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Sierra Acquires Takeoff, Launches Horizon Agent Platform
Sierra, the $15.8 billion AI customer service company used by nearly half the Fortune 50, has acquired Takeoff, a 14-month-old, three-person startup that grew from zero to near eight figures in annual revenue, to build a new platform that lets AI agents handle multi-step jobs over days or weeks without constant human supervision.
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Intel Posts Fastest Revenue Growth Since 2011
Intel's Q2 2026 revenue jumped 25% to $16.1 billion, powered almost entirely by AI-driven demand for server chips, and the results matter to business operators because they signal that spending on AI infrastructure is still accelerating, not cooling.
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Microsoft Launches Own AI Image and Voice Models
Microsoft has released two new in-house AI models, one for generating and editing images and one for powering voice interactions, and is now using them inside its own products like PowerPoint, OneDrive, and call center software, cutting its reliance on OpenAI while slashing its own costs.
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Meta Exits Green Energy Pledge, Funds 10 Gas Plants
Meta has left RE100, the corporate renewable energy commitment group it joined in 2016, after investing in ten natural gas power plants to run its AI data centers, a move that signals how AI infrastructure costs are quietly dismantling corporate green commitments across the tech sector.
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New AI Lab Prentis Raises $100M to Automate Office Work
A new AI lab called Prentis, backed by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Zynga founder Marc Pincus, is seeking $100 million at a $1 billion valuation to build AI that can take over routine computer tasks in industries like insurance, healthcare, and manufacturing.
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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5 at Half the Price of Fable 5
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 today, a model that matches or beats its more expensive Fable 5 on most everyday tasks at half the price, making powerful AI meaningfully cheaper for professional and enterprise users.
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Meta AI Adds Calendar and Daily Briefings
Meta is adding calendar access, daily briefings, and automated task management to its AI chatbot, a sharp change from its earlier focus on entertainment, and the update matters because it puts a productivity assistant in front of over a billion people who already use WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram every day.
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Cognition Buys Poke AI to Give Devin a Personality
Cognition, the company behind AI coding agent Devin, has acquired Poke, a text-message AI assistant known for chatting like a friend, in a deal worth over $100 million, signaling that how an AI tool speaks to people is now worth serious money.
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HR Departments Are Using AI Wrong, Data Shows
A new survey of 264 HR professionals finds that most are using AI only for simple tasks like writing and brainstorming, while those who have moved to AI-driven automated workflows are seeing results two to three times better than their peers, raising serious questions about the future relevance of HR functions that stay at the surface level.
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US Bets $5B on AI Science While Cutting the Labs Behind It
The Trump administration announced $5 billion for AI-driven research projects while simultaneously cutting tens of billions from the universities and research agencies that train the scientists those projects require.
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OpenAI Now Sells AI Agents With Engineers Included
OpenAI launched Presence, a managed service that deploys AI agents for customer service and internal operations inside enterprise companies, with OpenAI's own engineers doing the setup work rather than leaving it to the buyer.
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Google Gemini Spark Now Open to $20/Month Subscribers
Google has expanded its always-on AI assistant Spark to users paying $20 a month for Google AI Pro in the US, down from the $100 minimum it required at launch, which means a much larger slice of Google's paid user base can now try an AI that works in the background without them having to ask it anything.
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ChatGPT Now Reads Your Medical Records, Free Users Get Weaker Advice
OpenAI has rolled out a health feature that connects ChatGPT to personal medical records and fitness apps, but free users receive lower-quality health responses than paying subscribers, raising questions about a two-tier system in a space where accuracy can have real consequences.
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Claude Voice Mode Now Works With Smarter Models
Anthropic has upgraded Claude's voice mode to run on its more capable Sonnet and Opus models, added connections to Gmail, Slack, and Canva, and expanded to ten languages, closing a gap that made voice useful only for quick, surface-level questions.
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AI Hiring Tools Filter Out People Unfairly, Laws Are Catching Up
Australia's state of Victoria is moving to regulate AI in hiring after evidence that automated screening tools systematically disadvantage women, older workers, and people from diverse backgrounds, and any employer using AI to screen job applicants should understand that liability sits with them, not the software vendor.
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AegisAI Raises $36M to Block AI-Crafted Phishing Emails
A startup founded by former Google security engineers has raised $36 million to fight a fast-growing threat: AI tools that let criminals send thousands of highly personalized, convincing fake emails to businesses at once.
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Runway Launches Automatic Model Picker for Media Generation
Runway has launched a tool that automatically selects the best AI image, video, or audio model for each job based on quality, speed, or cost, positioning itself as the go-to platform for companies that build media generation into their own products.
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Etched Raises $300M, Valued at $10.3B for AI Chips
Etched, a three-year-old chip startup, has closed a $300 million funding round at a $10.3 billion valuation, doubling its worth in seven months, as the market for specialized AI processing chips heats up and demand from large AI companies outpaces supply.
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Google Gemini Reaches 950 Million Monthly Users
Google's AI assistant Gemini now has 950 million monthly users, just short of the billion mark, while its AI-powered search mode has already crossed that threshold, showing that Google is turning its massive existing user base into an AI distribution advantage that rivals cannot easily replicate.
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Claude Can Now Query Its Own Job Impact Data
Anthropic built a connector that lets any Claude user ask direct questions about its Economic Index, a dataset tracking how AI is changing work across hundreds of occupations and every US state, making labour-impact research instantly accessible without any technical setup.
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