👀In Case You Missed It
OpenAI, Oracle & Vantage will build a near-gigawatt Stargate data centre in Wisconsin — joining the Abilene flagship and cementing Stargate as the largest AI cloud project in the US.
Applied Digital signed a $5B, 15-year lease with a hyperscaler at its North Dakota site (200MW now, rights to 800MW more).
Bharti Airtel is partnering with IBM to overhaul its Airtel Cloud infrastructure for enterprise AI workloads.
Google’s Willow quantum chip achieved verifiable speedup with its “Quantum Echoes” algorithm — 13,000× faster than top supercomputers.
OpenAI acquired Sky, a Mac automation app, integrating it into ChatGPT and Atlas for OS-level AI control.
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🛠️Models, platforms, tools
Microsoft relaunches Edge with Copilot Mode and Mico avatar
Read MoreSecurity write-ups flag Atlas and Comet risks, fake-URL and jailbreak vectors
Read MoreDropbox Dash pushes context-aware answers and actions across your own files and apps
Read MoreDeepSeek OCR compresses image docs ~10x for longer LLM context windows
Read MoreDatadog “Updog” monitors live SaaS API health
Read MoreCal State invites tech firms to remake learning with AI
Read MoreSchool AI scanner misflags a Doritos bag as a firearm, reliability questioned
Read MoreOpenAI reportedly developing a generative music tool; The Information says rival to Suno is in the works.
Read MoreMicrosoft Outlook is getting a full AI overhaul under new leadership, hinting at Copilot’s deeper integration into productivity tools
Mistral launches AI Studio to help companies go from prototype to production with integrated performance tracking and security.
Read MoreCarnegie Mellon develops a drone that can 3D-print structures from text prompts, blending generative design and robotics.
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💻 Hardware & Semiconductor Moves
Apple starts shipping US-made AI servers from Texas
Read MoreGoogle’s Willow quantum chip claims verifiable advantage on “Quantum Echoes” ~13,000× vs top supercomputer
Read MoreAMD Radeon AI Pro R9700 priced at $1,299, now available today
Read MoreAMD hardware cited in quantum error-correction work with IBM
Read MoreSuper Micro trims outlook despite AI demand narrative
Read MoreIntel lifts guidance on PC and AI signals
Read MoreGM to put Google Gemini in cars from 2026
Read MoreSamsung TVs get a native Perplexity app for couch search
Read MoreGoogle backs a 400MW carbon-capture power plant in Illinois to power its data centers while offsetting 90% of emissions.
Read MoreBonsai Robotics unveils Amiga, a vision-based autonomous farm vehicle using AI to navigate complex agricultural environments.
Read MoreAnthropic expands its partnership with Google Cloud for up to 1M TPUs, securing over 1 GW of compute power.
Read MoreGoogle Earth AI launches, combining satellite imagery and models to predict floods and wildfires.
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