safety
A leak purports to show thousands of pages of internal API documentation for Google Search, some of which appear to contradict Google’s public statements (Rand Fishkin/SparkToro)
Rand Fishkin / SparkToro:
A leak purports to show thousands of pages of internal API documentation for Google Search, some of which appear to contradict Google’s public statements — On Sunday, May 5th, I received an email from a person claiming to have access to a massive leak of API documentation from inside Google’s Search division.
HubSpot shares jump 8%+ after CNBC’s David Faber reported that Alphabet is in talks about an all-stock bid for the company (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
HubSpot shares jump 8%+ after CNBC’s David Faber reported that Alphabet is in talks about an all-stock bid for the company — HubSpot shares rallied 9% on Tuesday after CNBC’s David Faber reported that Alphabet is looking at an all-stock offer for the software company.
The US will reactivate Trump-era tariffs on June 15 that apply to select imported goods from China, including graphics cards, motherboards, and desktop cases (Michael Kan/PCMag)
Michael Kan / PCMag:
The US will reactivate Trump-era tariffs on June 15 that apply to select imported goods from China, including graphics cards, motherboards, and desktop cases — The tariffs, which will last at least until May 31, 2025, will also affect motherboards and PC desktop cases assembled in China, along with robot vacuums.
YouTube’s Playables, a collection of over 75 free games available on mobile and desktop, rolls out to all users (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube’s Playables, a collection of over 75 free games available on mobile and desktop, rolls out to all users — YouTube’s “app store” for games is rolling out more broadly. The company announced on Tuesday that its collection of lightweight, free games dubbed “Playables” …
Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead Jan Leike to head up a new “superalignment” team (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead Jan Leike to head up a new “superalignment” team — Jan Leike, a leading AI researcher who earlier this month resigned from OpenAI before publicly criticizing the company’s approach to AI safety, has joined OpenAI rival Anthropic to lead a new “superalignment” team.
In a spat on X, Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun calls out Elon Musk for saying xAI will pursue “truth” as Musk spreads “crazy-ass conspiracy theories” on X (Maxwell Zeff/Gizmodo)
Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo:
In a spat on X, Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun calls out Elon Musk for saying xAI will pursue “truth” as Musk spreads “crazy-ass conspiracy theories” on X — Yann LeCun and Elon Musk got into it on X this weekend, exposing key disagreements on AI risks dividing the tech world.
Microsoft confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available day one on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass; Activision typically sells 20M+ copies of a COD game (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available day one on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass; Activision typically sells 20M+ copies of a COD game — “We’re excited to confirm that Game Pass members will be able to jump into Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on day one with Game Pass …
Data compliance startup Transcend raised a $40M Series B round led by StepStone Group, bringing its total funding to nearly $90M (Sam Sabin/Axios)
Sam Sabin / Axios:
Data compliance startup Transcend raised a $40M Series B round led by StepStone Group, bringing its total funding to nearly $90M — – Data privacy and identity management has proven to be one of the most stable outlets for cyber investors, despite an unpredictable macro environment.
