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OpenAI launched a financial assistant in ChatGPT with access to accounts
OpenAI has integrated access to users' bank accounts and credit cards into ChatGPT, allowing them to ask questions about personal finances. The feature is available in preview for Pro subscribers in the US.
Salesforce to spend $300 million on Anthropic tokens for AI coding
Salesforce will invest $300 million in Anthropic tokens in 2026, almost entirely in AI development agents. According to the CEO, this will make development cheaper and speed up feature releases.
Bengio: Hyperintelligent AI could threaten humanity within a decade
Turing Award laureate Yoshua Bengio warned of an existential threat from hyperintelligent systems that could emerge within the next decade and threaten humanity's survival.
Stripe: The era of AI agents will reshape online shopping
Stripe CEO John Collison says online keyword search is absurd. AI agents will completely transform not only how people shop, but also how stores sell products.
Rushing ahead of plan: 61% of CEOs say boards are pushing AI too fast
A BCG survey found a sharp split in business: most CEOs believe their boards are moving too quickly on AI adoption. The disagreement could hinder effective transformation.
Cyera researchers disclose OpenClaw vulnerability chain enabling compromise
Cyera found four linked vulnerabilities in OpenClaw that, when chained together, allow data theft, privilege escalation, and installation of a backdoor on the host. The vulnerabilities have been patched.
Uber, Wayve, and Nissan prepare Tokyo robotaxi pilot — Uber’s first autonomous project in Japan
Uber, Wayve, and Nissan have signed an agreement to launch a robotaxi pilot in Tokyo by the end of 2026: Nissan LEAF vehicles equipped with Wayve’s system and an in-cabin safety operator will appear on the Uber platform.
Moz Pro launched a free trial for AI SEO tools starting at $39 per month
Moz Pro added AI keyword suggestions, the AI Visibility feature, and the Domain Authority metric, and also launched a 7-day free trial on paid plans.
WhiteBridge AI raised $3 million for a people search and digital identity verification platform
Lithuanian startup WhiteBridge AI closed a $3 million seed round and will use the money for new data sources, digital profile verification, and development of its people search platform.
Amazon acquired Fauna Robotics and added the humanoid robot Sprout to its portfolio
Amazon acquired Fauna Robotics along with the 23-kilogram humanoid Sprout — the company's second robotics deal in a month and a stronger bet on home and utility robots.
Energy Vault acquires 175 MW Texas battery storage project amid AI data center demand
Energy Vault has acquired a 175 MW battery storage project in Texas near Dallas, betting on rapid growth in power consumption from AI data centers and a shortage of firm capacity on the ERCOT grid.
Galtea raises $3.2 million for an enterprise AI agent validation platform
Galtea, a startup from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center ecosystem, has raised $3.2 million to help companies find failures, hallucinations, bias, and vulnerabilities in AI agents before deployment.
Theia Insights raises $8 million to replace outdated industry classification systems
Cambridge-based Theia Insights has closed an $8 million Series A round and is developing an AI map of the economy that classifies companies across multiple business lines instead of a single static industry label.
Meta cuts hundreds of staff in Reality Labs and sales while ramping up AI spending
Meta has begun new layoffs in Reality Labs, Facebook, recruiting and sales, while nearly doubling its 2026 budget for data centers, GPU and the Llama ecosystem.
Chinese court rules firing employee to replace him with AI was unlawful
A court in Hangzhou decided that a company cannot fire an employee solely because AI began handling his tasks: automation is a business decision, not a lawful ground for terminating a contract.
DoorDash invested in Also as Rivian spin-off topped $1 billion valuation
DoorDash became a strategic investor in Also: the startup spun out of Rivian raised $200 million, surpassed a $1 billion valuation and is preparing small autonomous EVs for last-mile delivery.
Alphabet nearly caught up with Nvidia by market cap after Google Cloud's record quarter
After its first-quarter report, Alphabet jumped nearly 10%: Google Cloud topped $20 billion in revenue for the first time, and the market again started talking about catching Nvidia by market cap.
AliveCor brings pocket-sized Kardia 12L ECG system with AI diagnostics to Europe
U.S.-based AliveCor has received CE Mark for Kardia 12L, a portable 12-lead ECG system that uses AI to detect 35 cardiac conditions and is entering five European markets.
Pickmybrain raises $2.1M: AI clones of Rovio co-founder and former Netflix CMO
Tallinn-based Pickmybrain has raised a $2.1M pre-seed round for a platform where experts create AI clones of themselves — “digital brains” that answer client questions 24/7.
Valar Atomics raises $450 million for small nuclear reactors for AI data centers
Startup Valar Atomics has reached a $2 billion valuation and raised $450 million to build compact nuclear reactors next to AI data centers and sell them stable power.
Baidu outage: more than 100 Apollo Go robotaxis came to a halt in the middle of roads in Wuhan
In Wuhan, more than 100 Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis stopped simultaneously on roads and overpasses, showing that the main risk of autonomous fleets is not an isolated error but a mass failure.
Legora reached $100M ARR in 18 months — a record for legal AI
Swedish AI startup Legora surpassed the $100M ARR mark in just 18 months, starting from $1M — a growth rate that typically takes nearly a decade in enterprise software.
OpenAI delayed ChatGPT's adult mode, but the main risks are already visible in AI intimacy
The delayed ChatGPT adult mode is prompting a more important debate: not about access to erotic content, but about how AI interlocutors keep adult users engaged and deepen emotional dependence.
Tencent launched ClawPro — an enterprise AI agent platform built on OpenClaw
Tencent has released ClawPro into public beta — an enterprise layer on top of OpenClaw that lets companies launch AI agents in 10 minutes with quotas, monitoring, and security controls.
Medialister opened the editorial advertising market to AI agents through an MCP server
Medialister launched an MCP server so ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini can directly select editorial placements, cutting manual research and lengthy negotiations with media outlets.
Apple faced a flood of AI apps in the App Store and tightened app review
Amid the vibe coding boom, the number of new apps in the App Store rose 84% in a single quarter, review times stretched to 30 days, and Apple began more aggressively rejecting services that generate code on the fly.
Picsart launched monetization for all creators — no audience thresholds
AI platform Picsart launched the "Earn with Picsart" program for 150 million users: payouts are based on engagement, not follower count — no whitelist.
Narwhal Labs raises €22.9M and launches DeepBlue OS for regulated industries
UK-based Narwhal Labs has secured €22.9M and unveiled DeepBlue OS — a platform that automates calls and messaging in regulated sectors with a full audit trail of AI actions.
Oracle appoints Hilary Maxson CFO for its $50 billion AI data center bet
Oracle has appointed former Schneider Electric CFO Hilary Maxson as its new CFO as the company doubles investment in AI data centers and reshapes its business around cloud infrastructure.
Ayra and Casa Italia: how AI handles reservations without disrupting human service
Ayra and restaurant Casa Italia show how AI can respond to guests, manage reservations, and take routine work off the restaurant team without replacing human service on the floor.