One Copilot to rule them all: Microsoft’s bold plan to simplify its AI empire

Microsoft is developing a single app that would bring together its various Copilot AI tools under one roof. Sebastian Herrera reports for Fortune that the software company plans to launch such a “super app” by the end of summer 2026. The app would combine GitHub Copilot, the Copilot chat function, the Copilot Cowork tool, and …

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CNN sues AI search startup Perplexity for content theft

CNN has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against AI search company Perplexity, accusing it of unlawfully copying and distributing CNN’s journalism. Brian Stelter reports for CNN that this marks the first AI copyright lawsuit filed by a television network. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New …

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From BNP Paribas to Airbus: how Mistral is building the AI backbone of European industry

Mistral AI used its first-ever company conference in Paris to announce a major expansion into industrial engineering, a new data center south of the French capital, and a rebranding of its consumer assistant. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the moves collectively signal the three-year-old startup’s ambition to become the preferred AI provider for enterprises …

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Anthropic surpasses OpenAI with $965 billion valuation after $65 billion funding round

Anthropic has raised $65 billion in a Series H funding round, pushing its post-money valuation to $965 billion. The San Francisco company has now surpassed OpenAI as the world’s most valuable artificial intelligence startup. OpenAI’s last valuation stood at $730 billion. The round was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital. A broad …

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YouTube now labels AI-generated videos automatically

YouTube is making it easier for viewers to identify AI-generated content on its platform. Todd Spangler reports for Variety that the platform is introducing automatic AI content labels and moving existing disclosures to more visible positions on the page. Until now, YouTube required creators to manually disclose AI use. Going forward, YouTube will also apply …

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Google’s AI search update breaks basic word lookups

Google’s redesigned search experience is experiencing novel problems: users discovered that searching for the word “disregard” and similar terms can return a nearly empty AI-generated response. Russell Brandom reports for TechCrunch that the new interface buries traditional search results far below the fold, replacing them with AI summaries that, in this case, provide no useful …

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Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic’s pretraining team

Andrej Karpathy, a founding member of OpenAI and former head of AI at Tesla, is joining Anthropic. Karpathy announced the move on X (formerly Twitter), writing that he is “very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D.” At Anthropic, Karpathy will join the pretraining team, which handles the large-scale training runs …

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Google reshapes its AI subscription lineup with new pricing and features

Google has overhauled its lineup of AI subscription plans, introducing a new lower-cost Ultra tier and lowering the price of its most expensive option. The changes were announced at the company’s I/O developer conference. The new entry point into the Ultra tier costs $100 per month. Google says it targets developers, technical leads, and advanced …

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Google and OpenAI expand efforts to label AI content

Google and OpenAI are expanding their tools to help users identify AI-generated media. The companies are combining their technologies to make digital content verification more reliable across the internet. Google is integrating its digital watermarking technology, SynthID, with the industry-standard C2PA Content Credentials. The company is rolling out these verification features across Google Search, Chrome, …

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