A federal judge grills both the DOJ and Google in the closing arguments of US v. Google, as the most consequential tech antitrust case since the 1990s concludes (New York Times)

New York Times:
A federal judge grills both the DOJ and Google in the closing arguments of US v. Google, as the most consequential tech antitrust case since the 1990s concludes  —  Judge Amit P. Mehta tried poking holes in the closing arguments of a landmark monopoly case as he weighs a ruling that could reshape tech.

[Thread] California state Sen. Scott Wiener defends his AI safety bill SB 1047, after criticism that it will “crush OpenAI’s competitors” and open-source AI (Senator Scott Wiener/@scott_wiener)

Senator Scott Wiener / @scott_wiener:
[Thread] California state Sen. Scott Wiener defends his AI safety bill SB 1047, after criticism that it will “crush OpenAI’s competitors” and open-source AI  —  AI policy is a new & fast-moving field & it’s healthy & important to have a diversity of perspectives. However, this thread contains some extreme inaccuracies — indeed outright fear-mongering — about our AI safety legislation (SB 1047) that need to be corrected: 🧵

Microsoft bans US police departments from using integrations with Azure OpenAI Service, including integrations with OpenAI’s text- and speech-analyzing models (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Microsoft bans US police departments from using integrations with Azure OpenAI Service, including integrations with OpenAI’s text- and speech-analyzing models  —  Microsoft has changed its policy to ban U.S. police departments from using generative AI through the Azure OpenAI Service …

Brazil-based Indicium, which helps enterprises become “data-driven” using data stacks from AWS and others, raised $40M to expand its operations in the US (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE:
Brazil-based Indicium, which helps enterprises become “data-driven” using data stacks from AWS and others, raised $40M to expand its operations in the US  —  Brazilian data and artificial intelligence consultancy startup Indicium today announced that it had raised $40 million …

Rabbit R1 review: $199 is the right price, fun design, and a good mic, but the best features are all MIA, finicky and slow, and using a phone is better (David Pierce/The Verge)

David Pierce / The Verge:
Rabbit R1 review: $199 is the right price, fun design, and a good mic, but the best features are all MIA, finicky and slow, and using a phone is better  —  Artificial intelligence might someday make technology easier to use and even do things on your behalf.  All the Rabbit R1 does right now is make me tear my hair out.

Apple adds carve-outs to EU core tech fee, exempting developers of free apps and giving those with annual global revenue under €10M a three-year “free on-ramp” (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Apple adds carve-outs to EU core tech fee, exempting developers of free apps and giving those with annual global revenue under €10M a three-year “free on-ramp”  —  Apple is tweaking how it applies a new fee that can apply to iOS developers in the European Union as it continues …