Welcome to TechCrunch AM! This morning, we're looking at the not-so-secure antics of the National Security Council, Tesla's fresh misfortunes, and Peter Diamandis' thoughts on longevity tech. We've also got notes on OpenAI doing yet more shady training, a startup trying to crack clean hydrogen, the Nintendo Switch 2, what the UFC and Meta have in common, and more. Let's go! — Rebecca | | | Image Credits: Jim Watson / Getty Images | 1. Security is a construct: After discussing highly sensitive war plans on Signal and leaking them to a journalist, it appears senior members of Trump's National Security Council, including Michael Waltz, reportedly used personal Gmail accounts to conduct government communication. Read More 2. Haters gonna hate: Tesla reported its worst delivery numbers in more than two years as the brand suffers a backlash to Elon Musk's political maneuverings, including his participation in DOGE. In Q1 2025, Tesla delivered 336,681 vehicles, down from 495,570 in Q4 2024 and 386,810 in Q1 2024. Read More 3. Here we go again: We got fresh details on the Nintendo Switch 2! The console is coming out on June 5, costs $450, and will arrive both on its own and as part of a bundle with Mario Kart World. Check out the other details, like how big it will be, the controller situation, how much storage it will have, and more here: Read More | | | Image Credits: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto / Getty Images | 🤦 Non-consensual training: The AI Disclosures Project is accusing OpenAI of using non-publicly available books that it didn't license to train its models. Specifically, the watchdog says OpenAI likely trained its GPT-4o model on paywalled books from O'Reilly Media. Read More 🔋 The problem with clean hydrogen is that it's neither easy to make nor distribute efficiently. Fourier thinks it's found a way with modular electrolyzers that take inspiration from AI data servers, and it's now raised an $18.5 million Series A from General Catalyst and others. Read More 👶 Forever young? TC's EIC Connie Loizos and StrictlyVC's Alex Gove spoke to Peter Diamandis, the co-founder of Singularity University, who laid out his vision for how tech will transform our lives and make major advances in longevity in the future. But will those advances be only for the ultra wealthy? Read More 🚙 Womp, womp: Along with Tesla, Rivian also reported unimpressive deliveries in Q1, its worst quarterly mark since the end of 2022. The EV startup doesn't expect the slow start to impact its overall delivery forecast for the year: between 46,000 and 51,000 EVs. Read More 🤓 Supply and demand: The Wikimedia Foundation says the bandwidth used for multimedia downloads from Wikimedia Commons has surged 50% since last January. And no, it's not because people have suddenly developed a new hunger for knowledge. It's AI – what else? Read More | | | 🤖 Humanoids on the up: Agility Robotics is about to secure $400 million in new funding, per The Information. That's on top of the $150 million it raised in December for building humanoid robots. Read More 🥊 mAsCuLiNiTy: The UFC has reached a multi-million-dollar, multi-year sponsorship deal with Meta as Mark Zuckerberg trucks onwards in his quest to erase any perceptions that he's a nerdy Harvard boy. The UFC's integration with Meta will span its portfolio, from Meta AI and Meta Glasses to Instagram and Threads, per CNBC. Read More | | | 🧾 Gotta file 'em all: Accounting software firm Open Ledger has a way to distract from the drudgery of filing taxes. Its new product, PokeTax, lets users take on Tax Trainers who represent different parts of the tax form, like income or deductions. It's a play on Pokemon Showdown, and it's real. Read More | | | Featured jobs from CrunchBoard | | | Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. | | | Update your preferences here at any time | | Copyright © 2024 TechCrunch, All rights reserved.Yahoo Inc. 680 Folsom Street,San Francisco,CA | | | | |
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