Google Search rolls out new AI Mode and AI Overviews link and context features
Google says it’s updating AI Mode and AI Overviews to surface more links inline, highlight subscription content, and add link previews and community perspectives.
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OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API
OpenAI added new Realtime API capabilities for voice conversations, live transcription, and translation, including a new GPT‑Realtime‑2 model.
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US to safety test new AI models from Google, Microsoft, and xAI
The US Commerce Department will evaluate certain new AI tools and features ahead of public release under voluntary agreements with the companies.
Google, Microsoft, and xAI agree to share early AI models with the U.S. for evaluation
The Wall Street Journal says the companies will provide early versions for government-led testing of capabilities and risks before public release.
The White House reportedly is working on an executive order about AI oversight and access
Report says officials are weighing AI oversight measures and priority government access to frontier models.
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Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades
Appfigures says image-model launches generate 6.5x more downloads than traditional model upgrades — but the revenue impact varies widely.
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Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not Anthropic
Defense Department greenlights several vendors for classified AI work while sidelining Anthropic over supply-chain concerns.
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Google releases Gemma 4 open models and switches licensing to Apache 2.0
Google’s open-model line gets a major update, with a more permissive license aimed at broader commercial and research use.
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GitHub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage
Copilot moves to an AI-credits model that bills heavy users for inference beyond their plan’s included allocation.
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Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push
Etsy’s new ChatGPT native app lets users shop conversationally by tagging @Etsy in a prompt to surface product listings and click through to purchase.
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Meta acquires robotics AI startup as it makes the push into humanoid machines
Meta bought Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) and says the team will bolster its work on AI for robot control and self-learning.
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Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week
Meta says usage of its business AI across messaging apps has grown 10x since the start of the year as it expands access and lays groundwork for monetization.
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Microsoft and OpenAI remove the contract’s ‘AGI clause’ and loosen exclusivity
The longtime partnership is becoming less exclusive: OpenAI can ship products on other clouds, while Microsoft’s revenue share now runs to 2030 with caps.
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Intel stock more than doubles in April as AI-era CPU demand and turnaround hopes build
CNBC says Intel shares rose 114% in April — the best month in the chipmaker’s Nasdaq history — as investors rallied behind a turnaround story and growing AI-driven demand for CPUs and data-center capacity.
Chips
Google unveils new TPUs positioned for the ‘agentic era’
The company says the new TPU designs target faster frontier-model training and improved efficiency across the AI lifecycle.
Chips
Tesla says it plans to build AI chips on Intel’s not-yet-finished 14A process
Musk framed the Terafab effort as a supply-security move as demand for AI silicon tightens.
Chips
Nvidia shares hit a record, briefly pushing its market cap past $5 trillion
The rally underscores how central Nvidia’s GPUs remain to AI infrastructure spending across Big Tech.
Startups & Funding
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Startups
Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI in about $643M deal to speed up and cut costs of AI inference
Cloud provider Nebius is acquiring 20-person startup Eigen AI, which optimizes chip performance for running (not training) AI models.
Startups
Nvidia invests in Swedish legal AI startup Legora at $5.6B valuation
Nvidia’s NVentures joined a Series D extension for Legora, which sells agent-style tools for legal workflows and says it has surpassed $100M in ARR.
Startups
Shapes raises $8M to put AI characters into group chats
The app blends human group conversations with user-created AI ‘Shapes’ designed to participate alongside friends.
Startups
Defense startup Scout AI raises $100M to train ‘Fury’ models on military exercises
Scout AI says it’s training vision-language-action agents on real-world field exercises to operate and command military assets.
Policy & Regulation
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Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI models
The Commerce Department’s CAISI says it will conduct pre-deployment evaluations and targeted research with major AI labs to better understand advanced model capabilities.
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White House weighs Pentagon-led safety testing for government AI models
Axios reports the administration is considering a framework that would add a new layer of review before AI systems are deployed across government.
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Colorado lawmakers move to replace the state’s pioneering AI law with a new regulatory framework
A newly introduced bill would focus on automated decision-making systems, require consumer disclosures, and set liability rules for discrimination-law violations.
Policy
Top AI Companies Agree to Pentagon Deals for Classified Work
The Defense Department finalized agreements with major AI and cloud players to use their systems in classified settings.
Analysis & Deep Dives
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Analysis
Google's AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk's head
A look at how Demis Hassabis and Google DeepMind shaped early OpenAI anxieties and strategy, via documents and testimony from the Musk–Altman trial.
Analysis
AI digs up decades of code debt. Patch up.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre warns AI-driven bug discovery could trigger a wave of vulnerabilities that overwhelms patch capacity.
Analysis
WSJ: Big Tech’s AI spending spree is getting expensive — and investors want payback
The Wall Street Journal argues that Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet are ramping capital spending for AI fast enough that depreciation is starting to bite, raising pressure to translate AI demand into durable profit.
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AI puts one fifth of London jobs at risk
A City Hall report estimates more than a million London jobs are significantly exposed to AI-driven task automation.