Paresh Dave / Wired: Advocacy groups push the California’s AG to ensure that OpenAI’s becoming a for-profit adheres to the law; OpenAI formed an advisory commission in response  —  A group of activists is turning to an old playbook to influence the future of one of the world’s most powerful AI companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

PYMNTS.com: Singapore-based cross-border B2B payment service Thunes raised a $150M Series D co-led by Apis Partners and Vitruvian Partners to accelerate its US expansion  —  Thunes has raised $150 million in a Series D funding round to strengthen its cross-border payments platform and accelerate its expansion in the United States. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean O’Neill / Skift: TPG agrees to acquire Sabre’s hospitality solutions unit, which provides SaaS to hotel brands, for $1.1B in cash, as Sabre focuses on its core airline business  —  SKIFT TAKE  —  Sabre’s sale of its hotel reservations tech should help the travel tech company focus on its core airline business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” through follow-up questions, instead of providing useful insights  —  Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Davey Alba / Bloomberg: US v. Google: Google says its controls for publishers to opt out of AI training only cover work by Google DeepMind, not training by its other units for search  —  Google can train its search-specific AI products, like AI Overviews, on content across the web even when the publishers have chosen … Lees verder op Tech Meme