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Netherlands urges US to drop a bill that would limit ASML's chip sales to China
Qualcomm agreed to buy software maker Modular for about $3.9 billion, and Google gave its Gemini AI the ability to control a computer screen.
OpenAI and Broadcom show their first custom chip to run AI more cheaply
Anthropic put its Claude AI inside the Slack chat app, and Samsung gave its staff OpenAI tools three years after banning ChatGPT.
Tech companies cut more than 120,000 jobs in 2026 and name AI as the top reason
Meta paused an employee tracking program after a data leak, and L'Oréal placed a Maybelline makeup tool inside ChatGPT.
Anthropic Goes Dark Abroad as Three AI Giants Race the IPO Window
Washington keeps Claude offline for non-Americans, Anthropic projects its first operating profit, and a Fable 5 retention rule blocks Microsoft from its own model.
Anthropic Says AI Now Writes Its Own Code as AWS and Amazon Harden the Agent Stack
Self-improving models force a governance reckoning, AWS bolts knowledge and self-monitoring onto agents, and Google's HSBC win anchors a 5 billion pound UK push.
OpenAI Files for $1 Trillion IPO After $38.5B Loss as EU AI Labels Hit August Deadline
OpenAI's leaked financials test the AI capex thesis, EU labeling rules arrive in six weeks, and a Copilot flaw exposed 2FA codes across enterprise inboxes.
Salesforce Pays $3.6B for Fin as Meta Hides Face ID in 50 Million Phones
Enterprise software consolidates on agent-led support, Meta's dormant Pentagon-grade recognition code surfaces, and sovereign AI capital moves to India.
Amazon Fingered as Architect of Anthropic Ban as 42 AGs Circle OpenAI's IPO
An investor turned in its own portfolio company, state regulators escalate before OpenAI's listing, and consulting firms get caught publishing hallucinated research.
US Halts Anthropic Worldwide as Bezos Pours $18B Into Physical AI
Washington pulls a frontier model off the market, Prometheus banks $12B for manufacturing AI, and Google takes AI fraud to court.
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