Parloa turns its $350 million war chest into a partnership web spanning SAP, Microsoft, and OpenAI
Parloa turns its $350 million war chest into a partnership web spanning SAP, Microsoft, and OpenAI

Parloa, the Berlin-founded AI agent management platform, has announced a wave of strategic partnerships with SAP, Microsoft, OpenAI, Five9, and Epic as it deploys the $350 million it raised in its January 2026 Series D round. The company, which builds …

Developers won’t work without AI anymore. The research says it might be making them worse.
Developers won’t work without AI anymore. The research says it might be making them worse.

In February 2026, AI research lab METR tried to repeat a groundbreaking study measuring how much time developers take to complete tasks with and without AI. It could not. Developers refused to participate because they would not work without AI, even fo…

AI is killing the summer internship. The entry-level pipeline that built careers is breaking.
AI is killing the summer internship. The entry-level pipeline that built careers is breaking.

Katelyn Watterson owes her career to a summer internship. As a student at American University, she spent a summer working for a high-end beauty brand in New York. Her boss offered her a full-time job over drinks at the Plaza Hotel. Almost two decades l…

Fortunes Of Anthropic’s Seven Cofounders More Than Double To $16.6 Billion Each

After a massive fundraise that values the AI company at nearly a trillion dollars, Dario and Daniela Amodei, along with their five cofounders, have seen their net worths soar.

Australia’s workplace tribunal says AI-assisted claims have helped drive a 70% workload increase in three years
Australia’s workplace tribunal says AI-assisted claims have helped drive a 70% workload increase in three years

Australia’s Fair Work Commission has announced a review of its processes to cope with what it described as an estimated 70% workload increase over three years, driven in part by the proliferation of generative AI assistance tools. The commission, which…

Vertu’s new foldable phone serves alligator skin, solid gold, and a fittingly outrageous price tag

Vertu has launched the ultra-luxury Alphafold foldable with AI tools, exotic materials, and pricing that climbs as high as $46,800.

OpenAI gives Japan’s megabanks its newest model for cyber defence
OpenAI gives Japan’s megabanks its newest model for cyber defence

GPT-5.5-Cyber will reach MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho through a verified-defender programme, the finance minister said, as Tokyo treats frontier AI as both threat and shield. The same models that make cyberattacks cheaper to run are now being handed, delibera…

Bank of Italy says it is talking to the world’s big AI firms
Bank of Italy says it is talking to the world’s big AI firms

Governor Fabio Panetta used the central bank’s annual assembly to pitch AI as a fix for Italy’s chronic productivity problem, and to say the bank is already engaging the firms building it. Central bankers do not usually go out of their way to say which…

How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas offers a template for individuals to meet the AI moment

Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on artificial intelligence includes a statement that warrants serious attention from technologists and policymakers: “Technology is never neutral.” Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”) is a clarion call to all people to act with courage and solidarity as we enter an age already being transformed by artificial intelligence, the greatest change in…

Mystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude AI in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employees

A new report cites an AI consultant claiming a client accidentally spent $500,000,000 on Claude in a single month.