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  • OpenAI plans to nearly double its workforce to 8,000 from 4,500 by end of 2026, with most hires in product development, engineering, and sales (FT)
  • Inside China’s robotics revolution.”…In 2025, China announced a £100bn fund for strategic technologies including quantum computing, clean energy and robotics…there are now roughly 140 Chinese firms hoping to build humanoids…”
  • Anthropic Ships Its OpenClaw Rival, Connecting Claude Code to Telegram and Discord
  • “…We cannot miss this moment because we are distracted by side quests…” — OpenAI applications CEO Fidji Simo tells staff the company is orienting aggressively toward enterprise productivity ahead of a potential Q4 IPO
  • Exclusive: Amazon plans smartphone comeback more than a decade after Fire Phone flop
  • Uber will launch autonomous rides powered by Nvidia Drive AV across 28 cities on four continents by 2028, starting with Los Angeles and San Francisco
  • OpenAI to merge Atlas browser, ChatGPT, and Codex into a single desktop super app
  • Work from home and drive more slowly to save energy, global body urges
  • Officer reportedly leaks location of French aircraft carrier with Strava run
  • Researchers uncover iPhone spyware capable of penetrating millions of devices
  • Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities
  • Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game
  • Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US
  • Why CEOs should care about the quantum ‘space race’
  • Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive
  • SXSW Videos
  • Jeff Bezos wants to change manufacturing with AI
  • Anthropic is now capturing over 73% of all spending among companies buying AI tools for the first [time](Anthropic is now capturing over 73% of all spending among companies buying AI tools for the first time, according to customer data from Ramp.)
  • Massive investment in AI contributed “basically zero” to U.S. economic growth last year, Goldman Sachs has calculated
  • The AI startup is moving away from Instant Checkout and is now working with retailers to create dedicated apps within ChatGPT
  • Figma’s stock drops 12% in two days after Google releases vibe design product

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