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• Generative AI use among teens and young adults is not yet a daily habit, according to new data looking at how the new tech is being received. (Axios)

• Amazon is using an AI model called “Project P.I.” (private investigator) in fulfillment centers to scan items for defects or other problems before they’re shipped to customers. (Amazon)

• A former tech exec pleaded guilty to securities fraud in a bogus $4 billion bid to take over Seattle-based Getty Images. (Reuters)

• Prime Video released a trailer for “Federer: Twelve Final Days,” a new documentary movie about the end of tennis great Roger Federer’s career. (Amazon)

• In a big shakeup at the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post, executive editor Sally Buzbee stepped down and is being replaced by a former Wall Street Journal editor. (The Washington Post)

• Portland State University received a $1 million grant to power a high-performance computing cluster across Oregon for research projects at universities and colleges. (PSU)