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Good Morning from San Francisco, Tech executives lined up Thursday to shower Trump with billions in AI pledges. Microsoft promised
Fifteen AI tools are reshaping how teams work daily. From building websites in 60 seconds to automating workflows across 5,000+ apps, these tools handle repetitive tasks so you can focus on strategy and growth.
Building AI agents once required computer science degrees and endless debugging. Now nine frameworks span from drag-and-drop simplicity to hardcore programming. The democratization is complete—but which tool fits your team?
AI meeting assistants are transforming how teams capture and act on discussions. From free tools like Fathom to advanced analytics from Avoma, these 10 apps automatically transcribe, summarize, and extract action items from calls.
Microsoft cuts 9,000 jobs during record profits as CEOs drop the pretense about AI displacement. Ford's CEO predicts AI will replace half of white-collar workers. The era of corporate honesty about job losses has begun.
Intel's new CEO wants to abandon a multibillion-dollar chip technology his predecessor championed. The risky pivot to next-gen 14A aims to win back Apple and Nvidia from TSMC—but could cost billions in write-offs. Stakes couldn't be higher.
Apple considers ditching its own AI technology for Siri, eyeing Anthropic's Claude or OpenAI's ChatGPT instead. The potential reversal exposes Apple's struggle in the AI race and internal talent exodus.
Trump killed Canada's tech tax with one threat. After he canceled trade talks Friday, Canada dropped its $3B digital levy on Google, Meta, and Amazon by Sunday night. The quick surrender shows how economic leverage trumps sovereignty.
A Marine-led startup that reads stress patterns in voices just raised $60M from ex-CIA chief David Petraeus. Clearspeed detects fraud and security risks without listening to words - just tone and hesitation patterns across any language.
Most AI coding tools autocomplete lines. Claude Code builds entire features, reads git history, and writes pull requests. Anthropic's terminal-based AI cuts onboarding from weeks to days and works with any IDE or workflow.
Anthropic launches research program to study AI's job impact after CEO predicts 50% of white-collar roles will vanish in 5 years. New data shows coding work already transforming as AI agents automate 79% of developer tasks.
New research reveals most people don't use AI for therapy—yet. Only 2.9% of Claude conversations involve emotional support, but the longest sessions hint at deeper connections ahead as AI capabilities grow.
AI app creators faced a brutal choice: absorb crushing API costs as users grew, or charge upfront and kill adoption. Anthropic just eliminated that dilemma by letting Claude users build apps where usage counts against each user's own subscription, not the creator's bill.
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