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Reddit fans build Claude-coded tools to undercut FIFA World Cup ticket prices
A subreddit of 140,000 soccer fans is using Claude Code to scrape FIFA's marketplace, expose scalper markups, and route resales through WhatsApp.
San Francisco home sellers list properties for Anthropic stock instead of cash
At least three Bay Area listings will swap real estate for Anthropic equity as the company files for an IPO at a $965B valuation.
UK CMA forces Google to let publishers opt out of AI Overviews
The Competition and Markets Authority's new conduct rule lets website owners block their content from AI Overviews and model fine-tuning.
Google pledges to replenish more water than its data centers use by 2030
Five new water commitments and $17M in stewardship funding arrive as 70% of Americans say they oppose local data center construction.
DeepSeek lines up $7B maiden fundraise, its first outside capital
The Chinese AI lab behind R1 is moving from self-funded curiosity to venture-backed frontier player with a single round larger than most of its rivals' lifetime totals.
Megaport raises $594M after landing four AI infrastructure contracts
The Australian network-as-a-service provider taps equity markets to fund a pivot toward AI workloads after winning four customer deals.
Cyera nears $12B valuation at 80x ARR as data-security spend surges
Evolution Equity Partners is leading a $300M round just five months after Cyera's $9B Series F, lifting total capital raised past $2B.
Nvidia ships NemoClaw blueprint for autonomous industrial AI engineers
Cadence, Siemens, Synopsys and Dassault Systèmes are building agents on the new runtime to cut RTL verification from weeks to hours.
Labor economist Kathryn Anne Edwards rejects the AI 'idle class' thesis
Edwards argues US workers won't be permanently displaced by AI — but says the safety net is already broken regardless of whether 7 million jobs vanish.
Mathematicians sign Leiden Declaration warning against AI in research
The International Mathematical Union endorsed the document two weeks after OpenAI claimed an AI disproved an 80-year-old conjecture.
Microsoft unveils Surface RTX Spark Dev Box for local AI development
The mini Surface PC packs 128GB of unified memory and runs 120B-parameter models locally, filling the gap left by Qualcomm's canceled Snapdragon Dev Kit.
Microsoft unveils Project Solara, an Android-based OS for AI agent devices
Built on Android rather than Windows, Solara targets always-on agent hardware; AccuWeather, Best Buy, CVS, and Target are piloting reference designs.
Martin Scorsese signs on as adviser to AI image startup Black Forest Labs
The director will use the $3.25B-valued startup's tools for storyboarding — a narrow but symbolic crossover for Hollywood and generative AI.
Microsoft open-sources ASSERT, an AI tool that writes its own behavior tests
The framework turns plain-English policies into scored test cases, targeting the gap between generic model evals and application-specific behavior.
Uber caps employee AI spending at $1,500 per tool after burning annual budget in 4 months
The ridesharing company now meters Claude Code and Cursor usage on an internal dashboard after blowing through its AI budget.
Nvidia and Microsoft unify agentic AI stack across Windows, Azure, and on-prem
RTX Spark laptops, a 748GB deskside supercomputer, and GPU-accelerated Fabric land at Microsoft Build alongside Claude on GB300 Blackwell.
Google's Phone app will flag AI voice scams spoofing your contacts
A silent confirmation signal between Phone by Google users exposes spoofed calls; the feature is on by default for Android 12 and later, starting with Pixel.
Trump signs narrower AI executive order after industry pushback
The final order asks frontier AI labs to voluntarily submit models 30 days before release, down from 90 days in an earlier draft.
Amazon hit with class action over Ring's Familiar Faces AI
A Virginia resident says Ring's facial recognition feature scanned passersby without consent, reviving privacy concerns the EFF flagged in September.
Microsoft ships Agent Control Specification to rein in AI agent behavior
The open-source ACS lets developers define what agents can and cannot do, with policy checks at multiple points in a workflow.
Microsoft launches Scout, an always-on personal assistant built on OpenClaw
Scout enters preview for US Frontier customers this week, with 3,000 Microsoft employees already using the desktop app internally.
Opal pivots to AI hardware with $40M from OpenAI, valued at $275M
The webcam maker is rebranding as Opal Electronics and shipping an AI audio device in the next three to four months.
Anthropic expands Claude Mythos vulnerability hunt to 150 organizations across 15+ countries
Project Glasswing now covers power, water, healthcare, and hardware codebases — a day after Anthropic filed confidentially for an IPO.
OpenAI pushes Codex into white-collar work as weekly users hit 5M
Six job-specific plug-ins, a Sites feature, and a knowledge-work report mark OpenAI's serious move on enterprise turf Anthropic claimed first.
Travelers rolls out OpenAI-powered Claim Assistant nationwide
The insurer's Claim Assistant guides customers through filings and offers 24/7 support, with capacity to scale during catastrophe surges.
Google's Gemini Spark agent plans trips using Gmail, Docs, and your personal data
Spark is rolling out on Google's $99/month AI Ultra plan, pulling from across a user's Google footprint to draft itineraries, emails, and bookings.
Impulse Space raises $500M Series D, bets on human engineers over AI
Tom Mueller's in-space mobility startup will hire up to 200 engineers, citing thin training data for hardware design.
ZeroDrift raises $10M to police AI model outputs in real time
The seed round closed in three weeks and was 3x oversubscribed, with a16z Speedrun leading a bet on AI-on-AI compliance.
Hospital for Special Surgery puts agentic AI on 1,100 claims a month with Ema
HSS lifted appeals success from 65% to 100% in nine months and now plans to push AI agents into patient triage.
Jensen Huang calls Marvell the next trillion-dollar company; stock jumps 22%
Nvidia's CEO endorsed Marvell's networking chips at Computex; the chip designer is now up more than 158% year-to-date.
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