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SpaceX signs compute deal with Reflection AI, founded by ex‑DeepMind researchers
SpaceX just bet big on open-source AI. Using someone else's chips. The rocket company signed a massive compute deal with startup Reflection AI. Payment? Access to the Colossus data center. That facility is a pure power plant for training AI.
AWS launches Continuum and another service to add context, security to AI agents
AI agents are brilliant at generating code, making decisions, and even running entire workflows, until they hit the real world. That’s where context collapses and security gaps open.
Amazon pulls OpenAI drama starring Andrew Garfield after USD 50 B deal
Amazon just purchased a $50 billion problem. It began with a studio, MGM, and what seemed like a surefire prestige pitch: a drama about the chaotic firing and re-hiring of OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Andrew Garfield was set to star.
Perplexity launches Brain, a self‑improving memory that builds context graphs
Perplexity just gave its AI a brain. Not a bigger model, not a faster inference engine, a memory that learns while you sleep. The system, called Brain, builds context graphs from an agent’s work, then refines them overnight.
Bernie Sanders proposes USD 7 trillion plan for U.S. public control of AI
Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled a $7 trillion plan on Tuesday. Its goal: to wrestle artificial intelligence development away from Silicon Valley and the Pentagon.
General Intuition seeks USD 300M raise at USD 2B valuation, backed by Bezos, Schmidt
Two billion dollars. That’s the price tag Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt are attaching to a startup that isn’t selling you a world model, it’s training agents with them.
JSON output reveals annual premium of EUR 125,000, recorded in meta block on page 4
A company's annual insurance bill is EUR 125,000. You won't find it in an invoice. It's sitting in a JSON file. The data came from page four of a document, from inside a meta block. A machine read it.
Midjourney launches 'Midjourney Scanner' to capture full-body ultrasound slices
Midjourney has stopped drawing your D&D character and started mapping your gallbladder. The company just announced a "Midjourney Scanner" for full-body ultrasound slices. It's the same basic tech, repurposed. They've swapped fantasy for fascia.
CEO‑Bench tests AI agents by running a simulated startup for 500 days
Forget the demo videos where AI solves problems in a clean, ten-second clip. CEO-Bench runs the experiment for 500 brutal days. It puts an AI agent in charge of a simulated startup, with a full bank account and a mess of problems.
OpenAI releases three free AI courses, including beginner AI Foundations
Everyone is talking about AI. Almost no one knows how to actually use it. OpenAI now offers a free, three-step path to fix that. It's three courses. They are free. They come with certificates. They are built directly on OpenAI's own platform.
Odyssey valued at USD 1.45B with Amazon backing, maps using backpack cameras
Odyssey is worth $1.45 billion, and it got there by sending people into the streets with cameras strapped to their backs. That’s the same trick Google Earth pulled, except Google used cars.
Anthropic faces unclear export rules; impact on existing regulations uncertain
Another AI company has slammed into a regulatory wall. The bricks, however, are invisible. This week, Anthropic became subject to US export controls. The rules are notoriously vague.
Pinterest unveils experimental AI shopping app “Ask Pinterest” using its own data
Pinterest is building a chatbot that shops. Dubbed "Ask Pinterest," the limited experimental app creates a sandbox. There, users describe a need in plain text.
SpaceX to buy Cursor for USD 60 billion as platform struggles to break even
Sixty billion dollars for a company that doesn't make money. Only in AI. SpaceX is buying Cursor, the coding tool, for that price. The platform is good. It's also stuck.
NVIDIA ACE SDK Enables On‑Device AI Companions via UE5 Plugins
The cloud is dead for NPCs. NVIDIA is moving the AI brain from distant servers directly into your graphics card. At Unreal Fest 2026, the company announced the ACE Game Agent SDK and new Unreal Engine 5 plugins.
Malaysia’s Respond.io raises USD 62.5M to expand AI messaging, target acquisitions
Another messaging startup just raised a mountain of cash. This one might actually know what it's doing. Respond.io, a Malaysian company, secured $62.5 million. The space is littered with firms promising AI-powered customer chats. Most are new.
Salesforce buys Fin for USD 3.6B to boost Agentforce AI agent platform
Salesforce just spent $3.6 billion to avoid building something itself. The target is Fin, an AI customer service outfit.
Z.ai releases GLM-5.2 with 1M-token context and dual effort levels
Z.ai dropped GLM-5.2 without the usual fanfare about beating GPT-4. That's the first clue it might be important.
A2A introduces Agent Cards, task lifecycle states and three sync modes
Google handed the industry a set of keys to agent coordination in mid-2025. Everyone took them. The protocol, called A2A, went straight to the Linux Foundation and was adopted almost instantly.
OpenAI Academy launches courses guiding teams from AI basics to workflow agents
OpenAI is coming for your to-do list. The company’s new OpenAI Academy isn't a philosophical discussion about artificial intelligence. It's a direct, step-by-step curriculum for wiring AI into a team's daily grind.
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