AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report

Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.

IBM pays $17M fine to end DOJ suit over DEI programs

IBM entered into a $17 million settlement agreement on Friday with the U.S. DOJ over allegations that it engaged in “illegal DEI practices.”

Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent

The company has also previously introduced agents that are able to complete tasks, Cowork and Copilot Tasks.

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Google and Intel deepen AI infrastructure partnership

The two tech giants are looking to co-develop custom chips, at a time when demand for CPUs is high due to a growing global shortage.

Amazon CEO takes aim at Nvidia, Intel, Starlink, more in annual shareholder letter

Andy Jassy’s annual shareholder letter reads something like a diss track to a wide range of competitors as he defends spending $200 billion in capex.

AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict

AWS has an ingrained culture of handling competition, he explained, because the cloud giant also competes with its partners.

Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says ‘AGI is here already’

Matei Zaharia has won the top honor from the Association for Computing Machinery. Now he’s working on AI for research and says AGI is simply misunderstood.

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Atlassian launches visual AI tools and third-party agents in Confluence

Confluence users can now create visual assets within the software in addition to new third-party agents working with Lovable, Replit, and Gamma.