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Judge Amit Mehta dismissed Penske Media's and Chegg's AI Overviews antitrust suits against Google. Why the theory failed and what publishers can still pursue.

Days after TypeSafe's Jev, Perplexity, Cloudflare, AWS, Liquid, Inception and Fastino shipped decision models: what they are, how they compare, what it means.

FieldAI, maker of a universal robot brain, is reportedly raising $700M at a $10B valuation, five times its 2025 price. What it builds and what the price means.

SpaceX's AI unit leases Colossus compute to Anthropic, Google and others, and held talks with Microsoft. The run-rate math, neocloud comparisons and risks.

Google's Gemini 4 Argon launches with a 1M-token output limit and $2/$10 intro pricing. Benchmarks vs GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5, wins and gaps.

The FTC opened its first AI agent consumer-protection probe and California served OpenAI a subpoena. What civil investigative demands are, and what builders should do.

Bloomberg reports the Anthropic IPO could start marketing the week of Nov 9 and trade before Thanksgiving. A neutral look at the calendar, lockups and rivals.

Google's AI contribution pilot pays about 100 publishers when content shapes AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini. What the payouts say about AI search economics.

SpaceXAI is reportedly weighing a four-tier Grok and X subscription, with an $8 Lite plan and a $100 Ultra tier that includes Grok Bot. What it signals about consumer AI pricing.

The bipartisan AI Agent Accountability Act would extend CFAA hacking liability to AI agent operators and developers. How it works and what deployers should do.

Broadcom agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42B in convertible notes to lease TPUs. How the loan works, what it covers, and how it fits AI vendor financing.

The White House asked OpenAI and Anthropic to delay sharing new models with the UK AI Security Institute. What it means for allied pre-deployment testing.

A reported $7B Tencent lease of 100,000 GPUs via Oracle and a $300M Nvidia server smuggling case show two different routes around AI chip export controls.

OpenAI fired three safety researchers for sharing confidential information with an outside AI safety group. What is confirmed, and what it means for oversight.

Micron's record fiscal Q4 2026 earnings: $54.23B revenue, up 379%, with 83% to 90% gross margins in data center units. What it says about the AI memory supercycle.

ElevenLabs doubled its valuation to $22B through a $300M employee tender offer. Here is how a tender differs from a primary raise and what it says about AI voice agents.

Bain says AI must earn $6 trillion a year by 2031 to justify its data center buildout. Here is the math, the $4.2 trillion gap, and the bull and bear readings.

Reddit is retiring RSS feeds on November 13 and closing public API access in March 2027, citing AI bots. What it means for the AI data licensing economy and the open web.

DoorDash announced a text-to-order AI agent in Apple Messages on September 30, 2026. Here is how agentic commerce works and what it means for ordering food.

OpenAI is reportedly seeking $30B at a $1.4T valuation after delaying its IPO. What the OpenAI funding round means for control, disclosure and AI capex.

Meta launched the Meta Enterprise Platform and Muse for Small Business. What the new unit includes, how it compares with rivals, and the trust hurdle.

ElevenLabs launched Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo on Sept 28, 2026, with 90+ languages, 10-second voice cloning and context-aware delivery. What it means.

Anthropic's Claude Marketplace launched with 2,000+ connectors and plugins, agents and service partners. What it means for MCP, lock-in and enterprise buyers.

AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for about $8.2 billion in stock. A neutral look at world models, physical AI, the all-stock structure and AMD's deal history.

OpenAI DevDay 2026 recap: always-on Dots agents, the $500 Pro 500 plan, Ultrafast speed tiers and Private Intelligence, and what each means for buyers.