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Amazon in Talks to Buy AI Startup Decart in Deal Valued Around $7 Billion
Why it mattersA deal at that price would top Decart's nearly $4 billion valuation from May, and its cross-chip software would join the AWS system built around Amazon's own chips.
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UK's ICO Names 10 AI Labs in Training-Data Privacy Crackdown: "No Justification" for Non-Compliance
Why it mattersThe ICO has secured compliance pledges from the 10 biggest foundation-model developers, including Amazon, Anthropic, DeepSeek and OpenAI; the report states that broad interests such as "benefitting humanity" are not a sufficient lawful basis.
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USA Today Sues OpenAI: $250M+ Damages Sought, "Hundreds of Thousands" of Articles Allegedly Taken for Training
Why it mattersUSA Today Co alleges OpenAI used "hundreds of thousands" of its articles without permission for training and seeks more than $250 million; it is one of "dozens" of copyright suits against tech companies.
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Anthropic Launches Claude Haiku 5.5: From $0.10, About 75% Cheaper Than Its Predecessor
Why it mattersIt is the first Haiku with effort controls and the first with built-in safeguards for high-risk cybersecurity requests; per-million-token prices for prompts up to 100K drop from Haiku 4.5's $1/$5 to $0.10/$0.50.
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Boston Dynamics Names Ex-Amazon Chief Scientist Rohit Prasad as CEO
Why it mattersAfter about 8 months without a permanent CEO, the job goes to Prasad, Amazon's former head of Alexa and AGI; Hyundai aims to build a 30,000-robot-a-year factory by 2028 and deploy robots across all its manufacturing sites.
