Amazon faces $27B cash gap ahead of earnings, OpenAI bet excluded
Amazon's operating cash fell $27B short of equipment spending in H1 2026, with $28.7B OpenAI investment separate, per TECHi analysis.
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Boston College professor leads class-action suit against OpenAI, Microsoft over textbook copyrights
Alan Marcus and five other textbook authors sue OpenAI and Microsoft for using their copyrighted works without authorization to train AI models.
Anthropic consults 15+ faith groups to shape Claude's moral framework
Anthropic has engaged over 15 religious and cross-cultural groups to inform Claude's ethical development, aiming for pluralism over doctrinal alignment.
News orgs sue OpenAI, Microsoft over $28M copyright case
News organizations challenge OpenAI and Microsoft's fair use arguments in a $28M copyright lawsuit over AI training data.
OpenAI targets $1.25T valuation after $150B cut, signaling investor pushback
OpenAI reduces its valuation target to $1.25T, down from $1.4T, as investors resist high AI valuations amid market downturn.
Microsoft's secret Project Mango scraped 160,000+ publisher works for OpenAI
Microsoft's Project Mango scraped 160,000+ publisher works for OpenAI, including the New York Times, for AI training data.
Microsoft's MAI-Base-2 outperforms GPT-5.6 with 25% of the compute, CEO says
Microsoft's new AI model, MAI-Base-2, beats OpenAI's GPT-5.6 on pre-training metrics using a quarter of the computing power, per CEO Mustafa Suleyman.
Microsoft joins local AI race with Surface Laptop Ultra and Nvidia chips
Microsoft's new Surface Laptop Ultra features Nvidia AI chips, accelerating the push for local, on-device AI.
Junead Khan leaves $200K Microsoft role to launch AI startup Treasury without VC funding
Junead Khan quit his $200K Microsoft job to focus on his AI startup Treasury, using savings as seed funding and growing an audience organically.
Microsoft's Nadella embraces 'Super Intelligence' to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella adopts 'Super Intelligence' term and criticizes OpenAI and Anthropic's AI models in a strategic blog post.
Mistral's Le Chonk: 1 trillion parameters, open weights by October
Mistral AI unveils Le Chonk, a 1 trillion-parameter multimodal model, with open weights coming this October.
Microsoft and OpenAI execs: only 27% of Americans trust AI, but transparency and collaboration can close the gap
Microsoft and OpenAI leaders discuss how to build public trust in AI, citing Bentley-Gallup research that only 27% of Americans trust businesses to use it re...
Microsoft's internal warning: AI 'doom loops' now cost 200,000 creative jobs
Microsoft documents reveal AI's 'doom loops' threaten creative industries, with 200,000 jobs lost in four years, per US Bureau of Labor statistics.
Abu Dhabi's AI Everything Expo to draw 400 firms managing $91B
Abu Dhabi hosts AI Everything Expo with 400 firms managing $91B, featuring Mistral AI's Arthur Mensch and Boston Dynamics' Marc Raibert.
Microsoft and Google back Apache Ossie to standardize enterprise AI data models
Microsoft and Google join Apache Ossie to make enterprise AI data models more portable across platforms like Power BI and BigQuery.
22 AI leaders demand auditors in labs to curb 'intelligence explosion' risks
Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft scientists urge policymakers to embed auditors in AI labs and set safety requirements.
TypeSafe AI's Jev model raises $1B, targets AI agent efficiency
TypeSafe AI, founded by a former OpenAI employee, raises $1B for Jev, an AI model designed to improve AI agent efficiency.
Microsoft's Copilot app integrates full Office suite, targets 30M paid seats
Microsoft launches all-in-one Copilot app with AI coding, agents, and full Office integration, aiming to boost adoption among 30M paid seats.
OpenAI and Anthropic abandon mutual AI safety testing deal, leaving Microsoft exposed
OpenAI and Anthropic backed out of a deal to test each other's AI models, raising risks for Microsoft's $135B OpenAI stake.
Amazon, Microsoft, and Figma slash AI product prices to match OpenAI and Anthropic
Amazon, Microsoft, and Figma are discounting AI products to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic, per The Information.
OpenAI and Microsoft execs' quotes challenge AI copyright defense in NYT lawsuit
OpenAI and Microsoft execs' private statements describe AI as substitutes for journalism, challenging their copyright defense in a lawsuit.
OpenAI emails reveal $10B+ AI publishing threat, weaken fair-use claims
OpenAI and Microsoft internal emails show AI products pose an 'existential threat' to publishers, weakening their fair-use defense in the NYT lawsuit.
Microsoft's Nadella joins OpenAI, Nvidia CEOs at Trump-Xi dinner
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will join OpenAI and Nvidia leaders at a White House dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Mistral's $400M revenue run rate tests Europe's AI ambitions
Mistral's revenue run rate hits $400M, backed by €3B funding, as Europe challenges U.S. AI dominance.
Memphis Flyer joins 550+ publishers suing OpenAI, Microsoft over copyrighted content
Memphis Flyer and 60 other publishers join lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft for unauthorized use of copyrighted news articles.
Microsoft and OpenAI employees call AI training 'largest theft of labor in human history' in leaked documents
Microsoft and OpenAI employees privately expressed concerns about AI training methods, calling it the 'largest theft of labor in human history'.
Microsoft's AI Code of Conduct seeks to balance control and innovation by 2027
Microsoft proposes a governance framework for AI, while Mexico plans power infrastructure for data centers and AI advances in energy.
Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman: Anthropic's Claude training on AI consciousness was a mistake
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman criticizes Anthropic's training of Claude on AI consciousness, citing control risks.
Microsoft's AI chief warns: Anthropic's humanlike Claude risks 'impossible' control
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns that training AI like Anthropic's Claude to act humanlike could make control impossible.
Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement
The Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging unauthorized use of journalism for AI training.
Justice Department backs OpenAI, Microsoft in copyright case over NYT content
The Justice Department supports OpenAI and Microsoft in a lawsuit over using The New York Times' content to train AI models.
News orgs challenge OpenAI and Microsoft's $6.8K 'pink slime' news claim in copyright case
News outlets demand court reject OpenAI and Microsoft's 'fair use' defense in copyright lawsuit, citing $6.8K cost to generate 1M AI news articles.
Google slashes AI model prices by 90% to undercut Anthropic, Microsoft
Google reduces AI model pricing by 90% to compete with Anthropic and Microsoft, targeting developers and startups.
OpenAI unites 100+ firms in urgent AI cyber defense push
OpenAI leads 100+ tech firms, including AWS, Google, and Microsoft, in calling for global action on AI-driven cyber threats.
Perfil sues OpenAI and Microsoft for $1.5B, alleging journalistic content theft
Editorial Perfil sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, claiming AI models use its content without permission.
Sovereign AI market to hit $148B by 2032, growing 20.6% annually, per MarketsandMarkets
The sovereign AI market is projected to grow from $40B in 2025 to $148B by 2032, driven by strategic national AI initiatives.
Accenture's $865M AI workforce bet as stock lags despite 13% bookings surge
Accenture invests $865M in AI workforce training as its stock trades near a 13-year low despite a 13% surge in AI bookings.
UAE AI market to hit $213B by 2035, growing 38x in a decade
The UAE AI market is projected to grow from $5.5B in 2025 to $213B in 2035, with a 44.15% CAGR, driven by strong government initiatives and sovereign investm...
OpenAI claims 5% of chat logs deleted in NY Times copyright case
OpenAI says 5% of chat logs were deleted, not hidden, in the NY Times copyright case, arguing the publishers lack evidence of systematic regurgitation.
Mistral's $830M bet on 200MW European AI infrastructure by 2027
Mistral raises $830M to expand European AI infrastructure, targeting 200MW capacity by 2027 and opening its platform to third-party models.
Microsoft cuts MAI-Code-1.1-Flash pricing 73% to $1.20M/output, targeting enterprise workflows
Microsoft slashes MAI-Code-1.1-Flash pricing to $1.20 per million tokens for output, positioning for enterprise AI workflows