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India generates over 1 billion images with ChatGPT Images 2.0 in under a month

India has emerged as the top global market for OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0, with users creating more than one billion AI-generated photos in less than a month since its April 21 launch. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the milestone, highlighting how everyday users are transforming the tool into a cultural phenomenon through anime selfies, cinematic portrait collages, and animated avatars that dominate social media feeds.

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India generates over 1 billion images with ChatGPT Images 2.0 in under a month

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Publicis acquires LiveRamp for $2.2 billion to accelerate agentic AI business transformation

French advertising giant Publicis Groupe has agreed to acquire data collaboration platform LiveRamp for $2.2 billion, marking a strategic shift from traditional advertising execution to agentic AI transformation. The deal combines LiveRamp's data clean room technology with Publicis Epsilon's identity resolution assets to enable smarter AI agents that can autonomously handle complex business workflows.

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Publicis acquires LiveRamp for $2.2 billion to accelerate agentic AI business transformation

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AI hiring shifts dramatically as 43% of CEOs plan to cut junior roles, favoring older workers

A global CEO survey reveals a dramatic reversal in hiring priorities, with 43% planning to reduce junior positions over the next two years—up from just 17% last year. Companies are increasingly turning to AI to automate entry-level tasks while shifting focus to mid-level and senior workers. The tech sector faces the hardest hit, with 74% of CEOs freezing or reducing headcount, raising concerns about future talent pipelines.

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AI hiring shifts dramatically as 43% of CEOs plan to cut junior roles, favoring older workers

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OpenAI gives every Malta resident free ChatGPT Plus for a year in first-of-its-kind deal

OpenAI has signed its first nationwide partnership with Malta, offering free ChatGPT Plus subscriptions to all 574,250 residents for one year. Citizens must complete an AI literacy course developed by the University of Malta before accessing the $20-per-month service. The initiative marks a shift in how governments view AI tools—not as optional software, but as essential digital infrastructure.

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OpenAI gives every Malta resident free ChatGPT Plus for a year in first-of-its-kind deal

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AI Grade Inflation Surges 30% at Universities as Students Learning Less, Study Reveals

A UC Berkeley study analyzing over 500,000 student enrollments reveals that AI sends A grades into overdrive, with excellent grades rising 30% in AI-exposed courses since ChatGPT's release. While students achieve higher GPAs through AI-assisted cheating, researchers warn this trend creates a less competent workforce unable to perform core job duties.

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AI Grade Inflation Surges 30% at Universities as Students Learning Less, Study Reveals

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Salesforce plans $300 million Anthropic spend as Benioff bets big on AI coding agents

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff revealed the company will spend $300 million on Anthropic tokens in 2026, almost entirely for coding applications. The investment signals a major shift in enterprise AI spending as coding agents deliver efficiency gains that make software development faster and cheaper. Benioff also teased upcoming AI-driven coding functionalities inside Slack.

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Salesforce plans $300 million Anthropic spend as Benioff bets big on AI coding agents

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Euan Blair's Multiverse hits $2.1bn valuation with $70M raise for AI workforce training push

London-based edtech company Multiverse has secured $70 million in funding at a $2.1 billion valuation to accelerate its AI workforce training expansion across Europe. The Euan Blair start-up, which grew revenue 50% year-on-year, is positioning itself as Europe's AI adoption platform to bridge the gap between AI tools and the workers who need to use them.

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Euan Blair's Multiverse hits $2.1bn valuation with $70M raise for AI workforce training push

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Raspberry Pi founder warns AI hype could worsen tech skill shortages and hurt the economy

Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi, cautions that overestimating AI's capabilities could discourage young people from pursuing tech careers, worsening existing skill shortages. With tech layoffs surpassing 100,000 in 2025 and companies attributing cuts to AI, Upton argues that the hype risks creating a future without enough engineers to sustain economic growth.

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Raspberry Pi founder warns AI hype could worsen tech skill shortages and hurt the economy

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Figma Q1 revenue surges 46% as AI credit system proves customers will pay for AI-powered design

Figma reported 46% revenue growth to $333.4 million in Q1 2026, accelerating from previous quarters. The design software company's stock jumped over 8% after enforcing AI credit limits in March, with more than 75% of high-tier users who exceeded free allocations continuing to purchase AI credits. The results suggest early traction in AI monetization despite competitive pressures from free tools like Google's Stitch.

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Figma Q1 revenue surges 46% as AI credit system proves customers will pay for AI-powered design

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Thrive Capital bets $100M on Shopify's AI commerce strategy as stock trades 46% below peak

Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital has invested roughly $100 million in Shopify, framing the public-market bet as a wager on how AI will reshape commerce. The venture capital firm sees opportunity in the e-commerce platform's 40% stock decline this year, betting that AI-driven tools like agentic shopping will transform retail economics in ways the market hasn't yet priced in.

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Thrive Capital bets $100M on Shopify's AI commerce strategy as stock trades 46% below peak

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Martha Stewart's AI startup Hint raises $10M to predict home repairs before they happen

Martha Stewart has co-founded Hint, an AI-powered home management platform that monitors properties for maintenance needs and repair risks before they escalate into emergencies. The startup raised $10 million in seed funding led by Slow Ventures and plans to launch this summer, betting that AI can scale concierge-style home services by eliminating reliance on human labor.

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Martha Stewart's AI startup Hint raises $10M to predict home repairs before they happen

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Fiserv partners with OpenAI to deploy AI agents across banking workflows with agentOS

Fiserv has teamed up with OpenAI to bring frontier AI directly into banking platforms through a new operating system called agentOS. The collaboration aims to help financial institutions deploy and manage AI agents across their workflows while modernizing operations and strengthening cybersecurity without disrupting day-to-day activities.

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Fiserv partners with OpenAI to deploy AI agents across banking workflows with agentOS

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Freshworks launches AI Agent Studio in Freshservice with no-code deployment and MCP Gateway

Freshworks unveiled Freddy AI Agent Studio at its annual Refresh conference, introducing a no-code environment for building custom AI agents in Freshservice. The platform includes Model Context Protocol Gateway for third-party integrations and AI Insights with Experience Level Agreements to measure service performance against employee sentiment.

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Freshworks launches AI Agent Studio in Freshservice with no-code deployment and MCP Gateway

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Netflix launches INKubator studio to produce animated shorts with generative AI

Netflix is building INKubator, a new internal studio dedicated to creating short-form animated content using generative AI. The streamer is hiring producers, software engineers, and CG artists for what job listings describe as a next-generation animation studio. While starting with shorts and specials, the studio has ambitions to expand into longer-form content, potentially feeding Netflix's TikTok-style Clips feature and kids' programming.

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Netflix launches INKubator studio to produce animated shorts with generative AI

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Party Animals developer cancels $75,000 AI video contest after massive player backlash

Recreate Games announced a $75,000 AI video contest requiring entries to use generative AI tools, sparking immediate fury from the Party Animals community. The game was review-bombed on Steam, dropping to "Mostly Negative" ratings. After an initial poll asking whether to proceed, the studio fully cancelled the contest and apologized for overlooking the harm caused by promoting AI-generated content over human creativity.

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Party Animals developer cancels $75,000 AI video contest after massive player backlash

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