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Anthropic is in early discussions with Samsung to manufacture a custom AI chip, aiming to diversify its hardware supply alongside its continued reliance on Amazon, Google, and Nvidia processors. This move aligns with a broader industry trend among AI companies, including OpenAI, to develop tailored hardware for increased efficiency and meeting high service demand.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently told staff that AI agent development has not accelerated as quickly as expected, despite significant organizational restructuring, layoffs and reassignments of thousands of employees. While Zuckerberg acknowledged that the transition was difficult, he expressed optimism that the company's substantial investments in AI

infrastructure projected at $145 billion this year will yield improvements within the next three to six months. Google has lost its long-running legal model against an EU antitrust fine for using its Android operating system to restrict competition. A court upheld a 2022 ruling confirming that Google's actions unfairly blocked rivals, a decision that comes eight

years after the initial 2018 fine and is expected to bolster European regulatory efforts against big tech. Anthropic is transitioning its Fable 5 model to usage-based billing after July 7 due to high demand following the lifting of export controls. While this move prompted concerns that the model would become a permanent paid add-on, the company has clarified that this is a temporary

capacity measure, with plans to restore Fable 5 to standard subscription plans once sufficient capacity is available. In the interim, subscribers will need to use user-scredges to access the model. Meta has quietly soft-launched Pocket and App for creating and sharing AI-generated mini-games on iOS and Android. While the App is public, it has not yet been widely released

or officially announced, with reports suggesting it may stem from the company's acquisition of the Gizmo team earlier this year. The Indian government is investigating a significant data breach at Apple supplier Tata Electronics after a ransomware group leaked sensitive documents and photos related to the unreleased

iPhone 18 Pro on the dark web. The compromised files, which also include proprietary information regarding Tesla, Qualcomm, and TSMC have prompted an audit of an official inquiry by India's industry of electronics and information technology into the security failure.

YouTuber John Proser has filed a formal response to Apple's lawsuit alleging theft of iOS secrets, denying participation in a coordinated conspiracy while admitting to recording a FaceTime call showing unreleased software and sharing subsequent ad revenue with his source, Michael Remiciati.

Proser argues that Remiciati is solely responsible for any unauthorized disclosures, maintains he acted as a reporter covering exclusives and has requested a jury trial after a default judgment against him was set aside, allowing the legal proceedings to continue. Godaddy has expressed strong concern regarding any of his new directives against fake websites,

warning that these measures intended to combat the nation's rising cyber fraud crisis may inadvertently reduce internet safety for legitimate businesses and cause negative global business impacts. The Indian government is implementing these strict regulations in response to a surge

of online fraud, which saw 2.4 million complaints totaling $2.4 billion last year. A new report indicates that OnePlus and Realme are undergoing an aggressive restructuring with plans to discontinue their respective software interfaces OxygenOS and Realme UI in favor of migrating all devices to Oppo's ColorOS. This integration follows months of speculation

and recent operational shifts, suggesting a definitive move toward unifying the brands under the Apple umbrella, though the company has not yet to clarify the details regarding future software migrations for existing users. And finally, Apple has found a response to a class action lawsuit from three YouTube

channels H3H3 Productions, Mr. Short Game Golf, and Golf Holics that accused the company of violating the DCMA by scraping copyrighted videos to train its AI models. In this response, Apple requested a dismissal arguing that because the videos were publicly available on YouTube without access restrictions, its actions were permitted under the DCMA and YouTube's

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