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GitHub Copilot shifts to usage-based billing as agentic AI breaks subscription economics

Microsoft's GitHub announced a radical shift from fixed subscriptions to token-based pricing for Copilot, effective June 1, 2026. The move comes as agentic coding workflows consume far more compute resources than the original plan structure was built to support, with some requests now costing more than users pay per month. The change signals the end of unlimited AI assistance at flat rates across the industry.

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GitHub Copilot shifts to usage-based billing as agentic AI breaks subscription economics

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Google forms strike team as AI coding tools lag behind Anthropic's Claude Code dominance

Google is assembling a specialized team to strengthen its AI coding capabilities after internal concerns that Anthropic's Claude Code outperforms its Gemini models. Despite AI now generating 75% of Google's new code, up from 50% in late 2025, the company faces internal confusion over fragmented coding products and struggles with adoption even among its own engineers.

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Google forms strike team as AI coding tools lag behind Anthropic's Claude Code dominance

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Lovable denies data breach after researcher exposes user data through simple API calls

Stockholm-based AI app-building platform Lovable faces scrutiny after a researcher accessed sensitive user information including source code, database credentials, and AI chat histories through a simple API vulnerability. The $6.6 billion startup denies a data breach, attributing the exposure to unclear documentation and confusing public project settings.

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Lovable denies data breach after researcher exposes user data through simple API calls

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Playdate Maker Panic Bans Generative AI Tools After ChatGPT Code Slipped Through

Panic, creator of the Playdate handheld gaming console, has banned AI-generated art, music, and writing from its digital storefront following controversy over a Season 2 game that used ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot. The policy change makes Playdate one of the first gaming platforms to explicitly prohibit generative AI in game development, with Season 3 titles barred from using AI tools entirely.

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Playdate Maker Panic Bans Generative AI Tools After ChatGPT Code Slipped Through

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Jensen Huang says AI job displacement fears miss the point: You'll lose to coworkers who use AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang challenges widespread fears about AI job displacement with a nuanced perspective. Speaking at Stanford and Adobe Summit 2026, he argues workers won't lose jobs to AI itself but to colleagues who master AI tools. Drawing on radiology's experience, Huang explains how AI replaces specific tasks while expanding overall demand for human expertise.

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Jensen Huang says AI job displacement fears miss the point: You'll lose to coworkers who use AI

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Coinbase Tests AI Agents as Virtual Coworkers While Launching Marketplace for Autonomous Transactions

Coinbase is testing AI agents modeled after former executives Fred Ehrsam and Balaji Srinivasan to assist employees through Slack and email. CEO Brian Armstrong predicts the company will employ more AI agents than human staff soon, as the exchange simultaneously launches Agentic.market, a discovery platform enabling AI agents to find and pay for services autonomously using the x402 protocol.

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Coinbase Tests AI Agents as Virtual Coworkers While Launching Marketplace for Autonomous Transactions

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AI fuels App Store boom as app launches surge 60%, defying predictions of apps' demise

Contrary to predictions that AI would kill mobile apps, new data reveals app launches soared 60% year-over-year in Q1 2026 across the App Store and Google Play. AI-powered tools like Claude Code and Replit are enabling creators without technical skills to build apps, potentially driving a new app gold rush that's reshaping the app ecosystem.

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AI fuels App Store boom as app launches surge 60%, defying predictions of apps' demise

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Cursor seeks $2 billion funding round at $50 billion valuation as AI coding competition heats up

AI coding startup Cursor is in talks to raise at least $2 billion in fresh capital at a $50 billion valuation, nearly doubling its worth from six months ago. Led by returning investors Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, and Nvidia, the oversubscribed round reflects surging enterprise demand. The company projects ending 2026 with over $6 billion in annualized revenue, despite intensifying competition from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google.

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Cursor seeks $2 billion funding round at $50 billion valuation as AI coding competition heats up

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Meta slashes 8,000 jobs as AI spending forces tech layoffs across industry giants

Meta announced plans to cut 10% of its workforce, eliminating roughly 8,000 jobs while canceling 6,000 open positions. The social media giant frames the move as necessary to offset record AI investments approaching $135 billion this year. Microsoft simultaneously offered early retirement packages to 7% of its US workforce, signaling a broader industry shift where heavy investment in AI infrastructure is reshaping employment across tech companies.

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Meta slashes 8,000 jobs as AI spending forces tech layoffs across industry giants

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OpenAI supercharges Codex with desktop control as it partners with Infosys and consulting giants

OpenAI is transforming Codex from an AI coding tool into a productivity powerhouse that can control your desktop. The company partnered with Infosys, Accenture, PwC, and other global consulting firms to accelerate enterprise adoption, while adding background automation, 100+ plugins, and memory features. With over 4 million weekly users and competition heating up against Anthropic's Claude Code, OpenAI is positioning Codex as the foundation for a future super app.

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OpenAI supercharges Codex with desktop control as it partners with Infosys and consulting giants

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Apple sends Siri engineers to AI coding bootcamp ahead of major reboot at WWDC 2026

Apple is sending fewer than 200 Siri engineers to a multi-week AI coding bootcamp as the company races to unveil a next-generation, AI-powered version of its voice assistant. The move comes less than two months before WWDC 2026, where Apple is expected to preview a Siri experience powered by Google Gemini that functions more like ChatGPT than the current built-in tool.

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Apple sends Siri engineers to AI coding bootcamp ahead of major reboot at WWDC 2026

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Salesforce unveils Headless 360, turning its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents

Salesforce introduced Headless 360 at its TDX developer conference, exposing every capability in its platform as APIs, MCP servers, and CLI commands for AI agents. The initiative represents a fundamental operating model transformation, making the CRM giant's entire ecosystem accessible to coding agents without requiring a graphical interface. With over 100 new tools and skills, the company is betting that most future code will be written by agents rather than humans.

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Salesforce unveils Headless 360, turning its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents

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Snap cuts 1,000 jobs as AI tools replace 16% of its workforce in push for profitability

Snapchat's parent company Snap is laying off approximately 1,000 employees—16% of its workforce—as CEO Evan Spiegel points to artificial intelligence advancements that enable smaller teams to handle more work. The company expects to reduce annual costs by over $500 million while pursuing net-income profitability, with AI agents now writing 65% of new code.

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Snap cuts 1,000 jobs as AI tools replace 16% of its workforce in push for profitability

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GitLab shares surge 7% as Google Cloud AI collaboration brings Vertex AI and Gemini integration

GitLab stock jumped 7.6% in premarket trading following an expanded collaboration with Google Cloud. The partnership integrates Vertex AI models, including Gemini, into GitLab's platform with built-in compliance and audit controls. The move allows organizations to run GitLab's AI Gateway directly on Google Cloud without separate AI infrastructure.

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GitLab shares surge 7% as Google Cloud AI collaboration brings Vertex AI and Gemini integration

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Leaked screenshots reveal Anthropic's secret full-stack app builder inside Claude chatbot

Leaked screenshots on X reveal Anthropic is testing a full-stack app builder within its Claude chatbot. The new feature enables users to generate applications from simple text prompts with live previews, integrated databases, and one-click deployment. If launched, this no-code tool would directly compete with vibe-coding leader Lovable, potentially disrupting the company's $6.6 billion business and reshaping Anthropic's relationships with platforms that currently rely on Claude models.

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Leaked screenshots reveal Anthropic's secret full-stack app builder inside Claude chatbot

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