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Microsoft Unveils Scout, an OpenClaw-Inspired AI Assistant for Microsoft 365

Microsoft has unveiled Scout, a new AI personal assistant built on the OpenClaw framework, designed to bring autonomous agent capabilities to the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Announced on June 2, 2026, th

Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT fueled violence

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a first-of-its-kind state lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, accusing the company of rushing ChatGPT to market while ignoring safety

Claude AI Maker Anthropic Files for IPO, Eyes Wall Street Debut

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, has taken the first formal step toward going public. The company announced in a Monday blog post that it submitted a draft reg

SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers

SoftBank Group has unveiled plans to invest up to €75 billion (approximately $87 billion) to expand data center capacity in France. The Japanese conglomerate, which counts both OpenAI as an investor a

Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

Meta is working on an AI-powered wearable device that users can wear as a pendant, according to an internal memo reviewed by The Information. The company plans to begin testing the device within the n

Just like gold and oil, we’ll soon be able to trade AI token futures

China's Shanghai Futures Exchange is developing a derivatives market specifically for AI tokens, joining CME Group and the Intercontinental Exchange in building infrastructure for trading AI-related f

Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point

Glean, the enterprise AI search platform sometimes called "the Google for work," has hit $300 million in annual recurring revenue, tripling its $100 million revenue mark from just 15 months prior. The

Asana Acquires StackAI for $75M to Become AI-First Workplace Platform

Asana has purchased StackAI, a no-code agent-building platform, for $75 million as part of its push to become an AI-first workplace platform. The acquisition, announced Thursday alongside Asana's earn

Anthropic Drops Opus 4.8 with New Dynamic Workflow Tool After Record 41-Day Cycle

Anthropic has launched Opus 4.8, the latest iteration of its flagship AI model, marking the fastest upgrade cycle in the company's recent history. The new model arrived just 41 days after Opus 4.7 hit

Vertu's $6,880 Alphafold Targets CEOs with AI Assistant

Vertu, the luxury smartphone maker headquartered in Hong Kong, has unveiled the Alphafold, a foldable device designed specifically for business executives who need to manage company operations on the

AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation

Cognition, the startup behind the autonomous AI software engineer Devin, has secured over $1 billion in new funding at a $25 billion pre-money valuation, the company revealed Wednesday. This marks a d

OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year

OpenRouter, an AI gateway startup founded in 2023, has secured $113 million in Series B funding led by CapitalG, Alphabet's growth venture fund. The company now commands a valuation of approximately $

This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots

Human Archive, a Silicon Valley-based startup, has raised $8.2 million in seed funding to pursue an unconventional strategy: using workers from India's gig economy to collect first-person video data t

Grok Falters: Musk's AI Chatbot Barely Registers

Elon Musk's "truth-seeking" AI chatbot Grok is struggling to gain traction, according to a new Reuters investigation. The report reveals that Grok barely registers in federal records documenting how t

Trump delays AI security executive order, saying language ‘could have been a blocker’

President Donald Trump has postponed signing an executive order that would have established a process for the government to review AI models before their public release. Trump told the White House pre

Trump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’

President Donald Trump has put off signing an executive order that would have established a process for the government to review AI models before they're released to the public. At the White House, Tr

Nvidia posts another record quarter, reveals $43B of holdings in startups

Nvidia reported another quarter of record-breaking financial results, with $81.6 billion in revenue for the period ending April 26, representing a 20% increase from the previous quarter. The company's

Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter

Anthropic is on track to report its first profitable quarter, with the AI startup telling investors it expects to more than double its revenue to approximately $10.9 billion in Q2, according to the Wa

OpenAI Pushes Toward IPO After Musk's Legal Challenge Fails

A day after Elon Musk's legal challenge against OpenAI fell apart in court, the artificial intelligence company is pushing ahead with plans to go public, according to people familiar with the matter w

AI Search Wars Heat Up as Exa Labs Bags $250M From Andreessen Horowitz

Google's announcement that it plans to overhaul its traditional search product with AI features grabbed headlines this week, but the tech giant isn't the only one gunning for the next generation of in

Elon Musk said Sam Altman ‘stole’ a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims

A jury rejected Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI's founders and Microsoft, delivering a swift verdict that legal observers saw as validation of what unfolded in court. Musk's case was considered wea

How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches

Google unveiled AI agents at its I/O 2026 keynote that operate continuously in the background, monitoring topics users specify rather than waiting for manual searches. The new agentic capabilities let

Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare

Anthropic has completed the acquisition of Stainless, a New York-based startup founded in 2022 by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray. The deal, valued at over $300 million according to The Informatio

Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI

A California jury unanimously rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI and its leadership, finding that his lawsuit was filed after the legal deadline expired. The verdict, delivered by nine jurors

Revamped Siri will reportedly offer auto-deleting chats

Apple is positioning privacy as its competitive advantage in the artificial intelligence race, with a revamped Siri that will give users granular control over how long their conversations are stored.

Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial

Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI delivered their closing arguments this week, leaving it to jurors to determine whether OpenAI acted improperly during its controversial transformation into a more prof

The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush

Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das is raising alarms about what he calls a stark wealth divide in the AI industry. In a lengthy social media post, Das described the current atmosphere in San Francisco a

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman takes charge of product strategy

Greg Brockman, OpenAI's co-founder and president, is now officially leading the company's product strategy, according to a Wired report. This move formalizes an existing arrangement where Brockman has

OpenAI keeps shuffling its executives in bid to win AI agent battle

OpenAI announced another major reorganization Friday, consolidating product divisions and officially putting company president Greg Brockman in charge of all product efforts. In a memo obtained by The

AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone

Andon Labs conducted an experiment called "Thinking Frequencies" where four AI models each ran their own internet radio station with $20 in seed money and minimal oversight. The stations included "Ope

Osaurus brings both local and cloud AI models to your Mac

Osaurus, a new open source platform, is bringing flexibility to Mac users who want to experiment with different AI models without sacrificing privacy. The platform acts as a control hub that lets user

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts

OpenAI has introduced personal finance capabilities to ChatGPT, with the new tools now available in preview for Pro subscribers in the United States as of Friday. The feature allows users to link thei

The OpenAI trial wraps up, and the Musk founder machine keeps spinning

The high-profile trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman concluded this week, with closing arguments repeatedly centering on one critical question: whether the public can place trust in thos

Runway Aims to Dethrone Google with AI Video Revolution

Runway, an AI video-generation startup based in New York, is positioning itself as a challenger to tech giants like Google and OpenAI by betting that the future of artificial intelligence lies in vide

Codex Coding Assistant Now on Mobile, Revolutionizing On-the-Go Development

OpenAI has brought its Codex coding assistant directly into the ChatGPT mobile app, letting developers keep tabs on their coding projects from anywhere. The feature, rolled out Thursday in preview mod

Jury Deliberates Fate of OpenAI in High-Stakes Musk v Altman Trial

Nine California jurors began deliberations in a high-stakes case that could reshape the future of OpenAI, the world's leading artificial intelligence laboratory. The trial centers on Elon Musk's alleg

Breakthrough in AI Coding: 'Vibe Coding' Revolutionizes App Development

Anthropic's Claude Code tool underwent a significant transformation in late 2025, shifting from a code generator that frequently failed to one that now produces working software almost every time. Thi

Anthropic Poised to Dominate AI with $950 Billion Valuation

Anthropic appears poised to cement its position as a dominant force in artificial intelligence. The company is reportedly in talks to raise tens of billions in a funding round that could value it at a

Sam Altman's AI Regulatory Agency Worth

During his congressional testimony on AI regulation, Sam Altman faced pointed questions from Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana. When Kennedy asked if Altman might qualify to run a hypothetical AI regu

Musk Considered Handing OpenAI to His Children

Sam Altman took the stand today in defense against a lawsuit filed by his former co-founder Elon Musk, who is challenging OpenAI's corporate structure. When asked about Musk's claim that OpenAI's othe

AI Startup Unveils 'Listening' AI That Interrupts and Responds in Real Time

Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup launched last year by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, has unveiled what it's calling "interaction models" — essentially, AI systems designed t

OpenAI Unveils Daybreak, AI-Powered Cybersecurity Initiative

OpenAI has unveiled Daybreak, a new cybersecurity initiative designed to identify and fix security vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them. The system leverages GPT-5.5-Cyber along wi

Thinking Machines Unveils Groundbreaking AI Interaction Models

Mira Murati, the former CTO of OpenAI, has founded a new AI company called Thinking Machines that announced on May 11, 2026, a new approach to artificial intelligence called "interaction models." Acco

Digg 2.0: AI-Powered News Aggregator Revives Web Icon

Kevin Rose's Digg has returned once more, this time pivoting to become an AI-focused news aggregator. The site, which Rose previewed on X on May 8th, marks another chapter in the long history of the l

GPT-5.5 Price Hike: 49-92% Increase Over Predecessor

OpenAI's latest flagship model GPT-5.5 carries a significant price premium over its predecessor, with costs rising between 49 and 92 percent depending on how long the input is, according to an analysi

Broadcom Demands 40% Microsoft Stake for OpenAI Chip

OpenAI's ambitious project to develop a custom AI chip with Broadcom has encountered a significant hurdle due to funding concerns. According to reports, Broadcom is hesitant to proceed with the produc

Musk Poached OpenAI CEO, Trial Takes Dramatic Turn

Elon Musk's High-Stakes Lawsuit Against OpenAI Continues to Unfold. In the second week of the highly publicized trial, OpenAI fired back at Musk's allegations, sparking a heated exchange in the courtr

OpenAI Bolsters Codex Security with Robust Sandbox Framework

OpenAI has implemented a robust security framework to ensure the safe and compliant operation of its Codex coding agent. At the heart of this framework is sandboxing, a technique that isolates the Cod

Enterprise AI Market Heats Up with Strategic Moves

The Enterprise AI Market Heats Up with a Series of Strategic Moves The past week has seen a flurry of activity in the enterprise AI space, with several major players making significant moves to stake

Microsoft Fears OpenAI Shift to Amazon Amid Azure Backlash

A recent court filing in the high-profile Musk v. Altman trial has shed light on the inner workings of Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI. According to the documents, Microsoft executives were concer

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