Sources: Meta, Google, and Amazon execs met Vatican officials on April 29, as part of a quiet lobbying push ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first AI encyclical (Océane Herrero/Politico)
A growing number of execs are creating AI digital twins to manage tasks; Reid Hoffman says "Reid AI" has delivered 75+ addresses and presentations since 2024 (Joann S. Lublin/Wall Street Journal)
How the AI boom is transforming global M&A, now dominated by the AI-driven race to control the world's energy, fiber networks, and computing capacity (Financial Times)
Tether buys out SoftBank's ~26% stake in bitcoin treasury company Twenty One Capital, taking its stake to ~71%; SoftBank's stake was worth ~$679M (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
Moment, which develops AI tools for automating fixed-income and equities trading tech, raised a $78M Series C led by Index Ventures, with a16z participating (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)
Q&A with Sundar Pichai on the future of Google Search, Google's place in the AI race, public skepticism toward AI, AI agents, AI safety, TPUs, and more (New York Times)
Samsung's bonus deal is fueling employee resentment over a 100x payout gap between memory division staff and those making smartphones, TVs, and home appliances (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)