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Anthropic moves to close loopholes allowing Chinese companies to access Claude AI tools

Anthropic is cracking down on unauthorized access to Claude AI after discovering Chinese companies like Ant Financial and ByteDance have been using workarounds including overseas subsidiaries, cloud providers, and VPNs to bypass its stringent restrictions. While these methods don't violate US or Chinese law, they breach Anthropic's terms of service, which explicitly ban Chinese companies from using its models.

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Anthropic moves to close loopholes allowing Chinese companies to access Claude AI tools

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Leaked Microsoft experiment reveals Project Aion, an AI operating system built entirely around Copilot

Microsoft explored a radical vision where Copilot becomes the entire operating system in Project Aion, a leaked internal prototype from 2024. The web-based operating system replaces the traditional Start menu and taskbar with AI-driven interfaces, though the experimental OS appears to have been shelved after negative user reactions.

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Leaked Microsoft experiment reveals Project Aion, an AI operating system built entirely around Copilot

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SAP freezes hiring and travel to fund massive AI investments amid industry transformation

SAP is halting most hiring and non-essential travel to redirect funds toward AI investments. The German enterprise software giant will exclusively focus new hires on core AI roles as CEO Christian Klein reorganizes the company around artificial intelligence. The move comes as SAP's stock has fallen 33% this year amid investor concerns about AI disrupting traditional software models.

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SAP freezes hiring and travel to fund massive AI investments amid industry transformation

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Nvidia offers AI startups compute power now in exchange for a cut of future revenue

Nvidia unveiled a new revenue sharing program that lets AI startups access expensive GPU infrastructure today by trading a percentage of their future earnings. The chip giant will collect standard hardware sales revenue plus an ongoing cut of cloud income generated on that capacity. Sharon AI and Firmus are the first partners, deploying a combined total of up to 210,000 GPUs.

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Nvidia offers AI startups compute power now in exchange for a cut of future revenue

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SoftBank launches SB Neo to provide AI cloud services and computing power across America

SoftBank is entering the US neocloud market with SB Neo, a new venture designed to rent AI computing resources to hyperscalers and enterprises. The company plans to leverage its 10-gigawatt infrastructure project and aims to supply massive capacity by 2030, potentially tripling its annual operating income to $18.5-$25 billion.

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SoftBank launches SB Neo to provide AI cloud services and computing power across America

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Lightstorm and Microsoft build 3,600-km I-2SEA undersea cable to connect India's AI hubs with Singapore

A consortium led by Lightstorm and including Microsoft, Singtel, and Tata Communications has signed contracts to build the I-2SEA undersea cable system, a 3,600-kilometer network linking India's east coast with Malaysia and Singapore. Expected to be operational by Q4 2029, the cable will support AI training, cloud workloads, and hyperscale infrastructure across one of the world's fastest-growing data markets.

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Lightstorm and Microsoft build 3,600-km I-2SEA undersea cable to connect India's AI hubs with Singapore

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Google exceeds $1 billion Africa investment target with AI labs and connectivity hubs

Google has surpassed its five-year $1 billion pledge to Africa, announcing new connectivity hubs, the continent's first applied AI lab in Ghana, and support for 50 African startups. The tech giant revealed the milestone at the Africa Cloud Summit in Johannesburg, building on its 2025 cloud region launch and signaling a deeper commitment to African digital infrastructure.

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Google exceeds $1 billion Africa investment target with AI labs and connectivity hubs

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Oracle reveals massive risks behind its $300 billion AI infrastructure bet with OpenAI

Oracle disclosed extensive risks tied to its aggressive AI infrastructure investments in a recent regulatory filing. The company has committed $300 billion to OpenAI over five years and plans $90-95 billion in capital expenditures for fiscal 2027. But concerns about customer defaults, power shortages, and construction delays threaten the viability of its high-stakes gamble on the AI boom.

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Oracle reveals massive risks behind its $300 billion AI infrastructure bet with OpenAI

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TwelveLabs raises $100M to bring superintelligence to AI video models

TwelveLabs secured $100 million in Series B funding to advance AI video models that natively understand video like humans. Led by NEA and NAVER Ventures with Amazon participating, the round brings total funding to over $207 million as the company aims to make every second of video addressable and usable by AI agents.

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TwelveLabs raises $100M to bring superintelligence to AI video models

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Cloudflare Sets September Deadline for AI Crawlers to Pay Publishers or Face Default Blocks

Cloudflare announced it will block mixed-use web crawlers from ad-supported pages starting September 15, 2026, unless site owners opt in. The new policy targets Google, Microsoft, and Apple's multipurpose bots that blend search indexing with AI training. Publishers will now get paid when their content appears in AI answers through partnerships with Ceramic.ai and You.com.

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Cloudflare Sets September Deadline for AI Crawlers to Pay Publishers or Face Default Blocks

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Google and Amazon's AI expansion drives record electricity use and carbon emissions in 2025

Google's electricity consumption surged 37% in 2025—its largest annual increase ever—while Amazon's carbon footprint jumped 16% to nearly 81 million metric tons. Both tech giants attribute the unprecedented growth to AI data center buildout, which now consumes more power than entire countries. Despite massive renewable energy investments, the AI infrastructure expansion is outpacing grid decarbonization efforts.

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Google and Amazon's AI expansion drives record electricity use and carbon emissions in 2025

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Meta plans to sell excess AI capacity through new cloud business, mirroring SpaceX strategy

Meta is developing a cloud infrastructure business to sell access to AI compute power and models, directly challenging AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. The initiative, dubbed Meta Compute, aims to monetize the company's massive AI infrastructure investments as demand for its own AI models lags behind competitors. The move follows SpaceX's similar strategy of leasing data center capacity to companies like Anthropic and Google.

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Meta plans to sell excess AI capacity through new cloud business, mirroring SpaceX strategy

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India's data centre capacity hits 1,900 MW as AI workloads demand new infrastructure approach

India's data centre market has reached 1,900 MW capacity as AI workloads drive a fundamental shift in infrastructure design. CtrlS Datacenters secured INR 7,000 crore from CPP Investments to build AI-ready hyperscale campuses with 250kW rack densities and liquid cooling systems, while the nation hosts only 2-3% of global capacity despite generating 20% of internet traffic.

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India's data centre capacity hits 1,900 MW as AI workloads demand new infrastructure approach

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Netgear unveils Insight 10.0 to bring AI-powered network management to SMEs through MSPs

Netgear has launched Insight 10.0, a cloud network management platform designed to help Managed Service Providers deliver AI-powered network operations to small and medium enterprises. The platform integrates networking, security, and cloud management with AIOps capabilities to simplify operations and reduce support costs for businesses with limited IT resources.

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Netgear unveils Insight 10.0 to bring AI-powered network management to SMEs through MSPs

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Oracle launches AI-powered coaching assistant to help managers lead teams more effectively

Oracle unveiled Manager Edge, an AI-powered coaching assistant within Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM that delivers real-time personalized guidance to managers. The tool uses insights from employee feedback, goals, and performance reviews to help managers strengthen engagement, improve team performance, and drive retention across organizations.

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Oracle launches AI-powered coaching assistant to help managers lead teams more effectively

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