Uber and Waymo are engaged in a DC lobbying battle over AV legislation, with Uber supporting a hybrid human-robotaxi model and Waymo pushing for pure robotaxis (Liam Denning/Bloomberg)

Liam Denning / Bloomberg:
Uber and Waymo are engaged in a DC lobbying battle over AV legislation, with Uber supporting a hybrid human-robotaxi model and Waymo pushing for pure robotaxis  —  The latest leading indicator of the robotaxi revolution is a tiff.  Waymo LLC, a unit of Alphabet Inc., and Uber Technologies Inc. are nominally partners.

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Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area (Thinking Machines Lab)

Thinking Machines Lab:
Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area  —  Try on Tinker Model card Hugging Face  —  Our mission is to build AI that extends human will and judgment.

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PrismML launches Bonsai 27B, a model based on Qwen3.6 27B that it says runs natively on Apple devices via MLX; its CEO says Apple is evaluating the tech (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
PrismML launches Bonsai 27B, a model based on Qwen3.6 27B that it says runs natively on Apple devices via MLX; its CEO says Apple is evaluating the tech  —  Apple is in talks with a small Silicon Valley company that says it can shrink powerful artificial intelligence models enough to run directly …

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A look at Founders Fund-backed State Affairs, which raised $70M and uses AI trained on reporting by its 76 staffers to power a Bloomberg Terminal-like product (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
A look at Founders Fund-backed State Affairs, which raised $70M and uses AI trained on reporting by its 76 staffers to power a Bloomberg Terminal-like product  —  State Affairs combines media and technology at a time when tensions between the two industries are at a fever pitch.  —  Summary

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Sources: Trump admin and industry groups have discussed streamlining releases of US open models of equal or lesser capability than leading Chinese open models (Benjamin Guggenheim/Washington Post)

Benjamin Guggenheim / Washington Post:
Sources: Trump admin and industry groups have discussed streamlining releases of US open models of equal or lesser capability than leading Chinese open models  —  Plus, data centers could end up consuming less energy than we expect.  —  Not a subscriber?  Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox.

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Apple releases the first public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27, marking the public debut of the new Siri AI (Will Shanklin/Engadget)

Will Shanklin / Engadget:
Apple releases the first public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27, marking the public debut of the new Siri AI  —  Try the new Siri AI and system-wide performance improvements.  —  Adventurous early adopters, your moment has arrived …

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Microsoft announces a Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes local results, removes promotional web content, and more, rolling out to Windows Insiders (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft announces a Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes local results, removes promotional web content, and more, rolling out to Windows Insiders  —  Windows 11's search user experience is getting a big update, with Microsoft moving to prioritize local results, remove promotional content, and much more.

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