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Anthropic Ships Anthropic Quick, a Desktop AI Agent App Starting at $20 a Month
Anthropic launched Anthropic Quick, a desktop application that runs AI agents for tasks like creating presentations and documents, priced from $20 per month without requiring an Anthropic account.
GitHub Copilot Moves to Usage-Based Billing From June 1
GitHub will replace Copilot's flat subscription model with AI Credits tied to actual token consumption, citing unsustainable inference costs from agentic workflows.
China Orders Meta to Unwind $2 Billion Manus Acquisition After NDRC Probe
China's NDRC has ordered Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of agentic AI startup Manus, complicating the company's push into AI agents.
Ex-Nvidia Robotics Researcher Joel Jang Launches World Models Startup Dream Labs
Dream Labs, founded by former Nvidia Project Groot researcher Joel Jang, is seeking tens of millions in funding to build world models for robotics.
Musk Seeks $134 Billion as OpenAI For-Profit Trial Begins
Elon Musk and Sam Altman face trial over OpenAI's corporate future, with Musk seeking $134 billion in damages and a return to non-profit status.
NEA's Tiffany Luck Makes the Case for Vertical AI Moats
NEA partner Tiffany Luck argues that vertical AI startups can defend against frontier model providers by owning the last mile of enterprise workflows and delivering finished work products.
Fed Study Shows 50% Drop in Programming Job Growth After ChatGPT Launch
Federal Reserve economists found employment growth among U.S. programmers fell roughly 50% after ChatGPT's November 2022 launch, while public sentiment toward AI continues deteriorating.
Meta Faces Possible Reversal of $2 Billion Manus AI Acquisition
Chinese regulators have ordered the unwinding of Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus, forcing the company to prepare contingency plans.
OpenAI Loosens Microsoft Exclusivity as GPT-Image-2 Drives Creative Applications
OpenAI updated its Microsoft partnership to allow distribution across all clouds while GPT-Image-2 continues demonstrating multimodal AI's path toward general intelligence through creative applications.
Redpine Raises €6.8m Seed Round to Pipe Non-Public Data to AI Agents
Stockholm-based Redpine has raised a €6.8m seed round led by NordicNinja to build an API that gives AI agents licensed access to premium, non-public datasets.
Google Signs Classified AI Deal With Pentagon Amid Employee Opposition
Google has agreed to let the US Department of Defense use its AI models for classified work, covering any lawful government purpose, despite internal staff resistance.
OpenAI Missed Its Internal Revenue Target in the First Quarter of 2026
OpenAI fell short of an internal revenue goal in Q1 2026, amid rising competition from Google's Gemini and strong sales at rival AI labs.
Jury Seated for Musk vs Altman Breach of Trust Trial in San Francisco
A nine-member jury has been impanelled in Elon Musk's breach of charitable trust lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, with the trial now under way.
Musk seeks $134 billion from OpenAI in trial starting this week
Elon Musk and Sam Altman head to trial in Northern California over OpenAI's transformation from nonprofit to for-profit, with Musk seeking $134 billion in damages and Altman's removal.
OpenAI Ends Azure Exclusivity in Amended Microsoft Partnership
OpenAI and Microsoft restructured their partnership to let OpenAI distribute models through rival cloud providers while Microsoft retains a non-exclusive license through 2032.
Databricks Executive Says Fragmented Data Is Blocking Enterprise AI Adoption
A sponsored MIT Technology Review podcast featuring Databricks and Infosys argues that poor data infrastructure, not model capability, is the primary barrier to enterprise AI deployment.