Weird beef between Nintendo and Amazon. Is Apple going to make a cheap Macbook with an iPhone chip inside? OpenAI claps back at Meta. The AI avatar startup. And for the first time in a decade, Spotify has changed up the Discover Weekly playlist.

Links:

• Amazon Misses Out on Switch 2 Sales After Nintendo Pulled Products From US Site (Bloomberg)
• Kuo: Apple to release cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone processor (9to5Mac)
• ‘F1’ Revs To $144M Opening Weekend Around The World, Brad Pitt & Apple Original Films Records (Deadline)
• OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’ (Wired)
• AI avatars are here in full force—and they’re serving some of the world’s biggest companies (Fortune)
• Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after 10 years (TechCrunch)

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Mark Zuckerberg’s big AI plan seems still to be such a work in progress, he’s even considering abandoning Llama. Apple attempts to comply with the EU’s DMA. Instagram and TikTok want to follow YouTube to your TV. The infamous Blue Screen of Death is dying. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

Links:

• In Pursuit of Godlike Technology, Mark Zuckerberg Amps Up the A.I. Race (NYTimes)
• Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI (The Verge)
• Apple announces sweeping App Store changes in the EU (9to5Mac)
• Google launches Doppl, a new app that lets you visualize how an outfit might look on you (TechCrunch)
• TikTok, Instagram Plot TV Apps Following YouTube’s Success (The Information)
• Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years (The Verge)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them (Wired)
• AI is ruining houseplant communities online (The Verge)

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The legal rulings on AI are finally coming in. The problem is, they’re contradictory, so we’re not getting any legal clarity yet. Creative Commons but for AI training data. Is DeepSeek’s R2 model being stymied by lack of access to Nvidia chips? And another deep look at the question of: is AI taking jobs at tech companies, right now?

Links:

• Microsoft sued by authors over use of books in AI training (Reuters)
• Trump Mobile reiterates claims that new phones are 'made in America' (USAToday)
• Creative Commons debuts CC signals, a framework for an open AI ecosystem (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI, Microsoft Rift Hinges on How Smart AI Can Get (WSJ)
• DeepSeek’s Progress Stalled by U.S. Export Controls (The Information)
• Salesforce CEO Says 30% of Internal Work Is Being Handled by AI (Bloomberg)
• AI Killed My Job: Tech workers (Blood In The Machine)

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