Sarah just announced that Xbox going to open a mobile game store …. Coming July ! #news !

Sarah Bond, head of Xbox at Microsoft, on stage at #BloombergTech with Dina Bass

This is a very strong look at how one big acquisition has failed to live up to expectations. Kudos @brodyford

Chris talked about the widespread use of Llama by Chinese startups and said that Meta is having conversations around whether to place guardrails around use of the model in China.

“I don’t think there’s going to be trust in these [AI] models to the extent there’s not transparency around data,” Meta’s CPO Chris Cox tells Sarah Frier Tom Giles at Bloomberg Bloomberg Technology Summit.

On the FTC looking into the ties between AI cos and big tech … Dario says the fact that we have relationships with two big cos (Amazon and Google) mitigates the risk of anticompetitive behavior. Daniela emphasized that Anthropic remains “independent.”

We see an incredible amount of benefit from this technology but there are lessons to be learned from past technological waves … eg social media. What are the unforeseen “externalities” that can emerge — Daniela Amodei

Dario and Daniela Amodei in conversation w Brad Stone at #bloombergtech …

Hope you get the chance to hear my conversations with Meta’s Chris Cox, Reddit’s Steve Huffman, Arm CEO Rene Haas and a panel of esteemed VCs.

Anyone else’s self-esteem taking a hit from the Chinese kindergartner basketball vids showing up in your TikTok FYP ? Just me ?

Join Cowboy's aileenlee at #BloombergTech on May 9th in SF for a discussion on all things AI, the startup landscape, and much more alongside Base10's Ade Ajao, Kirsten Green, and Tom Giles

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Meta's shares are down > 9% in late trading, following a forecast for sales in the current quarter the midpoint of which fell short of the consensus analyst estimate.

*META PLATFORMS SEES 2Q REV. $36.5B TO $39B, EST. $38.24B

You know the clips where it looks a podcaster is talking up a brand or product? Sometimes they're paid ads, and hawkers are making bank. The idea 'is to offer brands a video that gives the sheen of a podcast without actually working with a show.' -- Ashley Carman

Guilty as charged

Another baller newsletter from Shirin Ghaffary … would you pay $700 for wearable AI?

Foundering, the Bloomberg Technology podcast, is up for a Webby. The series focuses on the wild life of John McAfee. Please vote, and please listen! Bloomberg is 3rd place in #Webbys People’s Voice. RT + VOTE: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/…

Scoop: Spotify is raising prices again. It’s also creating a few new kinds of plans.

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My piece on the changes food delivery apps made after NYC’s min. wage law was cited in the latest Last Week Tonight! Timely episode on their biz models and upcoming regulatory fights.

It is on YouTube but VPN is needed to watch bc it’s blocked in the US youtu.be/VOhHKYRXXhs?si…