BT pitches a phone plan for kids

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Tech Across the Globe

New AI models: Anthropic is releasing a new version of its most powerful AI model. Rival OpenAI introduced a pair of freely available models, which Amazon will offer to cloud-computing clients, marking the first time it will provide OpenAI products on its platform.

Super Micro disappoints: The AI server maker, a Wall Street favorite that's seen shares climb 88% this year, reduced its fiscal-year forecast to $33 billion from a $40 billion projection it gave in February.

Roku's budget streaming: Roku is targeting cost-conscious consumers who are tired of high streaming prices with

Revalued

OpenAI is helping to organize an employee share sale that would value it at $500 billion. This latest move follows news last week that the startup had secured $8.3 billion from a syndicate of investors for a second tranche of a $40 billion financing, which was oversubscribed by about five times.

Must Read

The UK's EE is trying to do something unusual for a telecom company: help parents manage their children's internet use. A new mobile plan on offer is designed to curtail data and speeds for younger users and keep them off potentially harmful websites and services. Jillian Deutsch in London reports on the impetus for such plans and where this may lead.

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This Week in Soundbite

Actress Amy Poehler's podcast, Good Hang, is breaking into the rankings ruled by a group of joke-cracking guys most easily described as the Joe Rogan universe, Ashley Carman reports in this week's Soundbite. Poehler's comfortable conversational style with A-list celebrities who don't often sit for long interviews has attracted a wide audience, Carman writes.

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