The Brutalist Report

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• A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law [3d]
• OpenAI secures Microsoft’s blessing to transition its for-profit arm [3d]
• Apple’s latest iPhone security feature just made life more difficult for spyware makers [3d]
• The music industry is broken: OpenWav’s new app aims to change that [3d]
• Tesla’s robotaxi plans for Nevada move forward with testing permit [3d]
• Elon Musk’s Boring Company suspends work on Vegas airport tunnel after ‘crushing injury’ [3d]
• Justice Department sues Uber for allegedly discriminating against people with disabilities [3d]
• VC leaders from 01 Advisors take the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to share the scaling playbook [3d]
• FTC launches inquiry into AI chatbot companions from Meta, OpenAI, and others [3d]
• Gmail makes it easier to track upcoming package deliveries [3d]
• France says Apple notified victims of new spyware attacks [3d]
• Google is shutting down Tables, its Airtable rival [3d]
• Humanoids, AVs, and what’s next in AI hardware with Waabi and Apptronik at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [3d]
• HBO Max is going to get more expensive, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says [3d]
• Kids in the UK are hacking their own schools for dares and notoriety [4d]
• Box CEO Aaron Levie on AI’s ‘era of context’ [4d]
• How Bill Gates’s fellowship program is adapting to global uncertainty [4d]
• Apple’s new live translation feature for AirPods won’t be available in the EU at launch [4d]
• A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law [4d]
• Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation [4d]