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Perplexity signs $750 million deal with Microsoft

AI search startup Perplexity has inked a $750 million contract with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud service. Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter, that the three-year deal gives ...
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SpaceX eyes merger with xAI that would unite Grok, Starlink, and X under one roof

SpaceX is negotiating a merger with Elon Musk's AI company xAI ahead of a planned IPO, Reuters reports. The deal would bring SpaceX, Starlink satellites, the social media platform X, and the Grok ...
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OpenAI's Prism combines LaTeX editor, reference manager, and GPT-5.2 in one tool

OpenAI has launched Prism, a free AI workspace for scientific writing. The tool runs on GPT-5.2 and combines a LaTeX editor, reference manager, and AI assistant in a cloud-based environment.
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Google appears to be preparing voice cloning for Gemini 3 Flash

Google is working on a feature that lets users clone their own voice in AI Studio. According to TestingCatalog, a hidden option called "Create Your Voice" shows up ...
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Anthropic's Cowork gets plugins that turn Claude into a specialized assistant for knowledge workers

Anthropic has launched plugins for Cowork that turn Claude into a specialized assistant for sales, legal, finance, and other departments. Each plugin bundles skills, data connections, commands, and ...
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Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft could invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI

OpenAI's latest funding round might hit peak circularity. According to The Information, the AI company is in talks with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon about investments totaling up to $60 billion.
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OpenAI planning IPO for late 2026, fears Anthropic might go public first

OpenAI is preparing for an IPO in the fourth quarter of 2026, the Wall Street Journal reports. The startup, valued at $500 billion, is holding informal talks with Wall Street banks and building out ...
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Cursor slashes codebase indexing from four hours to 21 seconds

AI coding assistant Cursor now indexes large codebases in 21 seconds instead of over four hours. The trick: instead of building an index from scratch for each new user, Cursor reuses existing indices ...
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AI in practice

Read full article about: Moltbook is a human-free Reddit clone where AI agents discuss cybersecurity and philosophy Moltbook might be the strangest corner of the internet right now. It's a ...
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Maximilian Schreiner

OpenAI is preparing for an IPO in the fourth quarter of 2026, the Wall Street Journal reports. The startup, valued at $500 billion, is holding informal talks with Wall Street banks and building out ...
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Matthias Bastian

Read full article about: Vibe coding may be behind a 60 percent spike in new iOS apps Data from Sensor Tower and Wells Fargo Securities suggests AI coding tools are flooding the iOS App Store.
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Meta Neuroscientist King: "Some of the concepts like reasoning may need to be re-evaluated"

The neuroscientist Jean-Rémi King leads the Brain & AI team in Meta’s AI division. In an interview with The Decoder, he discusses the connection between AI and neuroscience, the challenges of ...