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Microsoft cancels Claude Code licenses by June 30. Uber exhausted $3.4B AI budget in 4 months. One company spent $500M on Claude in a single month.

Anthropic launches Opus 4.8 with 69.2% agentic coding, 4x fewer missed code flaws, and user effort control. Same pricing. Plus Mythos 1 coming October.

KPMG rolls out Claude across 138 countries. OpenAI counters with DeployCo, a $4B consulting subsidiary. Two rival enterprise AI strategies emerge.

Anthropic's $30B round closed at $900B+ valuation this week. SpaceX IPO targets June 12. Study: AI now outperforms average humans on creativity tests.

Leaked audio reveals Meta tracked keystrokes and code to train AI. 8,000 layoffs followed. OpenAI model disproves 80-year math conjecture.

The Vatican's first AI encyclical presented alongside Anthropic's Chris Olah. Anthropic closing $30B round at $900B+, surpassing OpenAI's valuation.

Anthropic and the Gates Foundation pledge $200M over 4 years for AI in healthcare, education, and agriculture. India and Africa are primary targets.

OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to use Claude to build Claude. Gemini 3.5 Flash hits GA at $1.50/M input tokens with 1M context.

Anthropic projects $10.9B in Q2 revenue with $559M operating profit. OpenAI files confidential S-1 for September listing. Three AI IPOs in six months.

Google restructures AI subscriptions with a new $100/mo Ultra tier including Gemini Spark agent. White House drafts voluntary AI model access framework.

Gemini 3.5 Flash surpasses 3.1 Pro on coding and agentic benchmarks at Flash pricing. OpenAI launches a public tool to verify AI-generated images.

Composer 2.5 scores 79.8% on SWE-Bench Multilingual at $0.50/M input tokens (≈₹46.50). SpaceXAI partnership and what it means for devs.

Federal jury unanimously rejects Elon Musk's $134B claims against Altman and OpenAI on statute of limitations. Google I/O keynote starts today.

Cerebras raised $5.55B in the biggest tech IPO since Uber. Stock fell 10% Friday after its blockbuster debut. What it means for AI chip competition.

Full Google I/O preview: Gemini 4.0, Omni video model, Android XR glasses, Aluminium OS. Meanwhile, anti-data-center resistance is spreading across the US.

Beijing blocks Nvidia H200 purchases despite US approval. Trump discussed AI guardrails with Xi. Gemini Omni leak points to unified text-image-video model.

xAI kills 8 Grok API models, redirects to Grok 4.3 at higher prices. Apple iOS 27 Extensions let users choose Claude, Gemini, or Grok as default AI.

Cisco fires 4,000 while stock soars 17% on AI orders. Google talks to SpaceX about orbital data centers via Project Suncatcher. AI exec order stalls.

Cloudflare fires 20% of staff despite $640M record quarter. CEO says AI made support roles obsolete. Google previews Gemini Intelligence and Googlebooks.

Alphabet nearly overtakes Nvidia as most valuable company. IBM finds 76% of firms have a CAIO, up from 26% last year. Stanford AI Index: 53% adoption.

Pentagon partners with OpenAI, Google, SpaceX and 5 others for classified AI. GitHub Copilot switches to token billing June 1. Google eyes ads in Gemini.

SpaceX can acquire Cursor for $60B or pay $10B breakup fee. Federal judge rules AI chats aren't privileged. Microsoft: 17.8% of workers now use AI.

Anthropic may raise $50B at $900B valuation to surpass OpenAI. Apple settles Siri class action for $250M. Five Eyes warns on agentic AI security.

White House plans FDA-style AI model vetting after Mythos. Pennsylvania files first governor-led lawsuit against Character.AI for fake doctors.

Anthropic signs deal for SpaceX Colossus One data center, doubles Claude Code limits. Google quietly shuts down Project Mariner browser agent.

Anthropic releases 10 pre-built financial AI agents, Cerebras targets a $27B IPO, and Corgi launches insurance for AI hallucinations. Plus SAP acquires.

OpenAI raises $4B for enterprise AI deployment, DeepSeek V4 models challenge Claude and GPT pricing, and AWS launches Amazon Quick at What's Next event.