Google to build first fibre optic cable connecting Africa with Australia, Truecaller partners with Microsoft to let its AI respond to calls in your own voice

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Google to build first subsea fibre optic cable connecting Africa with Australia. - Link

Truecaller partners with Microsoft to let its AI respond to calls in your own voice. - Link

FCC proposes all AI-generated content in political ads must be disclosed. - Link

Amazon investors vote to reject all 14 resolutions that asked to disclose more on its carbon emissions. - Link

Microsoft outage affects Bing, Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT internet search. - Link

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DataGems is an AI copilot for marketing data, which organizes all the provided data into compelling narratives. - Link

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This Week in Startups:

E1954: Jason and Alex discuss Nvidia's Q1 Fiscal 2025 earnings, News Corp's partnership with OpenAI, Apple News+'s impact on The Daily Beast, Humane's potential sale, a Windows recall, and Farcaster's $150M raise signaling a possible crypto resurgence. - Watch

E1953: Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to discuss the nuances of OpenAI's equity discussions and recent revenue trends, advancements in ChatGPT's capabilities over Siri, the dilemma of founder salaries, developments in crypto venture capital, and the concept of a decentralized Twitter alternative called Farcaster. - Watch

E1952: David Weisburd, Mel Williams, Delian Asparouhov, and Jason Calacanis discuss the resurgence of top crypto funds, the idea of a "sophisticated investor test" for crypto, SEC regulation limitations, increased AI spending in 2024, GPT-4o demos, AI's economic impact, and the effects of immigration on startups and self-censorship in a free society. - Watch

E1951: Ivan Poupyrev of Archetype AI joins Jason to demonstrate their product, Newton, discuss potential business models and use cases in various industries, and explore the future of sensor technology and anticipatory interfaces. - Watch

E1950: Sunny Madra and Jason discuss the latest AI news, highlighting OpenAI's recent launch of GPT 4o, an omni-capable model that can process audio, vision, and text in real-time. They also explore the new MacOS desktop app and pricing comparisons with historic models. - Watch

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