Wed. 04/23 – Meta And Apple Fined By The EU

That delayed action from the European Commission finally came down on Apple and Meta. Would OpenAI be a logical home for the Chrome web browser? Massive layoffs coming to Intel. Anysphere turned down an acquisition offer from OpenAI. And are the tariff wars coming for Elon Musk’s robots?

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Links:

• Apple, Meta Fined by EU, Ordered to Comply With Tech Competition Rules (WSJ)
• OpenAI Would Buy Google’s Chrome Browser, ChatGPT Chief Says (Bloomberg)
• Intel to Announce Plans This Week to Cut Over 20% of Staff (Bloomberg)
• A new, open source text-to-speech model called Dia has arrived to challenge ElevenLabs, OpenAI and more (VentureBeat)
• Why OpenAI wanted to buy Cursor but opted for the fast-growing Windsurf (TechCrunch)
• Ex-OpenAI staff and top AI experts seek to block proposed for-profit restructure (FT)
• Tesla Humanoid Robot Plan Hampered by China Rare Earth Curbs (Bloomberg)