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Alongside its powerful Claude 4 AI models Anthropic has launched and a new suite of developer tools, including advanced API capabilities, aiming to significantly enhance the creation of sophisticated and autonomous AI agents.

Google I/O 2025 has unveiled deep Gemini AI integration across its whole ecosysyem, bringing more AI to Search, dev tools & Workspace apps.

Computex 2025 showcases a computing industry transformed by Artificial Intelligence, as Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm unveil AI-centric GPUs like the RTX 5060 and RX 9060 XT, new CPUs including Intel's Panther Lake, and a suite of AI-powered devices, heralding a smarter, faster era for consumer and enterprise technology.

CoreWeave's stock has surged 19% after the AI cloud provider announced a successful, oversubscribed $2 billion debt offering, bolstering its financial flexibility for significant AI infrastructure expansion and debt repayment amid high investor confidence.

Microsoft implements email filtering for terms like "Palestine" and "Gaza" following employee protests over Israeli contracts, sparking accusations of censorship and raising concerns about corporate speech policing.

Google has unveiled SynthID Detector at I/O 2025, a tool to identify AI-generated media via digital watermarks, tackling deepfake and misinformation concerns

Google has unveiled Firebase AI Logic and the experimental Stitch UI generator at I/O 2025, aiming to simplify AI integration and accelerate app development with enhanced Gemini model access and AI-powered design tools.

Google has launched Veo 3, its advanced AI video generator now with integrated audio creation, alongside the new Flow filmmaking tool and Imagen 4, offering powerful multimodal content capabilities for creators and professionals via new subscription tiers.

Microsoft has added Elon Musk's Grok AI to its Azure AI Foundry. This expands Azure's model offerings amid OpenAI complexities and Grok's controversial history.

A Microsoft employee has disrupted Satya Nadella's Build 2025 keynote, protesting Israel AI contracts & calling its Gaza tech report a "bold-faced lie," fueling dissent over ethics.

Internal Google documents reveal the company knew it would have limited control over Israel's use of its Project Nimbus AI and cloud technology, proceeding with the $3.3B deal despite human rights concerns and consultant warnings.

An internal Microsoft review finds no Gaza civilian harm from its tech, yet admits oversight gaps; activists criticize the report as a 'PR stunt' and plan more protests.

OpenAI commits an additional $4 billion to CoreWeave for AI cloud infrastructure through 2029. This deal highlights soaring GPU demand and fuels CoreWeave's major expansion.

Microsoft faces a major UK class-action lawsuit alleging it abused market dominance and overcharged for Office & Windows by restricting pre-owned license sales since 2015.

The Trump administration is considering large-scale sales of advanced AI chips to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, marking a policy shift and sparking debate over national security and economic ties.

Microsoft sunsets its public Bing Search and Custom Search APIs on August 11, 2025, requiring developers to migrate; the company recommends Azure AI Agent Service with its Grounding feature as the path forward, raising new integration and compliance considerations.

SoftBank and OpenAI's $100 billion Project Stargate, aimed at building US AI infrastructure, faces financing delays due to tariff risks.

OpenAI's decision to maintain nonprofit control sparks crucial negotiations with Microsoft, impacting their multi-billion dollar AI partnership, future funding, and IPO plans.

AI data center provider CoreWeave is pursuing a new debt deal of $1.5 billion or more, including potential high-yield unsecured bonds, to refinance existing liabilities and potentially fund growth, weeks after its March 2025 IPO.

Microsoft confirms Windows Server 2025 is experiencing critical Kerberos authentication failures and domain controller network issues following the April 2025 security updates, impacting multiple server versions and requiring administrator attention for workarounds.

Recent analysis shows that while individual ChatGPT use has a minimal carbon footprint, AI's larger energy demands jjustify calls for tech transparency.

Residents in a vulnerable Memphis neighborhood have reported health issues as Elon Musk's xAI operates numerous gas turbines without emission controls for its AI data center.

Google's AI Studio may soon feature "Computer Use" for AI agents, as suggested by recent findings, alongside streamlined Gemma 3 and Cloud Run integration.

Leveraging its Agentforce platform, Salesforce has debuted an HR Service solution using AI agents for tasks like onboarding, expense tracking, and policy questions.

OpenAI's decision to maintain nonprofit oversight impacts its deep ties with Microsoft, which is reportedly negotiating how the new structure affects its $13.75B investment.

Elon Musk's xAI has faced a security breach after an employee leaked an API key providing two months of access to dozens of private and unreleased Grok models.

Amazon Web Services has reportedly started developing a new AI-assisted coding service designed to compete directly with startups like Cursor and Windsurf.

Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry may soon feature Elon Musk's Grok, as the tech giant has reportedly started discussions with xAI about hosting the AI model on its cloud.

Amazon Web Services has launched Nova Premier, its most capable multimodal AI model, on Amazon Bedrock, emphasizing its role as a teacher model for distillation.

Responding to geopolitical shifts, Microsoft has pledged legally binding resilience, expanded EU cloud capacity, and committed to European data/cyber rules.