
Strong letter from the senate makes Apple send a top executive to antitrust hearing
India Today
Apple has assigned its Chief Compliance Officer, Kyle Andeer, to testify before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, at an April 21 hearing. The company agreed to send an executive after the senate called out its earlier refusal to do the same.
Apple Inc has agreed to send a top executive to testify before the US Senate on antitrust issues related to its mobile app store. Apple’s decision comes days after criticism from the panel leaders for the company’s earlier refusal to appear before the judiciary subcommittee. In response to a letter by the panel leaders, the company has agreed to make its Chief Compliance Officer, Kyle Andeer available to testify at an April 21 hearing. Apple informed of its decision in a letter penned by Timothy Powderly, senior director of government affairs for the Americas, as mentioned by CNBC. The report mentions that in his letter, Powderly penned his surprise upon the letter from the panel leaders. He mentioned that Apple had always been willing to participate but only sought alternative dates for the hearing, in light of other matters of similar issues.
Meta has hired the team behind the agentic AI startup Dreamer. The startup was founded by former Google executives Hugo Barra, David Singleton, and Nicholas Jitkoff, who will now work on Meta's agentic AI plans. This announcement comes after Mark Zuckerberg acquired the AI social media platform Moltbook to bolster agentic AI development.

OpenAI is offering big incentives to private equity firms in a bid to raise more funds. The ChatGPT-maker is offering a minimum return rate of 17.5 per cent, as well as early access to its new AI models. As per reports, the Sam Altman-led firm is hoping to secure a stronger footing in the enterprise market following Anthropic's lead.

Claude can now control computer like a human, Anthropic says soon you won't need your laptop anymore
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