AI NEWS: Mistral just launched a new multimodal AI promising SOTA performance at much lower cost Plus, more news from Meta, Anthropic, Microsoft, Google, Figma, and Netflix. Here's everything you need to know:
BIG TECH
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AI Competition Arrogance: Focus on Helping Underprivileged Communities
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Why don’t you compete with ChatGPT? Last time I checked Gemini app was an order of magnitude behind. More seriously, this arrogance and comparative disparaging is toxic and not needed in our community. Do the best work you can to help those with less privilege. That’s it.
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Antitrust Filings Against Big Tech Companies Under Scrutiny
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Haha same re: recycling! But instead of reading about this news I’ve been reading antitrust filings.
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Google Antitrust Trial: Auction Control and Data Transparency Issues
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Jerath was a witness during the initial trial and testified that Google's control over ad auctions and data transparency practices harmed advertisers by limiting their access to crucial data and manipulating auction outcomes. Jerath was also quoted in Judge Mehta's opinion.
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Google Blocks DOJ Witness in Search Antitrust Trial
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Google just filed a motion in the search trial to block the DOJ from calling Prof. Kinshuk Jerath as a rebuttal witness, arguing DOJ is unfairly trying to back proposed ad transparency remedies—including Ads Data Hub reforms—without giving Google’s expert a chance to respond.
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Microsoft Copilot may get a new Create button on main composer.
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Microsoft Copilot may get a new "Create" button on the main composer. What could it be?
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Google advances Computer Use in AI Studio for agent deployment
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Google keeps working on Computer Use in AI Studio. "Deploy, scale, and maintain virtual desktop instances for agents. This deploys a sample architecture to allow Gemini to use features such as browser access, code execution, and file system capabilities."
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Microsoft adopts MCP and A2A standards for agentic web
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Microsoft is adopting MCP and A2A standards. “Agentic web”
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EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalist Pushes AI Innovation Boundaries
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Excited to share @ajratner is a finalist in the @EYnews Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Bay Area Awards! He joins innovators from @SambaNovaAI @getpostman @LaunchDarkly
: pushing boundaries across tech, AI, healthcare & more. : https://
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Facebook Revives Advanced Face Recognition Technology Amid Privacy Concerns
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Facebook's face recognition was advanced alien technology that just disappeared from the Internet. Glad to see them start work on it again. Privacy and security should be worked out. The path is always through, not back.