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Microsoft Replaces OpenAI, Anthropic With Own AI Models in Some Apps
Microsoft has begun reducing its reliance on third-party AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic by deploying its own in-house MAI…
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ECB Orders Banks to Submit AI Cyber Action Plans by October 31
The European Central Bank has instructed the eurozone’s 110 largest banks to develop cybersecurity action plans addressing threats from advanced…
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UK Designates Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle as Critical Third Parties
The UK has designated Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Oracle as critical third parties to its financial system, with the designation…
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TwelveLabs Raises $100 Million in Series B Funding for Video AI
TwelveLabs, a video intelligence company, has announced a $100 million Series B funding round led by NEA and NAVER Ventures,…
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Zoom to Acquire AI Startup Common Room
Zoom Communications has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Common Room, an AI-powered go-to-market intelligence platform that consolidates fragmented buyer…
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Anthropic Commits $10 Million to Canadian AI Research
Anthropic has announced a CAD $10 million commitment to Canadian artificial intelligence research institutions, establishing partnerships with eight organizations including…
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Anthropic Launches Claude for Teachers, Offering Free Access to US Educators
Anthropic has launched Claude for Teachers, giving verified K-12 educators in the United States free access to premium Claude features,…
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OpenAI Launches GPT-Live, Full-Duplex Voice Models for ChatGPT
OpenAI released two new voice models, GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, on July 8, 2026, built on full-duplex technology that lets…
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Meta Launches Muse Spark 1.1, Its First Paid AI Model
Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1 on July 9, 2026, a multimodal, agentic coding model built to compete with offerings from…
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Anthropic Signs $19 Billion Data Center Lease With TeraWulf
Anthropic signed a 20-year, $19 billion lease with TeraWulf on July 6, 2026, for a data center campus being built…
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Grok 4.5 Launches, but EU Users Must Wait for Regulatory Clearance
SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) launched its flagship Grok 4.5 model on July 8, 2026, trained on tens of thousands of Nvidia…
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Intel-Backed Chipmaker Syntiant Files for Nasdaq IPO
Syntiant, an Intel- and Microsoft-backed maker of ultra-low-power edge AI chips, filed for a U.S. IPO on July 6, 2026,…