The Brutalist Report

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• Court filings show Meta paused efforts to license books for AI training [375d]
• AI Alexa and AI Siri face bugs and delays [375d]
• Figure AI is in talks to raise $1.5B at 15x its last valuation [375d]
• SailPoint’s dull debut did little to loosen the stuck IPO window, expert says [375d]
• OpenAI says its board of directors ‘unanimously’ rejects Elon Musk’s bid [375d]
• Bluesky gets growth and analytics tools with BlueSkyHunter launch [375d]
• Global electricity demand expected to grow 4% annually through 2027 [375d]
• How this weekend’s ‘Tesla Takeover’ protests against Elon Musk came together on Bluesky [375d]
• DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is reportedly set to meet with China’s Xi Jinping [375d]
• NATO backs its first cohort of European dual-use startups [375d]
• Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, said to be in talks to raise $10B [375d]
• Meta’s next big bet may be humanoid robotics [375d]
• AI and security startups blossom on cloudy days [375d]
• Meta confirms ‘Project Waterworth,’ a global subsea cable project spanning 50,000km [375d]
• Mastodon is working to add the controversial ‘quote posts’ feature [375d]
• DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app [375d]
• A job ad for Y Combinator startup Firecrawl seeks to hire an AI agent for $15K a year [375d]
• Instagram tests a ‘dislike’ button for comments [375d]
• Apply to speak at TechCrunch Sessions: AI [375d]
• Call for speakers: TechCrunch All Stage 2025 [375d]
• Airbnb CEO says it’s still too early for AI trip planning [375d]
• ICON, a pioneer in 3D home printing, raises $56M led by Norwest, Tiger Global [376d]