Perplexity and Plaid are expanding their finance integration so users can connect checking, savings, loans, and investments for AI-generated budgets, spending views, and net worth tracking.
Anthropic says AI agents can get near-Opus quality by letting a cheaper model do most of the work and call Opus only for planning. That could change agent economics fast.
A Guardian report says Pentagon AI official Emil Michael made millions selling xAI stock after the department entered agreements with the company. The bigger issue is how governments govern AI procurement conflicts.
Meta is transferring top software engineers into a new Applied AI Engineering group, according to Reuters. The move shows how seriously the company is treating AI tooling as an internal priority.
OpenAI has inserted a new $100 ChatGPT Pro plan between Plus and its $200 Pro tier, with more Codex access aimed at sustained coding-agent work. That is a pricing signal as much as a subscription change.
Google says the Gemini app can now generate interactive simulations, charts, and 3D models inside chat. That pushes the product beyond static answers and into hands-on explanation.
Anthropic says its unreleased Mythos 2 Preview model is strong enough at finding software flaws that it should stay out of public hands for now. That marks a new threshold in AI security risk.
Oracle is rolling out Fusion Agentic Applications for finance and supply chain work. The real story is its push to move enterprise AI from chat helpers into systems that can take structured action.
Meta has expanded its CoreWeave deal with another $21 billion in cloud capacity through 2032. The move shows how much the AI race is shifting from model hype to long-term infrastructure commitments.
Google Cloud and Intel have expanded their infrastructure partnership around Xeon 6 processors and custom IPUs. The deal is a reminder that AI data centers still depend on much more than GPUs.