Meta’s Up to $18 Billion Child-Safety Settlement Reshapes Platform Risk
Meta agrees to major youth-safety changes as Salesforce and Anthropic launch Claudeforce and OpenAI reports an internal agent-security incident.
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OpenAI Builds Its Own Inference Path
OpenAI reports early results for its Jalapeño inference chip as Thomson Reuters launches a proprietary LLM and XPENG raises new robotics funding.
Stripe Expands the Rails for Global Commerce
Stripe expands payments infrastructure for Asian sellers as Walmart adds Tap to Pay and Verizon deepens its Google Cloud AI partnership.
Frontier A.I. Gets Cheaper as TikTok Pays $400 Million
OpenAI cuts flagship developer pricing, TikTok resolves a children’s privacy case, and Canadian payments company Helcim raises a $53 million Series C.
Anthropic Builds Out the Agent Stack as Retail Media Keeps Climbing
Anthropic adds production agent tools to Claude Platform as Walmart and Target report digital growth and agent advertising looks for measurement standards.
Fulfillment Moves Faster
Home Depot turns stores into faster fulfillment hubs as Amazon expands AWD in Europe and Michaels launches an AR-powered framing experience.
Target and Lowe's Put Digital Growth Back at the Center
Target and Lowe’s report digital growth ahead of overall sales as Google’s Shopping API migration deadline arrives.
Stripe Moves Toward the AI Model-Routing Layer
Stripe’s reported OpenRouter deal could bring payments and model routing closer together as DeepSeek changes API pricing and Amazon expands AWD in Europe.
Stripe's A.I. Infrastructure Bet, Claude Watermarks, and Google Ads' New Bidding Rules
Stripe reportedly finalizes an OpenRouter acquisition as Google changes target-based bidding and Anthropic prepares Claude text watermarks.
Google Ships Gemini 3.7 Flash, OpenAI Accelerates Sol, and IBM Scales Enterprise AI
Faster models, wider enterprise distribution, and new agent-control risks.
xAI Pushes Into Long-Running Agents, Google Expands Gemini, and LinkedIn Tests Self-Improving AI
xAI launches Grok 4.6 and Grok Bot as Google expands Gemini across hardware and LinkedIn shows self-improving AI in customer support.
NVIDIA Targets $500 Billion in AI Finance, OpenAI Expands Cyber Access, and Anthropic Marks Claude Output
AI infrastructure finance expands as model access and transparency rules get more sophisticated.