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A new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying sign-up process (and it’s working); plus Anthropic and Baidu issues

Sonder profiles are completely unstructured, encouraging users to build something that looks like a mood board or a digital collage Think MySpace rather than LinkedIn. Also, Anthropic executives said it was an accident and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices. And passengers in Baidu's robotaxis were trapped for up to two hours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  ICE says it bought Paragon’s spyware to use in drug trafficking cases; plu…

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  FedEx chooses partnerships over proprietary tech for its automation strate…

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  Why OpenAI really shut down Sora; plus, Mantis Biotech is making ‘digital …

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  Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice

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  A major hacking tool has leaked online, putting millions of iPhones at ris…

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  Elon Musk pauses changes to X’s creator revenue-sharing program after back…

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  Agile Robots becomes the latest robotics company to partner with Google De…

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  FBI says Iranian hackers are using Telegram to steal data in malware attac…

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  Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?; plu…

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  Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all; CISA urges c…

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  Patreon CEO calls AI companies’ fair use argument ‘bogus’; plus Nvidia is …

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  Kalshi’s legal troubles pile up; plus, Mistral bets on ‘build-your-own AI’

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  Memories AI is building the visual memory layer for wearables and robotics…

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  The billionaires made a promise — now some want out

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  Bumble will launch an AI dating assistant; plus, Webflow bought an AI cont…