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meta quietly launches ai gaming app pocket
meta releases pocket, an app for generating and sharing small interactive games using ai prompts, based on its acquisition of gizmo.
openclaw automates dating from dms to date planning
people are using the openclaw ai agent to automate dating tasks like sending mass instagram reels, planning dates, and even breaking up.
openai proposes 5% equity gift to us wealth fund
openai ceo sam altman suggested donating 5% of the company's equity to a proposed us sovereign wealth fund, with other ai firms possibly contributing similar stakes.
indian founder bets $30m on ai-first office suite
bhavin turakhia self-funds neo, an enterprise platform rebuilt from scratch for ai, challenging microsoft and google.
google ai updates from june 2026
google announced gemini 3.5 live translate, android 17 features, and a new home speaker, plus tools for research and education.
cloudflare blocks mixed-use ai crawlers from ad-supported sites
cloudflare will default to blocking crawlers that combine search, ai training, and agent use from pages with ads, pushing ai companies to pay publishers.
shopify joins pytorch foundation as platinum member
shopify becomes a platinum member of the pytorch foundation to invest in open source ai for commerce.
meta plans cloud business to sell excess ai compute
meta is developing a cloud infrastructure business to sell access to ai compute and models, following spacex's lead.
gemini spark agentic assistant arrives on mac
google's gemini spark desktop agent launches on mac with new app integrations and real-time tracking.
venice ai hits $1b valuation with privacy-first platform
venice ai raised $65 million in series a funding, reaching unicorn status, as demand grows for its privacy-focused, uncensored access to over 200 ai models.
google finance adds ai portfolios and custom briefings
google finance exits beta with ai-powered portfolio tracking, custom market briefings, and a new android app.
vint cerf retires from google, warns ai agents need standards
vinton cerf, co-creator of tcp/ip, retires from google and predicts ai agents will require formal interoperability protocols, not just natural language.
wayve offers $85m employee share sale at $8.5b valuation
uk self-driving startup wayve lets employees sell vested equity in a tender offer led by investors at its latest valuation.
us lifts export ban on anthropic's mythos and fable ai models
the us government removed license requirements for exporting anthropic's advanced ai models, restoring public access after weeks of restrictions.
deepmind poker ai team now powers quant trading
three former deepmind researchers turned their poker-beating ai into a stock-trading system now valued at $500 million.
etched hits $5b valuation with $1b in ai chip orders
ai chip startup etched reports $1 billion in contract orders and a $5 billion valuation after tsmc manufactured its first chip, aiming to speed up inference for large models.
anthropic launches claude sonnet 5 for cheaper agents
anthropic releases claude sonnet 5, a midsize model with agentic capabilities at lower cost than larger models.