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Türkiye's gaming startups dominated H1 2026 funding, securing $111.4M of $172M total investment across 87 rounds.
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Türkiye's gaming startups dominated H1 2026 funding, securing $111.4M of $172M total investment across 87 rounds.

Fable 5, an advanced AI system, created a fully operational Shopify tool, Counterbrief, in just 3 hours using a single prompt.

Mistral Vibe's Pro plan at $14.99/month includes Work and Code modes, No Telemetry Mode, and competitive API pricing, making it a strong contender for profes...

OpenAI, Mistral AI, and other tech giants actively recruit at ICML 2026, which drew a record 20,456 attendees.

SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, topping this week's AI infrastructure funding rounds.

Tencent is in talks to acquire a 20% stake in Manus, becoming its largest external shareholder.

The Air Force Research Laboratory is pushing contractors to remove all Anthropic products by Sept. 1, a month earlier than the Pentagon's deadline.

OpenAI's head of safety Johannes Heidecke departs following an internal reorganization.

Anthropic's $65K job offer highlights San Francisco's housing crisis as AI wealth surges.

Actian acquires Jaspersoft for $500M, integrating analytics and AI into a single data management platform.

Auger raises $50M Series B to expand its AI-driven supply chain platform, now handling 85% of Fanatics' decisions.

Anthropic launches Hard Questions portal, inviting public to submit AI queries and commit to transparent reasoning.

NVIDIA's new tri-mode model, Nemotron-Labs-Diffusion, eliminates the need for a separate draft model in speculative decoding, boosting throughput.

Apple has sued OpenAI in federal court, alleging trade secret theft and naming top executives and a $6.4B acquisition as part of the scheme.

Reverse.fashion secures €7M from High-Tech Gründerfonds to scale AI-powered textile sorting solutions.

Six AI coding tools, including Claude Code and Amazon Q Developer, vulnerable to GhostApproval attack enabling SSH access without user awareness.

Anthropic's new Claude ad campaign explores global perspectives on AI, based on surveys of 120,000 users and the public.

Anthropic tops the AI Safety Index with a C+, but the report reveals weakened safety commitments across major AI developers.

MiniMax AI seeks $2.05B in funding to accelerate AI development and global expansion, despite investor concerns over dilution.

Globant joins the Anthropic Partner Program to expand AI services and technical expertise in Latin America.

San Francisco-based Radical Numerics raises $50M to develop AI models for biology and biosecurity, aiming to accelerate drug discovery and defend against AI...

Robostral Navigate, an 8B model, achieves 76.6% on R2R-CE using only a single RGB camera, outperforming multi-sensor approaches.

Velocity's $27M round leads $107M in AI-focused funding across Africa and the Middle East, with Israeli startups dominating.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, combining GPT-5.6, ChatGPT, and Codex to automate enterprise tasks with lower operating costs.

Giant Swarm launches Kubernetes-native AI agent platform, reducing costs 2.8x and eliminating SaaS dependency for enterprises.

Eurogroup finance ministers to discuss AI and cybersecurity implications for financial stability, with Mistral AI CEO invited to contribute.

Jordan's ISSF partners with STV to bring Google-backed AI Fund to local founders, boosting regional AI investment.

Avelin AI raises $3.7M pre-seed to expand sovereign AI platform for governments and regulated industries.

Anthropic introduces Claude Reflect, a dashboard tracking up to a year of AI usage patterns and habits

Zoom acquires Common Room to enhance its enterprise sales platform with AI-powered buyer intelligence tools.

UST integrates Anthropic's Claude into engineering processes to accelerate chip validation and improve productivity.

Anthropic, valued near $1 trillion, expands in NYC with a 16-story lease and plans to double its workforce to 1,000 employees.

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 model surpasses benchmarks, but Fidji Simo's departure leaves the company's leadership in flux.

The New York Times and other news outlets accuse OpenAI of hiding evidence in a landmark copyright infringement trial over AI training data.

OpenAI unveils GPT-5.6 family with Sol, Terra, and Luna models, boasting 54% token efficiency gains and advanced cybersecurity capabilities.

Elon Musk praises Anthropic's AI models, calling them the current leader, a stark contrast to his previous criticism.

Anthropic's J-lens uncovers Claude's hidden J-space, revealing intermediate thoughts like 'math' and '42' during calculations.

OpenAI accused of hiding tools and datasets in NYT copyright lawsuit, escalating legal battle over ChatGPT training data.

OpenAI integrates Codex into ChatGPT and introduces GPT-5.6 models, aiming to become the go-to AI tool for professionals.

OmniAI founders shut down their $3.2M-funded startup to launch Monumint, building autonomous AI agents for banking.

Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke joins Anthropic's oversight trust to ensure AI safety and long-term benefits