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Google Pays $50M to Train 300,000 Electricians and Welders
The AI industry faces a critical shortage of skilled workers. Google.org allocates $50M to train 300,000+ electricians, welders, and infrastructure specialists across 20+ US states.
Upriver raised $14M for automating data preparation in enterprise AI
Upriver raised $14M in a seed round. Its mission is to solve a problem ignored by almost all corporate IT departments: when enterprise AI projects fail, the reason is rarely a bad model, but almost…
Deezer Launched Free AI Music Detector for Spotify Playlists
French streaming service Deezer launched a tool that will find all AI-generated tracks in your playlist, even if you listen on Spotify or Apple Music.
American AI Giants Capture London, Crushing Local Startups
Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are opening offices in London at an unprecedented pace, turning the city into a second San Francisco, but creating fierce competition for talent that harms British startups.
Parloa Raised $350M and Signed Partnerships with Microsoft, SAP, and OpenAI
Berlin-based startup Parloa completed Series D with $350M in funding and announced strategic partnerships with Microsoft, OpenAI, SAP, Five9, and Epic to deeply integrate its AI agent management platform into corporate s
Groq Raises $650M for Cloud Service Despite Nvidia Deal
Groq raises $650M from existing investors for AI model inference cloud service, despite Nvidia paying out its backers and recruiting key engineers six months ago.
DESKi Launches HeartFocus Link: AI for Any Cardiac Ultrasound Scanner
French company DESKi has released HeartFocus Link software that transforms any cardiac ultrasound machine into a smart system with AI-driven prompts for optimal probe positioning.
Former DeepMind employees raise $50M for science-focused AI startup Inherent
London lab Inherent, founded by former DeepMind employees, raised $50 million in a Series A round to develop AI that helps scientists choose promising research questions.
Meta develops an AI pendant for the office based on the Limitless acquisition
Meta will test an AI pendant based on Limitless over the next year, adding it to a new corporate subscription, Wearables for Work, for work tasks. *Meta is recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia.
AI is taking away summer internships: the pipeline for young professionals is collapsing
Summer internships, which for decades were the main entry point into the profession, are rapidly being displaced by artificial intelligence. Companies prefer AI systems over cheaper interns.
Developers refused to work without AI: a study revealed a dependency paradox
Research lab METR was unable to replicate a study on AI’s impact on developers — programmers refused to participate without AI tools.
Dell rises 40% on strong demand for Nvidia AI servers
Dell posted record quarterly results driven by surging demand for AI servers, with shares rising 40% and the company raising its full-year guidance.
GLOBSEC 2026 revealed two fundamentally different paths for European digital policy development
At the GLOBSEC forum in Prague, the future of AI, cybersecurity, and digital trust in Europe was discussed—and two radically different development strategies were highlighted
Bank of Italy Openly Announced Negotiations with All Major AI Companies
The Central Bank of Italy openly stated that it is conducting negotiations with leading AI companies. This is an unusual step — central bankers typically do not publicize such contacts.
OpenAI Provides Japanese Megabanks with AI Model for Cybersecurity Defense
OpenAI will provide three Japanese megabanks—MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho—access to the specialized GPT-5.5-Cyber model through the Verified Defender program. Japan's government views frontier AI simultaneously as both a threa
Australian tribunal overwhelmed: AI assistants doubled case flow
Australia's Fair Work Commission reported a 70% increase in workload over three years, partly due to the proliferation of generative AI tools in lawsuit preparation.
Aizy bought Uptmz to create a unified AI platform for Google, Microsoft and Meta
Dutch startup Aizy acquired seven-year-old Uptmz platform for performance marketing, combining AI technology and human specialists to manage advertising across all major platforms.
DeepSeek Makes 75% Discount on V4 Pro Permanent — Prices Fall 4x
DeepSeek announced that the 75% discount on its flagship V4 Pro model is becoming permanent, significantly complicating competitors' fight in the AI price war.
IBM and India Prepare to Retrain 200 Million Workers into AI Specialists
IBM has initiated a plan to retrain 200 million Indian workers as AI specialists in order to make India a center of AI skills by 2030.
PerPlant raises €1M for AI cameras enabling precision field spraying
Danish startup PerPlant has secured €1 million in funding to develop an AI-camera system that helps farmers spray fields with surgical precision. The startup has already mapped 200,000 hectares — 9 times more than all Da
Swiss startup creates four-armed robot for space stations
Orbit Robotics unveiled Helios — a four-armed robot for work on space stations. In microgravity, two arms anchor to the station while two others perform operations. Every hour of astronaut work costs approximately $140,0
Anthropic blacklisted by Pentagon, but NSA cleared to use Claude
The Pentagon has placed Anthropic on its blacklist as a national security threat, yet the NSA remains authorized to continue using Claude — alternative options simply don't exist.
Claude Code Leak: Anthropic Accidentally Publishes Entire Source Code to Public npm
Anthropic accidentally published the entire Claude Code source code to npm (512K lines of TypeScript) with 44 hidden flags and references to the Mythos model. The code remained publicly accessible for several days.
McKinsey Launches Free AI Interview Prep Tool
McKinsey launched in April a free AI tool for interview preparation at the junior level to level the playing field for candidates regardless of access to expensive coaches.
Huawei Proposes New Chip Scaling Law to Bypass American Sanctions
Instead of shrinking transistor sizes, Huawei proposes reducing signal propagation delay—the result of six years of covert development of a new chip architecture.
ECB Calls Banks to Emergency Meeting Over Claude Mythos Threats
The European Central Bank urgently convenes a meeting with banks, concerned that Claude AI models find critical vulnerabilities faster than human security teams.
Venture investments in the UK reached $10.5 billion in the first four months of 2026
British startups attracted $10.5 billion in VC funding in the first four months of 2026 — twice as much as a year ago. Three mega-rounds (Nscale, Wayve, Ineffable Intelligence) accounted for 40% of all investments.
Microsoft Shut Down Claude Code Due to Unexpected Costs
Microsoft allowed employees to use Claude Code in December, but by spring, shut down the program after bills reached tens of millions of dollars per month.
Anthropic identified over 10,000 critical vulnerabilities in global software
Anthropic uncovered the scale of a problem that the information security world has long underestimated.
Eurostat: 20% of EU Companies Now Use AI, But Growth Rates Remain Slow
European statistics service Eurostat reported growth in artificial intelligence adoption in the EU corporate sector: from 13.5% to 20% over a year. However, experts say this is insufficient for global competition.