Bloomberg:
How a16z became the dominant influence on Trump-era AI policy, including via Marc Andreessen building key relationships; an ex-official says it has “veto power”  —  Silicon Valley's richest venture capital firm emerges as a “lobbying juggernaut” for minimal AI regulation.

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube rolls out an AI-powered playlist-generation tool that lets Premium and Music Premium subscribers on iOS and Android use text prompts to create playlists  —  YouTube is rolling out a new AI-powered playlist-generation feature that allows Premium users on iOS and Android to use text prompts to create playlists.

Alicia Park / Forbes:
Polymarket partners with Singapore-based Kaito AI to launch “attention markets”, letting users bet on “mindshare” and “sentiment” metrics from social media  —  The prediction market is partnering with an AI engine that tracks social media data to create markets about cultural relevance.

We have long had our doubts about the Trump Phone. Since its very first debut, the device - technically called the Trump Mobile T1 Phone 8002 - has seemed utterly impossible to execute as advertised. The Trump Mobile team has also spent the last eight months rapidly moving the goalposts, changing specs and making increasingly […]

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg plans to buy a Miami mansion, likely to cost up to $200M, joining other tech billionaires as California proposes a 5% billionaire tax  —  Local real-estate agents say the newly completed mansion on Miami's Indian Creek will likely fetch between $150 million and $200 million