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- Israel retaliates after saying Iran breached ceasefire
- OpenAIās early in-ear hardware work revealed in iyO lawsuit filings
- Muratiās Thinking Machines Lab said to build KPI-tuned AI models
- Meta said to have held acquisition talks with video startup Runway AI
- Harvey raises $300M at $5B valuation to bring AI to lawyers worldwide
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1. Israel retaliates after saying Iran breached ceasefire announced by Trump
Israeli defence minister ordered attacks on Iran after the ceasefire āviolationā.
Iran broke ceasefire with ballistic missile attack, Israel said.
U.S. reportedly backed the Israeli retaliation.
Trump had posted ceasefire news on social media before Iran or Israel confirmed it.
Iranians had direct and indirect talks with VP JD Vance, state secretary Marco Rubio, and special envoy Steve Witkoff about the proposal, the official said.
Hours before the ceasefire news, Iran targeted a U.S. military base in Qatar on Mon.
Sat.: the U.S. had launched a major bombing operation against 3 Iranian nuclear facilities.
The U.S. strikes on Iranās Isfahan site narrowly avoided nuclear reactors, satellite images now suggest
Oil has slumped after Iranās weak response, briefly falling below its Jun. 12 level, when Israel attacked Iranās nuclear sites
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3. OpenAIās early in-ear hardware work revealed in iyO lawsuit filings
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OpenAI and io bought at least 30 headphone sets to survey the market, their lawyers said.
May 1: OpenAI and io executives also met with iyOās leadership and demoed their in-ear tech.
Tested iyOās earpiece but were disappointed by repeated demo failures.
OpenAIās 1st AI device may not be a pair of headphones.
iyO filed a trademark dispute lawsuit against OpenAI and io this month.
OpenAI explored a wide range of devices, including ādesktop-based and mobile, wireless, and wired, and wearable, and portable,ā its lawyers said.
4. Muratiās Thinking Machines Lab said to build KPI-tuned AI models, explore consumer product
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