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Probably AI Raises $9M to Stop AI Errors at the Source
A new startup called Probably, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, has built a system that catches AI errors before they reach users, and can run on a regular office computer instead of expensive cloud servers, which matters because enterprise AI bills are already spiraling out of control.
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Databricks Launches CustomerLake, an AI-Powered CDP
Databricks has built a customer marketing platform directly inside its data infrastructure, letting large companies run AI-driven campaigns without copying sensitive customer data into yet another separate tool.
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Data Centers Try to Use Less Power to Get Built Faster
A startup called Emerald AI, backed by Nvidia, is testing software that lets data centers voluntarily reduce their electricity use during peak demand, a move that could help new facilities connect to the grid years faster, while a wave of public backlash and new legislation is making the old approach of just consuming as much power as needed increasingly untenable.
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AI Costs Are Now a Budget Problem for Every Company
Companies that gave employees open-ended access to AI tools are now hitting unexpectedly large bills, and the situation is only getting more expensive as AI moves from answering questions to taking multi-step actions on its own.
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Malaysia's Respond.io Raises $62.5M to Enter Western Markets
A profitable Malaysian startup that helps businesses manage customer conversations across WhatsApp, TikTok, and Instagram just raised $62.5 million to expand into North America and Europe, where the shift to messaging-first sales is finally accelerating.
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DOJ Uses National Security to Shield xAI From Air Pollution Suit
The US Justice Department sided with Elon Musk's xAI in a lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines, arguing that shutting them down threatens military operations, a move that sets a striking precedent for how AI companies could sidestep environmental rules.
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Over 21 Million Songs Were Taken to Train AI
The Atlantic published searchable databases showing more than 21 million songs were fed into AI music tools without artist consent, and the legal fights that followed are now reshaping how the entire music industry handles copyright.
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Google's Gemma 4 Models Now Available on Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Bedrock now offers Google DeepMind's Gemma 4 model family, giving businesses a way to run capable open-weight AI on AWS infrastructure without managing servers or sending data to third parties.
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Facebook Adds AI Search Pulling from Public Posts
Meta has launched AI Mode on Facebook, a search feature that turns public posts and group discussions into direct answers, as the company moves to make its platforms more useful while building toward paid subscription tiers.
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Anthropic Sued Over $200/Month Claude Usage Limits
A paying customer has filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Anthropic, claiming the company's premium Claude Max plans charged up to $200 a month for usage levels that were far lower than advertised, and nearly impossible for subscribers to track in real time.
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Salesforce Buys Fin (ex-Intercom) for $3.6 Billion
Salesforce is acquiring Fin, the AI customer service company formerly known as Intercom, for $3.6 billion, a move that signals how seriously large enterprise software companies are betting their futures on AI agents replacing human support staff.
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US Bans Chinese Drones, Skydio Fills the Gap
Skydio, the only large-scale US drone manufacturer, now serves every branch of the American military, over 1,200 police and fire agencies, and hundreds of energy utilities, after the US government banned new foreign-made drones in December 2025 and eliminated its main low-cost competitor.
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India's Sarvam AI Raises $234M, Valued at $1.5 Billion
Sarvam AI, the Indian startup building AI tools for Indian languages and government services, has closed a $234 million funding round led by HCLTech at a $1.5 billion valuation, making it India's newest AI unicorn at a moment when the US government just proved why countries need their own AI.
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Huawei Launches HarmonyOS 7 as Apple Exits China AI
Huawei launched HarmonyOS 7 just days after Apple confirmed its new Siri AI will not be available in China, giving Huawei a clear opening in the world's largest smartphone market at exactly the moment the AI race in consumer devices is heating up.
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Consumers Let AI Agents Shop for Them, Bypassing Brands
A large Accenture survey of 25,590 consumers across 16 countries finds that most people are now willing to hand routine shopping tasks to AI agents, and the practical consequence is that brands lose the direct relationship with the buyer.
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Meta Tested Military-Grade Face ID on Its Glasses
Meta secretly built a face-recognition system into the app powering its Ray-Ban smart glasses, using software from a Pentagon supplier, and the code sat dormant on more than 50 million phones before being removed only after a press investigation.
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US Government Shuts Anthropic AI for the World, No End in Sight
The US government forced Anthropic to pull its two most powerful AI models for everyone on the planet after a disputed security claim, and one week later the models are still offline, leaving businesses worldwide to reckon with a new reality: cloud-based AI tools can vanish overnight by order of a foreign government.
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Companies Blame AI for Layoffs While Profits Hit Records
Tech companies are cutting tens of thousands of jobs, pointing to AI as the reason, but the evidence suggests pandemic-era overhiring and cost management are doing most of the work, and the wealth gap forming in real time is creating a level of public anger that businesses outside tech should be paying close attention to.
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Beijing Forces Meta to Return $2B Chinese AI Acquisition
China's government has ordered Meta to give back Manus, the AI startup it bought for $2 billion just six months ago, marking the first time Beijing has ever forced a buyer to undo a deal that was already closed, and signaling that no offshore restructuring trick will protect Chinese-built technology from state control.
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KPMG AI Report Pulled After Nearly Every Citation Was Fake
KPMG published a report praising AI adoption that turned out to be packed with AI-invented facts and fake citations, the latest in a series of similar failures at major consulting firms, raising a practical question every manager should now ask before trusting research from trusted names.
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