✈️ AI at your service: There are numerous startups looking to help people plan aspects of travel using AI. Airial, founded by ex-Meta engineers, aims to map out your entire travel experience from end to end. The startup has raised $3 million.
🇺🇸 Sorry, states: A federal proposal that would ban states from making laws to regulate AI for five years could be signed into law this year. AI startup CEOs and VCs are in favor, while labor groups and lawmakers on both sides warn this could hurt consumers. We unpack what this would mean.
🌶️ Lawsuit time: Privacy-focused software provider Proton filed a lawsuit against Apple accusing the company of anticompetitive practices in its App Store. Proton's lawsuit compares Apple's fees to tariffs on internet commerce. Spicy!
💰 Remote worker fraud: The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest and indictment of Zhenxing "Danny" Wong. Wong allegedly ran a yearslong fraud scheme in New Jersey to sneak remote North Korean IT workers into U.S. tech companies. This scheme generated more than $5 million for the North Korean regime.
🙃 A change of plans? Apple is apparently considering tapping AI models from OpenAI or Anthropic to power its updated version of Siri, instead of using LLM technology the company has built in-house.
