The OECD just released a statement that should make every AI skeptic pause: artificial intelligence investment accounted for nearly 90% of US economic growth in the first half of 2025. “The robots have come to the rescue,” one economist put it. While critics debate whether the AI boom is overhyped,
The federal government just declared war on state AI regulation. While Time Magazine crowned tech’s biggest names “Person of the Year,” Washington signed an executive order that could reshape how every AI tool you use gets governed. Meanwhile, Oracle’s stock collapse is the first real crack in the
Google just made it possible to connect AI agents to its services by pasting a URL. Not writing code. Not managing infrastructure. Just a URL. The move signals a fundamental shift: AI is no longer something you build integrations for. It’s something that plugs in. 📰 The Rundown 🔌 Google Makes
The EU just launched an antitrust investigation that could reshape how AI companies train their models. The target: Google’s use of publisher content and YouTube videos to power AI Overviews. The stakes: up to 10% of Google’s global revenue. The question everyone’s asking: if Google can’t
Anthropic just made its first acquisition ever. Not a flashy chatbot startup. Not a consumer app. A JavaScript runtime. The $61.5 billion AI company bought Bun, the developer tool that powers Claude Code, which just hit $1 billion in annual revenue six months after launch. When AI companies start
Google just handed every Workspace user the power to build their own AI agent. No coding required. Just describe what you want automated in plain English, and Gemini builds it. If you’ve been waiting for AI to actually do your tedious work instead of just talking about it, the
Three years after walking away from publisher deals, Meta just signed multiyear agreements with CNN, Fox News, USA Today, and others. The catch? This time your eyeballs won’t see the articles in your feed. They’ll be summarized by an AI chatbot instead. 📰 The Rundown 📰 Meta Reverses Course, Signs
Three years after walking away from publisher deals, Meta just signed multiyear agreements with CNN, Fox News, USA Today, and others. The catch? This time your eyeballs won’t see the articles in your feed. They’ll be summarized by an AI chatbot instead. 📰 The Rundown 📰 Meta Reverses Course, Signs
Microsoft has spent billions convincing enterprises that AI agents are the future of work. This week, internal reports suggest customers aren’t buying it as fast as projected. Meanwhile, deepfake attacks have gotten so good that a new startup just raised $28 million to help you verify your coworkers are
Neural Notes Bonus Evening Edition The EU just opened an antitrust investigation into Meta for blocking AI competitors from WhatsApp. Australia started removing teenagers from Instagram this week. Two stories, one pattern: the platforms that built their empires on open access are now deciding who gets in. If you build
Everyone is blaming AI for tech layoffs. IBM's CEO says they're wrong. The real culprit? A three year hiring binge that turned the pandemic into the industry's biggest hangover. 📰 The Rundown IBM CEO: AI Isn't Killing Jobs, Pandemic Over-Hiring Is ➡️ The move:
Apple just fired its AI chief. The FDA just gave agentic AI to every employee. A French startup just raised $70 million to make AI voices respond instantly. Three headlines, one message: the organizations moving fastest on AI are rewriting the rules while everyone else watches. Images created with Nano
