The Roundup
Everything you missed this past week on Product Hunt: Top products, spicy community discourse, key trends on the site, and long-form pieces we’ve recently published.
Now let's get on to last week's top headlines:
🤖OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever + AI researcher quit, sparking safety concerns.
💰 Squarespace is being acquired by Permira for $6.6 billion.
⚡ Tesla laid off its entire Supercharger team, putting its future into question.
📹 TikTok is testing a new AI-powered search functionality.
🧵 Threads is booting up a fact-checking program like Twitter’s community notes.
🤖 OpenAI has agreed a deal with Reddit to train AI on the social platform.
🐦 Twitter is officially X after the company finally changed its URL.
💩 Apple said sorry for that iPad ad.
😈 OpenAI is looking into responsible erotica.
🔮 NYC and Dublin installed a “portal”’ with a livestream for the cities to interact 24/7.
💸 Surprising everyone, FTX said most customers will get their money back.
🤖 OpenAI is building a ChatGPT feature that can search the web and cite sources.
🧑⚖️ TikTok plans to sue to block a US bill that would force its sale or be banned.
🍎 Apple saw a 10% drop in iPhone sales during its earnings call.
🎵 Spotify has quietly moved its lyrics function behind a paywall.
📸 Snapchat has launched new ML and AR tools for brands and advertisers.
🚲 Peloton has announced a round of layoffs as the CEO resigns.
🤖 You can now access Gemini right from the Chrome address bar.
📹 TikTok is circumventing Apple’s commission rules according to screenshots.
🤖 Elon is closing in on $6 billion in funding for his AI startup.
🛜 The FCC has officially voted to restore net neutrality.
🦺 Sam Altman and other AI leaders will serve on a government AI safety board.
⛔ The US Senate has passed a bill that could ban TikTok.
👓 Meta has started licensing the Quest OS to other companies starting with Lenovo.
🤖 Microsoft has launched a mini AI model that can run on smartphones.
🖼️ Adobe launched a new image-generating model that is its biggest yet.
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Now, here's last week's top news...
😬 Remember the Humane AI pin? MKBHD reviewed it.
📹 Adobe is working on generative video but it won’t reveal when it will launch.
🎫 TikTok is giving users more ways to purchase event tickets in-app.
🧑⚖️ But the US House has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok.
🍎 Apple has removed Threads and WhatsApp from the Chinese app store.
🐦 According to Elon, X will start charging new users to post.
👻 Snapchat is adding watermarks to content generated with its AI tools.
☑️ X is removing the ability for paid users to hide their blue ticks.
🗣️ ChatGPT got a big upgrade— expect more direct, less verbose answers.
🪦Say goodbye to Google One VPN as it joins the Google Graveyard.
📡 You’ll soon get your broadband from space if this company has its way.
📸 Instagram will blur nudes that are sent to minors in its latest update.
📹 Google launched a new AI tool for video creation workflows.
🗣️OpenAI is testing a new model that recreates a person’s voice from a 15s recording.
🔐 Disney+ is cracking down on password-sharing in June.
🐦 X warns that you might lose followers as it cracks down on bots.
🎧 Stability AI launched Stable Audio 2.0 to generate short audio clips with text.
🤦♀️ Blue check marks are back on Twitter for popular users.
🖥️ Microsoft and OpenAI are planning to build a massive AI supercomputer.
🗣️Apple has a new AI model called ReALM that could make Siri better.
🗣️OpenAI is testing a new model that recreates a person’s voice from a 15s recording. Product Hunt is one of the first to gain access to this model. Say “Here kitty kitty kitty” now to activate it.
🐉Lego created a 3,745-piece DND set to celebrate the game's 50th anniversary.
🪽DoorDash is piloting fast-food delivery by drone.
🍎Apple announced its next WWDC is on June 10. Get ready for some AI updates!
🔼 Grok 1.5 will be available next week and Grok 2 is on the way, per Elon’s tweet.
👋 Amazon launched an app to upload your palm to pay across the stores it owns.
✍️Yahoo’s Creator Program will let lifestyle writers publish under Yahoo News.
🍎 Gemini coming to iPhone? Maybe, according to this report by Bloomberg.
💾 Nvidia launched its most powerful AI chip yet, the Blackwell B200 GPU.
🕹️ Mr Beast and Prime Video have announced a new game show.
🤖 After raising $1.3 billion, the Inflection founders are joining Microsoft to lead its AI efforts.
🧠 Neuralink, Elon’s brain chip startup, has shown a patient using it to play chess.
🧑⚖️ The US Department of Justice is suing Apple, alleging an iPhone monopoly.
💰 Reddit stock is up a solid 48% from its original price during its IPO.
🤖 OpenAI announced new board members — including Sam Altman.
🕹️ Can’t get enough Mario? A sequel to the movie is coming in 2026.
🤖 Google has confirmed it’s restricting Gemini election queries worldwide.
🍎 Apple will now allow iOS downloads directly from sites within the EU.
📸 TikTok may be working on an Instagram competitor, according to this leak.
🇪🇺 The EU AI act passed — here’s what will happen next.
📹 OpenAI is making Sora, its text-to-video modal, public later this year.
