Other notable news includes Uber suing DoorDash over anti-competitive practices, Mira Murati's new AI startup Thinking Machines Lab emerging from stealth, and Elon Musk's xAI releasing the Grok 3 AI model. Valve removed a malware-spreading game from Steam, and Mark Zuckerberg's charity is ending DEI programs. Amazon will shut down its Android app store, and a Pew Research study shows negative public perception of Musk and Zuckerberg. Lastly, a BBC report questions the impact of noise-canceling headphones on brain function.
Key takeaways:
- HP acquired Humane's AI Pin assets for $116 million, leading to the discontinuation of the AI Pin product and job offers for some Humane employees.
- Duolingo launched a marketing campaign involving the "death" of its owl mascot with a Cybertruck to encourage user engagement.
- Mira Murati, former OpenAI CTO, launched a new AI startup called Thinking Machines Lab, focusing on collaborative multimodal systems.
- Amazon will shut down its Android app store in August to focus more on its own devices.