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(0:15) Microsoft Builds Its Own AI Models to Reduce Dependence on OpenAI
(1:17) Meta Launches Dear Algo Feature That Lets Threads Users Customize Their Feeds With Text Prompts
(2:25) Former Google Executive Launches AI Startup Targeting Oil Refineries and Chemical Plants
(3:30) Bretton AI Raises $75 Million Series B for Financial Crime Compliance Platform
(4:32) Waymo Deploys Sixth Generation Robotaxis in San Francisco and Los Angeles
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(0:15) Google Adds Direct Shopping and Ads to AI Search and Gemini
(1:09) Mistral Commits $1.4 Billion to Build European AI Data Centers in Sweden
(1:59) KPMG Launches AI Training Program for Corporate Tax Departments
(2:57) Monaco Raises $35 Million to Challenge Salesforce With AI Sales Agents and Human Oversight
(3:55) Seattle Nonprofit Writes Safety Standards for AI Mental Health Tools in South Africa
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(0:15) Alphabet Raises $20 Billion in Debt to Finance AI Infrastructure Buildout
(1:18) Runway Raises $315 Million at $5.3 Billion Valuation to Build Next Generation World Models
(2:17) Insurance Broker Stocks Drop on New AI Application Threat
(3:09) Hauler Hero Raises $16 Million Series A to Expand AI Powered Waste Management Platform
(4:03) Ring Launches AI Search Feature to Help Owners Locate Missing Pets
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(0:15) OpenAI Data Shows Enterprise AI Adoption Accelerating and Widening Performance Gap
(1:23) AI Chatbots Take Over Christmas Gift Shopping
(2:23) OpenAI Lines Up Image-2 Models to Sharpen Visual Output in ChatGPT
(3:27) OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-5.2 as Its Most Advanced Professional AI Model
(4:26) Wall Street Questions AI Spending Spree as Flagship Stocks Slip
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(0:15) AI Layoff Fears Spike as KPMG Finds Over Half of U.S. Workers Feel Threatened
(1:24) OpenAI Halts Side Projects And Goes Code Red To Defend ChatGPT Lead
(2:27) Microsoft Rejects Claims of Cutting AI Sales Targets as Stock Slides
(3:35) Bank of England Flags AI-Fueled Tech Bubble and Loosens Bank Capital Rules
(4:45) AI Blamed for Youth Job Woes but Hiring Freeze Is the Real Drag
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(0:15) Sierra Hits $100 Million ARR To Stand Out In The AI Talent War
(1:16) OpenAI Adds Shopping Research to ChatGPT to Pull Holiday Shoppers Into Its Ecosystem
(2:15) US Retailers Build AI-Only Websites to Catch ChatGPT and Gemini Holiday Shoppers
(3:12) Anthropic Says Claude Slashes Task Time 80 Percent and Could Double US Productivity Growth
(4:15) ChatGPT Turns Three as Nvidia Rockets 979% and Executives Warn of Bubble
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(0:15) Luma AI Raises $900 Million at $4 Billion Valuation to Scale Video Generation
(1:14) Google’s Gemini 3 Puts OpenAI on the Defensive in Consumer AI
(2:20) AI Trading Bots Create Quiet Wave of Everyday Millionaires
(3:18) Minecraft Turns First-Night Survival Into a Free AI Coding Lesson
(4:12) Executives Use AI as Cover for Mass Layoffs
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(0:20) Google Moves To Own Power Supply For AI With $4.75 Billion Intersect Deal
(1:12) Oracle Seeks Up To $50 Billion To Expand AI Infrastructure
(2:03) CFOs Shift Up to Three Quarters of Finance Work to AI Agents
(2:51) Fieldguide Raises $75 Million Series C to Power AI for Audit Firms
(3:37) Cambridge AI Wearable Restores Natural Speech for Stroke Survivors
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(0:15) Snowflake Secures Two Hundred Million Dollar Partnership With OpenAI To Expand Model Access
(1:05) SpaceX Merges With xAI Ahead Of Potential Initial Public Offering
(1:55) AI Supported Mammograms Reduce Missed Breast Cancer Cases
(2:43) SentinelOne Expands AI Security Footprint Through Strategic Investment and Acquisition
(3:31) DinoTracker AI Identifies Prehistoric Footprints With Expert Accuracy
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(0:15) Generative AI Agents Fail 97% of Real Office Tasks in New Benchmark
(1:13) Peec AI Lands $21 Million Series A To Boost Brand Visibility in ChatGPT Searches
(2:08) Parents Turn To ChatGPT For Parenting And Medical Advice, Alarming Doctors
(3:01) AI Wealth Boom Collides With Public Distrust
(3:55) DBS CEO Says AI Already Adds Nearly $768 Million to Annual Revenue
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(0:20) Google Chrome Launches AI Agent That Browses and Clicks for Users
(1:10) Amazon Cuts 16,000 Corporate Jobs as AI Competition Heats Up
(2:06) Thomson Reuters Deploys Agentic AI Tools to 120,000 Law Students Across 200 US Schools
(3:01) Decagon Raises $250 Million at $4.5 Billion Valuation for AI Customer Support
(3:55) Anthropic Partners With Teach for All to Train 100,000 Teachers on Claude
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(0:20) Micron Commits $24 Billion to Singapore Memory Production as AI Demand Surges
(1:22) Baker Hughes Doubles Data Center Equipment Target to $3 Billion on AI Power Demand
(2:24) Trump Administration Plans to Draft Federal Transportation Rules Using Google Gemini
(3:22) CVector Raises $5 Million to Turn Industrial Equipment Data Into Cost Savings
(4:18) Essex Pharmacy Uses AI Robots to Automate Prescription Dispensing and Free Staff for Patient Care
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(0:18) Nvidia Overtakes Apple as TSMC's Largest Customer in 2026 (1:25) UK Companies Cut More Jobs Than They Create as AI Adoption Accelerates (2:22) General Mills Reports Over Twenty Million in AI Driven Logistics Savings (3:16) Zocks Raises $45 Million Series B to Scale AI Assistant for Financial Advisers (4:11) Google's AI Weather Model Outperforms Traditional Forecasts in Hurricane Tracking Get Pivot 5 in your inbox, 5 days a week. Subscribe at pivotnews.com
(0:18) Taiwan Commits $250 Billion to Build Chip Factories in the United States (1:05) Anthropic Hires Former Microsoft India Chief to Lead Bengaluru Office (1:51) Medical Schools Turn to AI to Draft Student Recommendation Letters (2:34) GovDash Raises $30M to Scale AI Platform for Government Contractors (3:19) Boys Town Uses AI to Eliminate Painful Hearing Aid Fittings for Children Get Pivot 5 in your inbox, 5 days a week. Subscribe at pivotnews.com
(0:19) Apple Chooses Google Gemini to Power Its Next Generation Siri
(0:56) Microsoft Sentinel Adds AI Layer That Converts Security Logs Into Readable Threat Timelines
(1:43) BMW Trains AI Agents to Manage Global Supply Chain Risk
(2:28) Proxima Raises $80 Million Seed Round to Build AI Drug Discovery Platform
(3:08) Cambridge AI Detects Leukemia Cells More Reliably Than Human Specialists
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(0:19) Nvidia Commits $1 Billion to Build AI Drug Discovery Lab With Eli Lilly
(1:04) Societe Generale Abandons Homegrown AI Assistant for Microsoft Copilot
(1:50) Malaysia Blocks Grok After xAI Fails to Stop Non-Consensual Sexualized Images
(2:34) French Defense AI Startup Harmattan Reaches Unicorn Status With $200M From Dassault Aviation
(3:17) Bentonville High School Students Build AI Stress Detector for Nonverbal Autistic Users
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(0:15) Alphabet Overtakes Apple to Become Second Most Valuable Company Behind Nvidia
(0:55) Samsung Reports Record Profit as AI Server Demand Drives Memory Chip Prices Higher
(1:35) JPMorgan Drops Proxy Advisory Firms and Switches to AI for Shareholder Voting
(2:11) CrowdStrike Acquires Identity Startup SGNL for $740 Million to Defend Against AI-Powered Attacks
(2:51) Penn and Michigan Researchers Build Fully Autonomous Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Salt
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(0:20) Google Overtakes OpenAI With Faster AI Model and Search Overhaul
(1:08) JPMorgan Drops Proxy Advisory Firms and Switches to Internal AI Voting System
(1:54) Utah Becomes First State to Allow AI to Prescribe Medications Without Physician Involvement
(2:42) Intel Spinout Articul8 Raises Half of $70M Round at $500M Valuation
(3:26) AI Model Predicts Over 100 Health Conditions From Single Night Sleep Study Data
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(0:21) Elon Musk's xAI Raises $20 Billion at $230 Billion Valuation (1:06) Data Centers Drive $23 Billion in Grid Costs as AI Demand Strains Power Supply (1:46) Air Force AI Generates Battle Plans Faster and More Accurately Than Human Military Planners (2:27) Accenture Acquires UK AI Firm Faculty to Lead Consulting Industry Transformation (3:10) Federal Judges Deploy AI to Draft Opinions and Manage Case Backlogs Get Pivot 5 in your inbox, 5 days a week. Subscribe at pivotnews.com
(0:20) Federal Reserve Official Says AI Is Slowing Hiring at Large Companies (1:12) Amazon Opens Alexa Plus to Web Browsers in Direct Challenge to ChatGPT (1:56) Utah Becomes First State to Allow AI Systems to Renew Prescriptions Without Human Review (2:38) Luca Raises $8 Million to Scale AI-Powered K-12 Platform Across Latin America (3:24) Generative AI Helps Users Lower Body Mass Index in Three Week Trial Get Pivot 5 in your inbox, 5 days a week. Subscribe at pivotnews.com























