Yep! One of the DOJ’s proposed remedies is banning Google from using first-party data from Google products — including YouTube and Chrome — to prevent it from advantaging its own ad tools.
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OpenAI Acquires Windsurf, Cursor Valued at $9 Billion
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OpenAI achète Windsurf pour 3 milliards de dollars. Cursor reçoit un nouvel investissement de 900 millions de dollars et est valorisé à 9 milliards. C'est très clair : le marché voit l'avenir dans les agents de codage / éditeurs IA. Les modèles deviennent de plus en plus
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OpenAI Converts Commercial Division to Public Benefit Corporation
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OpenAI a annoncé la transformation de sa division commerciale en une société d'intérêt public (structure d'entreprise qui concilie profit et mission sociale), tout en maintenant l'organisation à but non lucratif comme actionnaire majoritaire. Cette réorganisation répond aux
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Anthropic Launches AI Program for Scientific Research
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Anthropic launched a new "AI for Science" program Under the initiative, the company will provide up to $20,000 in free API credits (for 6 months) to researchers in "high-impact" scientific fields like drug discovery, genomics, and agriculture
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Nvidia Launches Parakeet V2, Revolutionary Open-Source ASR
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Nvidia released Parakeet V2, a new open-source automatic speech recognition AI —Transcribes an hour of audio in a second
—Top model on Open ASR, beating ElevenLabs' Scribe and OpenAI's Whisper
—6.05% Word Error Rate
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OpenAI to Acquire AI Coding Platform Windsurf for $3B
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Bloomberg reports that AI coding platform Windsurf is set to be acquired by OpenAI
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 6 mai 2025
The deal, said to be valued at $3B, is likely to go official tomorrow, with Windusrf CEO Varun teasing a "big announcement."pic.twitter.com/qfBnFMWKWmBloomberg reports that AI coding platform Windsurf is set to be acquired by OpenAI The deal, said to be valued at $3B, is likely to go official tomorrow, with Windusrf CEO Varun teasing a "big announcement."
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OpenAI Converts For-Profit Arm to Public Benefit Corporation
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OpenAI said it will convert its existing for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation—but keep the non-profit in control with a majority stake over the PBC. The move came after pressure from ex-employees and a long legal battle with Elon Musk
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OpenAI Reverses Course: Non-Profit Control Reaffirmed Amid Major Tech Updates
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AI NEWS: OpenAI just took a major U-turn—ditching its for-profit pivot and reaffirming the control of its founding non-profit! Plus, more big news from Windsurf, Nvidia, Anthropic, and Unitree. Here's everything you need to know:
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DOJ Files Major Antitrust Remedies Against Google Adtech
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Shortly before midnight, @TheJusticeDept and @Google officially filed their remedies proposals in the adtech antitrust trial. DOJ is asking for a major structural reset: AdX and DFP sell-offs, a 10-year ad exchange ban, open-source auction logic, and putting 50% of net revenues
