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PolicyAI safety/regulation

U.S. Presses Meta to Agree to A.I. Reviews as Security Concerns Rise

Federal officials are urging the lone major tech company holdout to allow government safety evaluations, weeks after ordering Anthropic to pull its latest... nytimes.com

NewsAI geopolitics / Microsoft China

Microsoft Makes Big AI Inroads in China by Selling OpenAI Models

Microsoft Corp. has built a big business selling AI models to Chinese companies despite the growing rivalry between the US and China over artificial... bloomberg.com

NewsAI talent / executive moves

Google Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer leaves for OpenAI

Google's vice president of engineering and a co-leader of its Gemini AI models announced Wednesday he is leaving the company to join OpenAI. cnbc.com

NewsAI safety / government intervention

A warning from Amazon led the White House to shut down Anthropic’s Mythos model

Amazon's CEO reportedly raised the alarm about a jailbreak in Anthropic's Fable 5 model, triggering an unprecedented export control order and a fresh clash... fortune.com

NewsAI policy/security

Amazon CEO’s Talks With U.S. Officials Triggered Crackdown on Anthropic Models

Information shared with Trump administration sparked move to halt foreign access to company's powerful AI tools. wsj.com

LaunchApple AI / Siri

Apple introduces Siri AI, a profoundly more capable and personal assistant

Powered by Apple Intelligence, the new version of Siri is profoundly more capable and conversational, and deeply integrated across products. apple.com

NewsApple AI partnerships

Apple partnering with Google and Nvidia for most advanced AI model

Apple showed off Siri AI demos at its annual WWDC keynote in Cupertino, Calif. Software SVP Craig Federighi and other execs discussed how Siri AI was built... cnbc.com

NewsMicrosoft AI strategy

Microsoft Builds Its Own AI Stack To Cut OpenAI Dependence

Microsoft used Build 2026 to launch seven in-house MAI models, new Cobalt 200 silicon and the Majorana 2 quantum chip, a clear move to depend less on... forbes.com

NewsAI infrastructure deals

Google to Pay SpaceX Nearly $1 Billion a Month in Cloud-Computing Deal

The deal gives SpaceX a new stream of revenue for its artificial-intelligence business ahead of IPO. wsj.com

NewsAI infrastructure deals

SpaceX lands Google AI compute deal after Anthropic pact ahead of IPO

SpaceX said on Friday it has entered into a multi-year cloud services agreement with Alphabet's Google, locking ​in computing capacity as it prepares for... reuters.com

NewsAI infrastructure deals

SpaceX Has $30 Billion Deal to Provide Google With A.I. Computing Power

Elon Musk's rocket company said Google would pay it $920 million a month, as it prepared for its initial public offering. nytimes.com

NewsMicrosoft in-house AI models

Microsoft debuts in-house AI models as it looks to ease reliance on OpenAI

Microsoft (MSFT) on Tuesday unveiled a collection of seven AI models developed by its Microsoft AI Superintelligence Team as part of the company's annual... finance.yahoo.com

NewsMicrosoft Build 2026 keynote

Everything we learned from the Microsoft Build 2026 keynote

Microsoft is so keen to help you deploy AI agents, it's building its own version of OpenClaw — and a new agentic OS based on Android rather than Windows. mashable.com

NewsAI infrastructure investment

Google Seeks $80 Billion for AI Buildout; Berkshire Will Buy $10 Billion Stake

Company says it will use the money to finance data-center expansion and secure computing capacity. wsj.com

NewsAI search transformation

Google Shifts to AI Search, Heralding Major Change in How People Use the Internet

The company's sweeping AI overhaul of Search could reshape how billions of people find information—and impact the publishers and businesses who depend on... time.com

NewsGoogle I/O 2026 / Gemini 3.5 / AI agents

All the news from the Google I/O 2026 Developer keynote

Discover how Google is redefining development at I/O 2026. Explore the new Gemini 3.5 series, the Antigravity 2.0 agent platform, and cutting-edge AI agent... developers.googleblog.com

NewsAI infrastructure

Exclusive | Google and Blackstone to Create New AI Cloud Company

The duo said Monday they plan to launch the unnamed U.S. company with $5 billion in equity capital from Blackstone, confirming an earlier report by The Wall... wsj.com

NewsAI infrastructure

Blackstone will create a new TPU cloud in a joint venture with Google.

Today, Blackstone announced a joint venture with Google to create a new TPU cloud, giving customers more choice and flexibility in how they access cloud... blog.google

NewsBig Tech AI strategy

Meta Reassigns 7,000 Employees to Focus on A.I.

The company announced the changes two days before it plans to lay off 10 percent of its work force, or about 8000 employees. nytimes.com

NewsMicrosoft post-OpenAI strategy

Exclusive: Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI

Microsoft is shopping ​for artificial-intelligence startups as the software company prepares for a future independent of its once-vital partner OpenAI,... reuters.com