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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon announces new visual search features, including displaying AI-generated images of products within its app based on users' search queries  —  In what may be one of the more questionable uses of AI to date, Amazon announced on Wednesday that it will display AI-generated images …

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@themidasproj: Leading the Future, the pro-AI super PAC backed by Greg Brockman, appears to be linked to multiple sockpuppet accounts, including a purported anti-AI activist  —  A Pro-AI Super PAC's Secret Meme Sockpuppets

Hackers appeared to take over victims’ accounts even after Meta said it fixed its AI-powered support chatbot, which granted hackers access to victims’ accounts.

Katie Fehrenbacher / Axios: Terra AI, which develops AI models for mining companies to better map underground resources, raised a $20M Series A led by Khosla Ventures  —  Mining AI startup Terra AI closed a $20 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures and including the VC arm of mining giant BHP, CEO John Mern tells Axios Pro.

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Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune: Town, which is developing personalized AI assistants that connect to users' email and calendar, raised a $55M Series A led by a16z  —  Jean-Denis Gréze's AI assistant is a silver fox who wears a little satchel, and her name is Ivy.  —  Ivy is Gréze's Townie …

Amazon will use visual search and AI to show AI generated product images that match your search queries. The retailer says it will help guide users to products.

Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal: Forage, a payments processor that helps retailers and food-delivery companies accept EBT cards, raised a $40M Series B led by Mouro Capital at a $225M valuation  —  Forage secures venture funding as it expands food-stamp payment processing despite declining federal enrollment

After shelving the original executive order last month, Donald Trump finally got on board Monday night.

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The prominent AI music generation startup is now valued at over $5.4 billion -- about seven months ago, it raised at a $2.45 billion valuation.

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Data shows Waymo's robotaxis are empty for almost half of the miles they drive.

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The startup's own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.

The company is reducing its workforce as it exits 22 countries, reduces management layers, and invests in its infrastructure to scale its platform.

U.K. regulators are requiring Google offer a tool allowing website publishers to opt-out of generative AI search features. The option will be tested in the U.K. then rolled out globally.