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The latest developments, breakthroughs, and analysis from the world of artificial intelligence.
NVIDIA's Lyra 2.0 Turns One Photo Into a Walkable 3D World
NVIDIA released Lyra 2.0, a research model that converts a single image into an explorable, physics-ready 3D scene — and drops a robot inside it.
Anthropic Preps Claude Opus 4.7 and AI Design Tool This Week
Anthropic is set to ship Claude Opus 4.7 and a new AI design tool for websites and presentations as soon as this week, per The Information.
AWS Launches Agent Registry to Tame Enterprise AI Agent Sprawl
AWS Agent Registry is now in preview in Bedrock AgentCore, giving enterprises a governed catalog to discover, share, and control AI agents at scale.
California Court Weighs If AI Ads Pierce Platforms' Section 230 Shield
Northern District of California is deciding if platforms whose AI shapes fraudulent ads can be 'makers' of those statements, limiting Section 230 immunity.
EU AI Act Hits Recruitment Tools: High-Risk Rules Take Effect Aug 2
HR and recruiting AI is about to become 'high-risk' under the EU AI Act. Companies have until August 2 to document, test, and monitor or face 3% turnover fines.
Jane Street Commits $7B to CoreWeave in AI Cloud and Equity Deal
Jane Street signed a $6 billion AI cloud agreement with CoreWeave and added a $1 billion equity investment, becoming a top-five shareholder in the GPU cloud.
OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.4-Cyber for Vetted Defensive Security Teams
OpenAI launched GPT-5.4-Cyber, a cyber-permissive variant of GPT-5.4 available only through its Trusted Access program, as it races Anthropic's Mythos model.
Anthropic's 'Epitaxy': Claude Code Becomes a Multi-Agent IDE
Anthropic is testing a Claude Code overhaul codenamed Epitaxy with a Coordinator Mode that orchestrates parallel sub-agents across multiple repos at once.
Harvey Launches End-to-End Legal Agents at $11B Valuation
Harvey is rolling out AI agents that run legal work start to finish — drafting memos, reviewing diligence, and editing contracts across 100,000 lawyers.
Microsoft's GigaTIME Turns $10 Slides Into Advanced Cancer Maps
Microsoft just open-sourced GigaTIME — an AI model trained on 40M cancer cells that generates advanced immune imaging from routine pathology slides.
Microsoft's $19B Ontario AI Data Center Push Adds 1,250 Jobs
Microsoft opens two new Ontario AI data centers in York Region and a third in Toronto, part of a $19B Canada investment supporting 1,250 jobs.
MiniMax Launches Music 2.6, Open-Sources Three Agent Skills
MiniMax ships Music 2.6 with AI Cover mode and open-sources three music skills, giving AI agents native song-making capabilities.
NVIDIA Ising: First Open AI Models Built for Quantum Computing
NVIDIA just released Ising, an open-source family of AI models that decode quantum errors 2.5x faster and 3x more accurately than today's industry standard.
OpenAI Buys Hiro Finance to Build a Personal AI CFO in ChatGPT
OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance in an acquihire to bring a personal AI CFO experience into ChatGPT.
Pulse Launches AI Social News Network for Busy Professionals
Pulse launches an AI-powered social news network that filters and compresses business and tech news into a high-signal daily stream.
Did Anthropic Nerf Claude Opus 4.6? The BridgeBench Debate
A viral BridgeBench post says Claude Opus 4.6 fell from 83% to 68% on hallucinations. Critics call it bad science. Here's what the data actually shows.
Google Gemini Hits 750M Users as Gemini 3.1 Pro Tops Benchmarks
Google's Gemini platform reaches 750 million monthly users while Gemini 3.1 Pro leads 13 of 16 major AI benchmarks — and a 1M token context window makes it the long-context leader.
Maine Sends AI Therapy Ban to Governor as Missouri Follows
Maine's LD 2082 would ban AI from clinical therapy with $10K penalties. Missouri's HB 2372 passed the House. States are moving faster than the feds here.
OpenAI's Enterprise Push: Codex 5x Growth and the AI Superapp Vision
OpenAI outlines its enterprise AI strategy as Codex surpasses 3 million weekly users, a new $100/month Pro plan launches, and the company aims to build a unified AI superapp for the workplace.
Palantir Drops 7% as Agentic AI Panic Hits Software Stocks
Palantir fell 7% on April 10 after Michael Burry said Anthropic is 'eating its lunch.' The software ETF is off 35% from its high. Panic or SaaS reckoning?
PwC Study: 75% of AI Gains Are Going to Just 20% of Companies
A new PwC report surveying 1,200 executives reveals a widening divide between AI leaders and laggards — and pinpoints exactly what separates the winners.
ShengShu Launches Vidu Q3, Lands $293M From Alibaba Cloud
China's ShengShu launched Vidu Q3 globally today and closed a $293M Series B led by Alibaba Cloud — putting real pressure on Sora and Veo.
Stanford 2026 AI Index: China Has Erased the US Lead
Stanford HAI's annual AI Index report reveals China and the US are now neck-and-neck on AI performance benchmarks — a historic shift with major implications for business and policy.
Anthropic Launches Claude for Word Beta in Microsoft
Claude now lives inside Microsoft Word as a native sidebar, with tracked changes, cross-app chat, and enterprise-grade document editing.