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Senator claims Meta ignored warnings about teens using AI chatbots
Lawmakers are continuing to pile pressure on Meta to overhaul its safety procedures and rules for kids using its artificial intelligence products.
Why Anthropic, Cursor & FAL Ditched Traditional Sales Playbooks: The New Go-to-Market for Technical Teams and Product-Led Growth
From the SaaStr Annual / AI Summit – How three breakout AI companies rewrote the rules of enterprise sales. And see everyone at 2026 Annual + AI Summit May 12-14...
Nebius Group hits record high as $17.4 billion Microsoft deal affirms expansion strategy
Nebius Group’s shares jumped nearly 44% to $91.75 on Tuesday, touching a record high as investors cheered its $17.4-billion deal supplying AI infrastructure to Microsoft over a five-year period.
Claude can now edit and create files, including Excel spreadsheets
Starting today, Claude Max, Team or Education subscribers can start using the chatbot to create and edit files.
The UAE Showcases Its Abilities In AI Reasoning With K2 Think Model
Besides the technical innovations it brings, the K2 Think model reflects the serious investments of the Emirati government to establishing leadership in open-source AI.
Midjourney Is in Major Trouble
AI image generator Midjourney is in major trouble after being accused of facilitating mass copyright infringement.
Anthropic Agrees to $1.5B Settlement
AI company Anthropic has confirmed it will pay $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit brought by authors and book publishers.
Lilly launches AI-powered platform to accelerate drug discovery
Drugmaker Eli Lilly said on Tuesday it is launching an artificial intelligence and machine learning platform that provides biotech companies access to drug discovery models trained on years of its...
Claude can now create and use files
Claude can now create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks, and PDFs directly in Claude.ai and the desktop app.
A $17 billion AI deal with Microsoft is boosting this under-the-radar tech stock by more than 50%
Nebius stock is surging on news that it’s secured a $17 billion contract with Microsoft to supply critical AI infrastructure.
OpenAI Says AI Hallucinations Are Systemic, Not a Bug
Large language models don’t just make mistakes. They sometimes invent answers with striking confidence. A new paper from OpenAI researchers Adam Tauman
Eli Lilly invites biotechs to use its new AI platform to help develop their own drugs
Eli Lilly is inviting early-stage biotechs to make use of drug discovery models that the pharma is providing via an new AI platform. | Eli Lilly is inviting early-stage biotechs...
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$50M People-First AI Fund opens for applications Sept 8–Oct 8, 2025.
PromptQL’s $900/hour AI engineers are coming for McKinsey’s AI business
PromptQL, a billion-dollar AI startup, is disrupting traditional consulting by offering $900/hour access to its engineers, aiming to solve the 95% enterprise AI failure rate.
Exclusive: Nuclearn gets $10.5M to help the nuclear industry embrace AI
Nuclearn has developed AI tools to help reactor operators automate routine paperwork. “Think of it as the junior employee,” the company tells customers.
Nebius jumps after $17.4-billion AI computing deal with Microsoft
Nebius Group’s shares surged nearly 55% to $99.2 on Tuesday as investors cheered its $17.4-billion deal supplying AI infrastructure to Microsoft over a five-year period.
The United Arab Emirates Releases a Tiny But Powerful AI Model
K2 Think compares well with reasoning models from OpenAI and DeepSeek but is smaller and more efficient, say researchers based in Abu Dhabi.
From Biometrics to Bot-to-Bot Marketing: Key Takeaways from WPP’s Advertising in 2030 Report
The report highlights how advertising will evolve—AI transforming creative workflows, price overtaking purpose, and global regulation giving way to fragmented, region-specific approaches in data and commerce.
OpenAI launches ‘OpenAI for Science’ initiative to build the ‘next great scientific instrument’ – here’s what we know
A bold leap into the future of AI-powered discovery
Microsoft’s new light-based computer inspired by 80-year-old technology — it could make AI 100 times more efficient
Microsoft’s latest computing system uses micro-LEDs and camera sensors to perform calculations.
Sweden launches AI music licence to protect songwriters
Sweden’s music rights organisation has introduced a licence that allows artificial intelligence companies to legally use copyrighted songs for training their models, while ensuring that songwriters and composers are paid.
Nebius leaps after $17.4-billion AI computing deal with Microsoft
Nebius Group’s shares jumped 41% to $90.3 on Tuesday as investors cheered its $17.4-billion deal supplying AI infrastructure to Microsoft over a five-year period.
Volkswagen to invest up to a billion euros in AI by end of decade
Volkswagen will invest up to a billion euros ($1.2 billion) in artificial intelligence by 2030, feeding the technology into every area of its business in a bid to unlock billions...
Nebius shares soar 49% in premarket trading on multi-billion AI infrastructure deal with Microsoft
Nebius shares are soaring after the company announced a multi-year deal with Microsoft to provide cloud computing power for AI workloads.
Nvidia Accuses Rivals of Being A.I. Doomers as US Debates Sale of Chips to China
Rankling national security experts, the chipmaker has stepped up attacks on lawmakers who are pushing restrictions.
European AI gets boost as Dutch tech giant invests €1.3B in France’s Mistral
The French firm is one of the few European companies to develop AI models and chatbots that rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Reinforcement Learning Foundations for Deep Research Systems: A Survey
Deep research systems, agentic AI that solve complex, multi-step tasks by coordinating reasoning, search across the open web and user files, and tool use, are moving toward hierarchical…
AI firm Mistral valued at $14 billion as chip giant ASML takes major stake
ASML pumped 1.3 billion euros in Mistral AI’s 1.7 billion-euro funding round as lead investor, gaining a 11% shareholding in the French company.
ASML becomes biggest Mistral investor in boost to Europe’s AI ambitions
Dutch chip equipment maker ASML has invested 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to become the biggest investor in French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI in a significant boost to Europe’s...
AI starts to explain itself in drug discovery labs
IBM and MIT are among the organizations working to make AI more trustworthy and explainable in the field of drug discovery, giving scientists clearer insight into how models arrive at...
ASML says it will take 11% stake in Mistral AI
ASML will invest 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI, becoming its main shareholder with a stake of about 11%, the Dutch chip equipment maker...
Judge rejects Anthropic’s record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement for AI copyright lawsuit
According to Bloomberg Law, the federal judge is concerned that the class lawyers struck a deal that will be forced “down the throat of authors.”
Protecting the Grid with Artificial Intelligence
The electric grid powers everything from traffic lights to pharmacy fridges. However, it regularly faces threats from severe storms and advanced attackers. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed brain-inspired...
Zendesk reports 30% faster response, 95% reliability after GPT-5 integration
GPT-5 is able to handle more complex multi-turn inquiries and even execute multi-step processes like returns.
Microsoft taps Nebius to supply up to $20bn of AI computing power
Big Tech group inks five-year deal to help power its artificial intelligence ambitions
World Nuclear Association Welcomes Microsoft Corporation as Newest Member
Tech Company’s Membership Signals Nuclear Power’s Central Role in Powering the AI Revolution
Anthropic backs California bill that mandates AI transparency measures
The bill, if passed, would set some of the first broad legal requirements for AI companies in the United States.
Nebius’ stock soars 60% on multibillion-dollar AI infrastructure deal with Microsoft
Nebius said it signed a multibillion-dollar agreement to provide Microsoft with artificial intelligence infrastructure.
ElevenLabs: From 0 to $300M ARR in 3 Years. Why The Best AI B2B Apps Are Exploding
How the AI application layer is creating a new class of hypergrowth B2B companies—and what separates the winners from the noise We’re witnessing something unprecedented in SaaS: AI applicatio…
Nebius signs $17.4 billion AI infrastructure deal with Microsoft, shares jump
Nebius Group said on Monday it will provide Microsoft with GPU infrastructure capacity, in a deal worth $17.4 billion, over a five-year term, sending its shares soaring over 47% after...