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Protest at Microsoft HQ: Activists Occupy Brad Smith's Office in Cloud Contract Dispute On Monday, Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters went into lockdown after a group of activists entered Building 34 and staged a sit-in inside President Brad Smith’s office. The protesters, identifying as the “No Azure for
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Anthropic Introduces Claude AI Agent for Chrome Anthropic has announced the research preview of its new browser-based AI agent, Claude for Chrome, marking a significant step in integrating advanced AI capabilities directly into users' web browsing experience. What Is Claude for Chrome? Claude for Chrome is an AI-powered assistant
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Anthropic Settles Lawsuit With Authors Over AI Book Training AI research company Anthropic has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of fiction and non-fiction authors regarding its use of books to train large language models. The settlement, announced in a recent filing with the
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Why Government Equity Won’t Solve Intel’s Foundry Crisis The U.S. government made headlines recently with a controversial proposal: turning Intel’s expected grant money into a 10% government equity stake. While this marks a historic shift in U.S. industrial policy, it raises more questions than solutions—
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Meta Launches Major Pro-AI Super PAC to Shape California Policy Meta is making a bold move in the fast-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, committing tens of millions of dollars to launch a new super PAC in California. The group, named Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, aims to back
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IBM and AMD Join Forces on Quantum-AI Hybrid Architecture After trailing in the generative AI race, IBM and AMD have announced a strategic partnership to develop next-generation computing systems that blend quantum computing with advanced AI chips. This collaboration marks a significant move as both companies look to reposition themselves
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OpenAI Faces Lawsuit After ChatGPT Linked to Teen Tragedy A landmark lawsuit has been filed against OpenAI by the parents of Adam Raine, a sixteen-year-old who died by suicide after months of interacting with ChatGPT about his mental health and suicidal thoughts. This case has brought renewed scrutiny to the
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Gemini 2.5 Flash: Google’s New Leap in AI Image Editing Google is rolling out a powerful update to its Gemini chatbot with the introduction of the Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model. This upgrade brings advanced, precise image editing to millions of users and developers, aiming to close
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NotebookLM Broadens Multilingual Capabilities with New Video and Audio Overview Support Google has announced a major update to NotebookLM, expanding its Video Overview and Audio Overview features to support 80 languages worldwide. This development means users can now generate visual and audio summaries in languages including French, German, Spanish, Japanese,
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Silicon Valley Rallies Behind Pro-AI Political Action Committees for 2026 Elections Silicon Valley is stepping up its political involvement ahead of the next US midterm elections by investing more than $100 million in a network of pro-AI political action committees (PACs). Major industry figures—including venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz
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Robomart Unveils Affordable Autonomous Delivery Robot to Shake Up Food Delivery Robomart, a Los Angeles-based startup specializing in self-driving delivery vehicles, has announced the launch of its latest model, the Robomart RM5. This new level-four autonomous robot aims to disrupt the food delivery landscape with an attractive $3 flat delivery
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Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2025: Introducing the Next VC Judges Startup founders and tech enthusiasts have even more reason to keep an eye on Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. The judging panel just got a significant boost, with a new lineup of prominent venture capitalists set to challenge