Meta's Attempt to Acquire Perplexity AI, OpenAI / Jony Ive Court Order, Thinking Machines Lab Raises?! Elon Musk's Robotaxi Revolution!
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Meta approached Perplexity before massive Scale AI deal (CNBC)
OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order (TechCrunch)
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab closes on $2B at $10B valuation (TechCrunch)
Anthropic says most AI models, not just Claude, will resort to blackmail (TechCrunch)
Zuckerberg Leads AI Recruitment Blitz Armed With $100 Million Pay Packages (The Wall Street Journal)
Elon Musk launches new ‘Robotaxi’ service in Austin (KXAN)
Apple is looking into buying Perplexity AI (Mashable)
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