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Plus, Lovable Brings Vibe Coding To Mobile and Mistral Launches Autonomous Cloud Coding Agents
Plus, Google Backs Anthropic With Up to US$40 Billion and DeepSeek V4 Undercuts Every Frontier Model On Price
Plus, Meta Dethrones Google in Digital Advertising and AI Shopping Traffic is Converting Better Than Humans
Plus, Uber Backs Amazon's Chips and NASA Deploys AI to Protect Artemis II Crew
Plus, OpenAI Acquires Tech Talk Show TBPN and Suno Launches Its Most Personalised AI Music Model Yet
Plus, ChatGPT ads launch in Australia and Meliora acquires Backchat Media.
Meliora expands its APAC footprint and digital performance capabilities with the acquisition of digital consultancy Backchat Media.
Plus, YouTube and FIFA Team Up for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and OpenAI Courts Private Equity for a US$10 Billion Enterprise AI Venture
Plus, Google’s Gemini starts ordering dinner on your behalf and AI dominates the conversation at SXSW 2026.
Plus, Netflix acquires Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup and Jio Says The Future Of Telecoms Isn’t Data – It’s AI.
Plus, Perplexity's 'Computer' coordinates 19 AI models, and the Premier League announces it will launch its own streaming platform.
Plus, Gemini makes music now, and Snowflake and OpenAI formalise a $200 million partnership.
