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The last 24 hours of AI news.

Tech Stocks Slide Amid AI Spending Concerns; Pope Advocates AI Disarmament

Tech stocks decline as major companies face revenue pressures due to AI costs, leading to investor skepticism. Pope Leo XIV calls for banning lethal autonomous weapons, emphasizing human oversight at the Geneva talks. Meta settles with teen plaintiffs over social media addiction claims, while Snap Inc. remains a defendant.

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Last 24 hours · 3 mins · 25 stories · 149 sources in 14 languages

Top stories

  1. Tech stocks slide as AI spending and returns fears mount across giants bbc.co.uk and 12 more
  2. Pope calls for disarming AI and bans on deadly autonomous weapons at Geneva talks theverge.com and 10 more
  3. Meta settles with teen plaintiffs in social media addiction suits ahead of trial nbcnews.com and 8 more
  4. Apple acquires Ascend.io via acquihire to strengthen internal data tooling 9to5mac.com and 11 more
  5. Apple retakes world’s most valuable company title from Nvidia appleinsider.com and 7 more
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Each brief covers the last 24 hours of AI and machine-learning news from Reddit, X, Bluesky, Hacker News, and the open web. In the past year, that meant about 100,000 sources in 40 languages. We group related reports, summarise each story, and publish one brief that you can read in five minutes. From Stockholm with love.