The EU defers AI Act high-risk rules in the Digital Omnibus (2026)
The EU Digital Omnibus amended the AI Act in 2026 to defer high-risk obligations to December 2027 and August 2028, leaving GPAI rules and prohibitions in force.
EU Publishes Draft Article 50 Transparency Guidelines for AI
The European Commission released draft guidelines on the AI Act's Article 50 transparency rules, covering chatbots, deepfakes, and AI-content labeling.
EU Drafts Guidelines on Classifying High-Risk AI Systems
The European Commission published draft guidelines interpreting Article 6, the AI Act's rules for deciding when an AI system counts as high-risk.
AI systems resolve open mathematical conjectures
In May 2026 an OpenAI model disproved the Erdos unit distance conjecture, and a DeepMind system resolved nine open Erdos problems and dozens of OEIS ones.
Anthropic raises $65B Series H at $965B valuation
Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H at a $965 billion post-money valuation, becoming the most valuable AI startup.
Mistral launches Vibe, a unified work and code agent
Mistral merged its Le Chat assistant into Vibe, one agent with Work and Code modes plus a VS Code extension across web, mobile, and editor.
Waymo opens first public rides in the Ojai robotaxi
Waymo began offering its first public rider trips in the Ojai, a vehicle built for ride-hailing and running the 6th-gen Waymo Driver.
Anthropic confidentially files draft S-1 for IPO
Anthropic confidentially submitted a draft Form S-1 to the SEC, the first formal step toward a public offering.
MiniMax releases M3 open-weight frontier model
MiniMax launched M3, an open-weight model pairing frontier coding, a 1M-token context window, and native multimodality in one system.
NVIDIA unveils RTX Spark superchip for personal AI PCs
NVIDIA and Microsoft unveiled RTX Spark, a superchip for Windows PCs that runs up to 120-billion-parameter LLMs locally.
Anthropic expands Project Glasswing to ~150 organizations
Anthropic widened Project Glasswing to about 150 organizations in 15-plus countries to find security flaws in critical software with Claude.
Microsoft launches Work IQ and Web IQ agent platform at Build 2026
At Build 2026 Microsoft launched its IQ agent-grounding layer, including Work IQ, Web IQ, and the Microsoft Scout work agent.
Microsoft unveils seven MAI models at Build 2026
At Build 2026 Microsoft launched seven in-house MAI models, including a reasoning model and a coding model, to cut its reliance on OpenAI.
Trump EO on Advanced AI Innovation and Security
A White House executive order set up a voluntary federal review track for frontier AI models and ordered AI-enabled hardening of government cyber defenses.
WeRide and Uber Announce Spain's First Commercial Robotaxi Pilot in Madrid (2026)
WeRide, Uber, and AVOMO announce a robotaxi pilot in the Madrid region, the partnership's first joint entry into the European market.
AlphaSense raises $350M at $7.5B valuation
AI market intelligence firm AlphaSense raised $350M at a $7.5B valuation and passed $600M in ARR.
Coralogix raises $200M Series F
Observability platform Coralogix raised a $200M Series F, bringing total funding to $550M.
Suno raises $400M+ Series D at $5.4B valuation
AI music generator Suno raised over $400 million at a $5.4 billion valuation to fund a fully licensed music model.
AI Lab CEOs Urge Mandatory Synthetic DNA Screening
CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft AI signed an open letter asking Congress to mandate biosecurity screening of synthetic DNA orders.
Generalist AI raises $400 million for physical AI robot models
Robotics startup Generalist AI raises $400 million led by Radical Ventures to build embodied foundation models for general-purpose robots.
Supabase raises $500M Series F at $10.5B valuation
Developer database platform Supabase raised $500 million at a $10.5 billion valuation as AI agents drove growth.
Google signs ~$920M-per-month compute deal with SpaceX
Google agreed to pay SpaceX about 920 million dollars a month through June 2029 for roughly 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs of compute capacity.
NVIDIA and SK hynix sign multiyear AI memory partnership
NVIDIA and SK hynix announced a multiyear deal to co-develop next-generation memory across NVIDIA's full AI hardware roadmap.
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, its most capable public model yet, alongside the access-restricted Claude Mythos 5.
KPMG deploys Copilot and Agent 365 across 276,000 staff
KPMG and Microsoft expanded their alliance to roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent 365 across KPMG's 276,000-person global workforce.
Meta and Reliance partner on Meta's first AI data center in India
Meta partners with Reliance on a 168 MW AI-enabled data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat - Meta's first built-to-suit capacity in India.
Anthropic proposes Advanced AI Framework with government power to block dangerous deployments
Anthropic published a policy framework urging mandatory testing of frontier models and government authority to block catastrophic-risk deployments.
Anthropic proposes an Advanced AI Framework for government oversight
Anthropic published a framework asking governments for legal authority to block deployment of frontier models that pose catastrophic risk.
EU Publishes Code of Practice on Labelling AI-Generated Content
The European Commission published a voluntary Code of Practice to help meet AI Act Article 50 rules on marking and labeling AI-generated content.
Visa partners with OpenAI to power AI agent commerce
Visa partners with OpenAI to enable secure payments by AI agents, bringing Visa's network and tokenized credentials to agentic commerce.
Waymo launches Premier robotaxi membership
Waymo introduced Premier, a 29.99-dollar-a-month invite-only membership for frequent robotaxi riders in three US cities.
US export-control directive forces Anthropic to suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5
A US export-control directive forced Anthropic to suspend all foreign-national access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, including its own staff.
US Orders Anthropic to Cut Foreign Access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Citing national security, the US issued an export control directive forcing Anthropic to suspend all foreign-national access to its top two models.
Salesforce to acquire Fin (formerly Intercom) for ~$3.6B
Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI customer-service company Fin, formerly Intercom, for about 3.6 billion dollars.
AMD and Rackspace sign deal for phased 30 MW AMD AI compute deployment
AMD and Rackspace signed an agreement to deploy 30 MW of AMD Instinct GPU and EPYC CPU compute for regulated enterprise AI through 2028.
Databricks agrees to acquire AI security platform Panther
Databricks agreed to buy Panther, an AI-powered security operations platform, to build out its security lakehouse and challenge legacy SIEM tools.
Mobileye to launch its own vertically integrated robotaxi business
Mobileye moves from supplier to operator, planning a US robotaxi service in 2027 starting with about 100 vehicles, scaling to 17,000.
SpaceX to acquire AI coding startup Cursor (Anysphere) for ~$60B
SpaceX signed an all-stock merger agreement to acquire Anysphere, maker of the Cursor AI code editor, at a 60 billion dollar implied value.
Stellantis, Wayve, and Uber partner to scale Level 4 robotaxis globally
Three-way MoU to build and deploy driverless L4 robotaxis worldwide, pairing Stellantis vehicles, Wayve AI, and Uber's network.
WeRide and Uber plan commercial robotaxi service in Greater Zurich
WeRide and Uber announced plans to launch commercial robotaxis in Greater Zurich, their second European deployment after Madrid.
FDA clears GuideAI Health's VascularAssist Occlusion Triage for peripheral vascular disease
FDA grants 510(k) clearance to GuideAI Health's VAOT, an AI triage device that flags suspected lower-extremity vascular occlusions on CT scans.
EchoNext wins first FDA clearance for AI that flags hidden heart disease from a standard ECG
FDA clears EchoNext, which reads routine 12-lead ECGs to detect structural heart disease more accurately than cardiologists in a head-to-head test.
Google brings native computer use to Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google made computer use a native, generally available capability in Gemini 3.5 Flash, letting agents act across browser, mobile, and desktop.
Qualcomm agrees to acquire AI software company Modular
Qualcomm agreed to acquire Modular, whose write-once-run-anywhere AI software stack runs models across CPUs, GPUs, and custom accelerators.
New York Times proposes third amended complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft
The New York Times filed a proposed third amended complaint in its AI copyright case, reshaping claims after the Supreme Court's Cox v. Sony ruling.
onsemi to acquire Synaptics for $7 billion in physical AI push
onsemi agrees to buy Synaptics in a $7 billion all-stock deal, extending its power and sensing chips into edge AI compute for physical AI.
UpDoc gets first FDA clearance for a patient-facing large language model medical device
FDA clears the first medical device built on patient-facing LLMs; UpDoc's platform is deployed at Cleveland Clinic, AHN, and UCSF Health.
Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientists
Anthropic's June 30, 2026 beta gives researchers an agentic workbench with 60-plus scientific skills, reproducible outputs, and grants.