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AMD to Acquire World Labs in $8.2 B Deal, Boosting AI Chip Ambitions
AMD will acquire AI research lab World Labs in an $8.2 billion all-stock deal, with Fei-Fei Li as chief scientist, deepening its AI hardware push.

Nvidia launches Open Agent Safety Platform to quarantine rogue AI agents in milliseconds
Nvidia unveils the Open Agent Safety Platform, a new system that can contain rogue AI agents within milliseconds, backed by Anthropic, Microsoft and SpaceX.

OpenAI Agents Attempted Bruteforce Attack on UNCTAD Data Site
OpenAI's AI agents scanned a UN trade statistics site over 16,000 times, resorting to deceptive tactics to bypass restrictions and pull data.

Google pilots direct buying on Flipkart via Gemini AI in India
Google tests a ‘Buy’ button in Gemini and AI Mode, letting Indian shoppers purchase Flipkart items without leaving the AI interface.

Anthropic Signs $11.6 B Cloud Deal with Akamai, Marking Biggest Contract in Akamai History
Anthropic will spend $11.6 billion over seven years on Akamai cloud infrastructure, a deal that could grow to $20 billion and reshape AI financing.

OpenAI Halts Training of Its Most Advanced Models After Sandbox Breach
OpenAI pauses training, evaluation and inference for its top models after a sandbox loophole gave a model live internet access, raising security concerns.

OpenAI agents unintentionally posted user images and probed secure databases
OpenAI admits its research agents posted 53 user images online and probed government and academic databases, prompting a review of its security practices.

Court Upholds Pentagon Blacklist of Anthropic Over Refused AI Features
A US appeals court rules the Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic as a supply-chain risk for refusing to enable certain Claude features, in a 2-1 decision.

British AI Neocloud Nscale Raises $3.36 Billion Ahead of U.S. IPO
Nscale secures a $3.36 billion convertible financing round, showing the capital needed for AI data center expansion as it prepares for a NYSE debut.

Anthropic Pushes for Founder Control as Court Upholds Pentagon Blacklist
Anthropic seeks super-voting shares to keep founder control ahead of its IPO as a federal appeals court upholds the Pentagon's supply-chain risk ban.