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Semafor Tech: Tech takes Capitol Hill
In this edition, we talk with smartphone pioneers about creating AI personal agents, and reveal the largest tech stock holdings of new congressional members.
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New Congress members own more than $3.8 million in tech stocks
At a critical time for tech regulation, elected leaders collectively own portfolios worth millions in the industries they will oversee.
Kevin Wurm/Reuters
Japan antitrust watchdog expected to find Google operates illegal monopoly over search: Report
The anticipated ruling, Nikkei reported, comes months after a US court found Google’s search business was an illegal monopoly.
Mike Blake/File Photo/Reuters
YouTube launching new tools to help celebrities manage AI copycats
The tools will allow celebrities to manage videos that use technology to recreate their appearance, and request its removal.
Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
Google unveils its first Gemini 2.0 ‘reasoning’ AI model
The model, called Flash Thinking, uses techniques pioneered by OpenAI’s o1 model, breaking prompts into steps and “thinking over” the answers.
Carlos Barria/Reuters
Mobile pioneers say they’ll make ‘agentic AI’ a reality with new platform
The founders of /dev/agents want to upend the smartphone world again, this time through AI personal assistants for everyone.
Courtesy of /dev/agents/Hugo Barra/LinkedIn
TikTok is taking its fight to the US Supreme Court
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is pulling every lever he has to overturn the US ban on his social media platform.
Mike Blake/Reuters
Databricks co-founder offers $1 million prize to solve AI coding problems
Andy Konwinski is offering the hefty prize to anyone who can get an open source AI model to score up to 90% on a benchmark that tests coding ability.
Why filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain fired his AI screenwriter
ChatGPT said it would write a screenplay for filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain. It never got past the opening scene.
Cloudy skies at Bluesky
More and more journalists have joined the platform — including Jesse Singal, who some users want to ban.
More YouTube viewers are watching on their TVs
Viewers watched over 400 million hours of podcasts monthly on living room devices, the company told Semafor.
Why Sundar Pichai never panicked
The Alphabet and Google CEO’s quiet conviction begins to bear fruit, with new AI products and breakthroughs.
Google CEO talks about the future of AI, Waymo and quantum computing
In an exclusive interview, Sundar Pichai talks to Semafor after a week of product announcements.
Venture firm Dimension raises $500M second fund to bridge software-biotech gap
The fund, the company’s second in less than two years, will be used to invest in the hot space where AI is being used to develop new, lifesaving drugs.
Google reveals new AI capabilities built on top of its Gemini 2.0 foundational model
Google shared the latest Astra capabilities and a new Chrome plugin called ‘Project Mariner,’ which takes control of your web browser and autonomously completes tasks.
TSMC founder Morris Chang reveals chip industry intel in new memoir
Chang revealed that he asked Nvidia’s Jensen Huang twice if he’d consider taking the helm at the Taiwanese chip giant, and Huang twice refused.
Google unveils upgraded version of its Gemini AI model
Google is positioning the model as an “agent” that can “think multiple steps ahead, and take action on your behalf.”
China launches Nvidia antitrust probe, escalating ‘supply chain warfare’ with US
The US chipmaker Nvidia has dominated the AI hardware market in recent years, with China ramping up efforts to build a homegrown alternative.
TikTok files emergency injunction in latest bid to stall US ban
The ban, which US President-elect Donald Trump has signalled an intention to overturn, is due to come into effect in early 2025.