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Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar, powered by Alexa+ : Alexa for Shopping is a new personalized AI shopping assistant in the Amazon search bar that replaces its Rufus assistant. Read More

Potholes cost cities millions: This company is using AI and trucks to fix them: Fleet management company Samsara has developed an AI model to detect different kinds of potholes and gauge how fast they're deteriorating. Read More

US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches: U.S. House lawmakers want to know how hackers broke into education tech giant Instructure twice, and stole reams of data from students who use the company's flagship student data software Canvas. Read More

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Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup: Sadi Thermal Machines is Drew Baglino's second startup since leaving Tesla in 2024. Read More

Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares: "Any sale or transfer of Anthropic stock, or any interest in Anthropic stock, offered by these firms is void and will not be recognized on our books and records," the company's support page reads. Read More

r/WallStreetBets really hates the SEC's proposal to weaken quarterly reporting: The retail trading subreddit submitted the sharpest criticism yet in response to the financial regulator's idea of letting companies report twice per year. Read More

Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data: For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to this month’s AI Index from the fintech firm Ramp. Read More

Medicare's new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea: There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Anduril raises $5B, doubles valuation to $61B: After achieving $2.2 billion in revenue in 2025, the defense tech startup has raised another massive round, led by Thrive and a16z, it says. Read More