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The Download: chatbots for health, and US fights over AI regulation
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Koah raises $5M to bring ads into AI apps
One investor says Koah is “building the essential monetization layer for consumer AI.”
Hyundai’s eVTOL startup Supernal pauses work following CEO and CTO departures
The shakeup comes as the startup was still struggling to get its test vehicle off the ground — literally. The first flight was only in March.
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Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction?
This is a bad idea.
EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’
This is the EU’s largest antitrust penalty ever — and Trump has already threatened to “nullify” it.
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The growing debate over age verification laws
As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation could have a dire impact on privacy.