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Anthropic expands collaboration with Amazon for up to 5 gigawatts of compute, starting this quarter with nearly 1GW by end of 2026.
Amazon announced plans to invest up to another $25 billion in Anthropic, expanding their AI infrastructure partnership and underscoring massive capital flowing into frontier AI labs. This follows prior investments and aims to accelerate Anthropic's model development.
In a Bloomberg Q&A, Anthropic detailed its Mythos model, a 'step change' in capabilities that's sparking security concerns due to its prowess in identifying software vulnerabilities. The model is in limited testing amid ethical debates.
Vibe-coding AI platform Lovable clarifies no hack occurred; public project settings intentionally showed chats and code, but docs were unclear—now fixed for chats. Legacy projects remain viewable.
TSMC now expects stronger sales growth in 2026 due to solid demand for AI chips from customers like Nvidia and Broadcom. The company positions itself as a key pick-and-shovel play in the AI boom with diversified clients including Apple, AMD, and Marvell.
Latest roundup of U.S. state legislation targeting AI, including requirements for impact assessments and prohibitions on certain uses in hiring.
Following a watchdog report on understaffing, the DoD is deploying AI to screen professors funded by Pentagon grants for ties to China, accelerating security reviews.
Google rolled out a feature allowing Gemini to access users' Google Photos for 'personalized' image generation using the new Nano Banana model, creating visuals tailored to personal tastes without detailed prompts. Available now on Android and iOS apps.
Amazon Bedrock now supports Claude Opus 4.7, enabling enterprise access to Anthropic's latest model alongside other updates like AWS Interconnect GA.
Adobe announced the rollout of AI agents to enterprise users, integrating advanced AI capabilities into its software suite to boost productivity. This move positions Adobe as a leader in AI-enhanced creative and business tools.
Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd, positioning as a Nvidia alternative, is seeking €100 million in funding to scale production and challenge the AI accelerator market.
New platform with Metaculus predicts AI's effects on jobs, backed by Schultz Family Foundation.
ActionAI secured $10M in seed funding from UAE investors to build reliable AI automation for enterprises, addressing hallucinations and trust gaps in agentic workflows.
Salesforce dramatically changes its pricing structure, signaling shifts in enterprise AI adoption and competition.
64% of pros see AI revolutionizing venues, yet only 7% acting, per new report.
Google plans to announce next-generation TPUs optimized for speed and efficiency at its Cloud Next event, intensifying competition with Nvidia amid rising AI compute demands.
Meta employed a University of Maryland-led safety framework to rigorously test its latest multimodal AI model, ensuring robustness against risks before deployment.
Google is supplying its Gemini AI models for classified U.S. military use, marking a return to defense contracts after past employee protests.
Choice Hotels partners with AWS to integrate generative AI across operations, from personalization to revenue management, setting new industry benchmarks.
Explosive AI data center growth is straining power grids, potentially eroding hyperscaler margins as energy costs soar despite massive capex.
German pharma giant Boehringer Ingelheim is opening its fourth AI/ML center in London with £150M investment over 10 years to accelerate drug discovery using advanced computing. It joins sites in Austria, Germany, and the US, partnering with OpenAI, Google, and others. Focus: targeted therapies for unmet needs.
Analysts predict agentic AI will add $32.5-60B to data-center CPU market by 2030, expanding beyond GPUs.
Maine lawmakers have passed the first U.S. moratorium on new AI data centers, halting approvals for 120 days to assess energy and infrastructure impacts. The move addresses concerns over massive power demands straining the grid.
EV maker Faraday Future raised $45M from a US investor to scale its embodied AI (EAI) robotics ecosystem, with $15M allocated immediately.