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The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year. Source

PayPal may not be in talks to be acquired, sources have told Semafor, after a previous news report that Stripe was sniffing around. Source

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he "cannot in good conscience accede" to the Pentagon's demands to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems. Source

Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes. Source

In a one-two punch of centibillion-dollar offers, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over. David Ellison-owned Paramount will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Netflix has lost. Source

The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April. Source

Peter Steinberger talks about the creation of his viral AI agent OpenClaw and how being more "playful" makes for a better way to learn AI coding. Source

COO Brad Lightcap noted that ads can add to the product experience of users if they are done right. He urged to give OpenAI a few months to see how the company fares in rolling out the product. Source

Gemini on Android will be able to automate tasks involving rideshare requests, or grocery or food delivery, says Google. Source

Waymo this week will begin mapping and collecting data in Chicago and Charlotte. The move comes as Waymo announces it is currently operating its robotaxis fully autonomously in 10 US cities. Source