UK launches £500M sovereign AI fund for domestic compute infrastructure
The UK government is launching a £500 million sovereign AI fund to build domestic computing infrastructure, formally launching April 16.…
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Unexpected 92,000 payroll drop challenges AI jobs narrative
U.S. payrolls dropped by 92,000 in the latest jobs report — far worse than expected. Fortune and Goldman Sachs analysts are debating whether AI automation is a contributing factor, with Goldman's anal…
Trump announces AI industry pledge to pay for power infrastructure
President Trump announced a pledge from major AI companies — including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Oracle — to fund power infrastructure needed for AI data centers. The companies committed to payin…
Claude's consumer growth surges after Pentagon deal controversy
Consumer downloads and usage of Anthropic's Claude chatbot surged following the Pentagon controversy, with Claude surpassing both ChatGPT and Gemini in app store rankings for the first time. The 'Stre…
Anthropic publishes labor market study — AI is not yet displacing jobs at scale
Anthropic published a peer-reviewed study analyzing labor market data and concluded that AI has not yet caused large-scale job displacement. The research introduces a new measure for tracking AI's imp…
US drafts strict new AI rules for government contractors amid Anthropic clash
The Trump administration is drafting new AI procurement rules for government contractors, prompted by the Anthropic dispute. The proposed regulations would require AI vendors to grant agencies access …
WordPress adds official ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude plugins
WordPress released official plugins for OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, and Anthropic's Claude, bringing native AI capabilities to the world's most popular CMS. The plugins enable AI-assisted conte…
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon publicly back Anthropic despite Pentagon blacklist
All three major cloud providers — Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS — issued statements confirming that Anthropic's Claude remains available on their platforms for non-defense work. Microsoft wen…
OpenAI releases new financial-services tools, rivaling Anthropic
OpenAI launched a suite of AI tools purpose-built for financial services, including compliance document analysis, risk assessment workflows, and regulatory reporting automation. The launch comes as Op…
US considers requiring export permits for Nvidia and AMD AI chip sales
Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration is considering requiring export permits for Nvidia and AMD AI chip sales globally — not just to China. The move would give the government case-by-case …
Netflix acquires Ben Affleck's AI filmmaking startup InterPositive
Netflix acquired InterPositive, the AI postproduction startup founded by Ben Affleck. The company's technology automates visual effects, color grading, and editing workflows using generative AI, signi…
Rowspace launches with $50M to make AI for private equity work
Rowspace emerged from stealth with $50 million in funding, building AI specifically for private equity workflows — deal sourcing, due diligence document analysis, portfolio monitoring, and reporting. …