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Pentagon deadline to Anthropic over AI safeguards for military use
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Hegseth Sets Deadline for Anthropic Over Military AI Safeguards

The Pentagon is pressing one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence firms to reconsider how tightly it controls the use of its technology...

Meta is shutting down Messenger standalone website and moving messaging to the Facebook platform in April 2026.
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Meta’s Messenger Website Shutdown Signals a Broader Shift in Platform Strategy

Meta will shut down Messenger’s standalone web platform in April 2026, ending direct messaging access through its dedicated browser-based portal. The company has...

Labelbox and Upcraft logos symbolizing the acquisition to expand agentic AI infrastructure for expert-driven AI model training.
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Labelbox Acquires Upcraft to Expand Agentic AI Infrastructure for Expert-Driven Model Development

Labelbox has acquired sales automation startup Upcraft, adding agentic technology to its AI data platform. The deal focuses on enhancing the company’s recruitment...

Crypto.com AI.com domain purchase announcement - Super Bowl branding strategy
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Why Crypto.com’s $70M AI.com Bet Signals a Bigger Branding Shift

Crypto.com has spent about $70 million to acquire the AI.com domain. The purchase happened just ahead of the Super Bowl, one of the...

Sapiom funding announcement illustrating AI agents gaining secure access to APIs and payment infrastructure
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Sapiom Raises $15.75M for Trusted AI Agent API Access

Startup Sapiom has raised $15.75 million in seed funding to build payment and identity infrastructure for AI agents. The company wants to make...

Apple acquires audio AI startup Q.ai in a reported $2 billion deal to strengthen voice and speech technology.
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Apple’s Q.ai Acquisition Highlights a Quiet Shift Toward Audio AI

Apple has purchased an audio-oriented artificial intelligence startup, Q.ai, with a reported valuation of approximately 2 billion dollars. The acquisition comes as Apple...

Innovaccer–Snowflake Tie-Up Pushes Enterprise AI Deeper Into Healthcare
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Innovaccer–Snowflake Tie-Up Pushes Enterprise AI Deeper Into Healthcare

The healthcare data company Innovaccer has signed a strategic alliance with the cloud data platform Snowflake to promote the use of AI in...

How Google DeepMind’s Latest Talent Hire Reflects Its Voice AI Strategy
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How Google DeepMind’s Latest Talent Hire Reflects Its Voice AI Strategy

Google’s DeepMind has recruited top leadership and technical talent from Hume AI, a startup known for its work on emotionally intelligent AI voice...