
👀In Case You Missed It
OpenAI open-sources GPT-OSS-Safeguard for custom safety rules and targets full AI research autonomy by 2028.
NVIDIA unveils its $500B chip roadmap, hits a $5T market cap, and launches a FedRAMP-aligned “AI Factory for Government.”
Microsoft’s Azure outage hits 365, Xbox, and Minecraft as Big Tech earnings face AI capex scrutiny.
GitHub debuts Agent HQ to coordinate coding agents from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic in unified workflows.
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🧠 Cloud & Infrastructure Watch
Big Tech earnings split: Meta tumbles on bigger AI capex through 2026, Microsoft dips on Azure outage and slower growth, Alphabet jumps on first-ever $100B quarter.
Read MoreGemini app tops 650M MAUs as Alphabet posts record quarter; Google One + YouTube Premium surpass 300M paid subs.
Read MoreNotebookLM upgrades: 1M-token context, more memory, better multi-source answers, autosaved conversations and persistent goals/tones.
OpenAI unveils Aardvark, a GPT-5-powered autonomous security researcher for code analysis/patching.
Read MoreAmazon’s layoffs framed as “culture” and AI efficiency; analysts debate how much AI vs macro explains cuts.
Read MoreReport: only ~0.7% of ~3,000 job skills are currently replaceable by AI; layoffs likely mix real displacement and messaging.
Read MoreGoogle confirms Sheets support is “coming very soon” to NotebookLM.
Read MoreAI coding: Cognition’s SWE-1.5 in Windsurf pushes near-frontier accuracy at up to ~950 tok/s to keep devs in flow.
Read MoreCoreWeave acquires Marimo to embed marimo notebooks in its GPU cloud.
Read MorePalantir sues ex-engineers behind Percepta AI alleging stolen IP.
Read MoreMistake-filled AI legal briefs highlight workplace limits of LLM tools.
Read MoreOpenAI’s complex financing and circular deals underpin rapid scale; target of $1T/yr infra spend highlighted.
Read MoreWhatsApp adds passkey-protected, end-to-end encrypted backups.
Read MoreCanva launches its own design model plus new AI features and free Affinity.
Read MoreAmazon shares pop on AI-powered growth narrative; raises spending forecast; posts strong profit.
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💻 Hardware & Semiconductor Moves
Nvidia’s $5T milestone and guidance: next-gen chips projected to generate ~$500B revenue; partnerships expand across sectors.
Read MoreGoogle says TPU demand outstrips supply; older TPU iterations running at ~100% utilisation; specialised architectures seen as the future.
Read MoreNvidia to invest up to $1B in Poolside; also deepens factory/robotics push (NVQLink quantum linkage, physical-AI blueprints).
Read MoreSK Hynix posts record profit; 2026 AI memory largely sold out; Micron and peers rally.
Read MoreEli Lilly partners with Nvidia on a Blackwell-based supercomputer for drug discovery.
Read More1X unveils $20,000 Neo home robot learning chores via teleoperation (consumer robotics angle tied to AI).
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