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The AI Vendor Is Always on Probation
Enterprise AI contracts no longer create lasting inertia. Vendors must prove measurable value, operational fit and trust throughout the customer relationship.
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Topic: Artificial Intelligence
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OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra With Restricted Cyber Access
OpenAI’s most capable model arrives with restricted cyber access, a phased enterprise rollout and new questions about how autonomous systems should be governed.
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Nvidia’s Hugging Face Deal Tests Open AI’s Future
Nvidia’s $12.93 billion Hugging Face deal could reshape how businesses build AI. What its openness pledge means for costs, choice and enterprise control.
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Waymo Begins Public Robotaxi Rides in Three New Cities
Waymo’s simultaneous Denver, San Diego and Tampa launches extend its commercial service to 14 U.S. cities and put its newer Ojai vehicle into two more markets.
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John Ternus Takes Over as Apple CEO From Tim Cook
Apple’s planned leadership handoff became official Sept. 1, placing longtime hardware chief John Ternus in the CEO role as Tim Cook moved to executive chairman.
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Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1
Anthropic opened Claude Fable 5.1 broadly while keeping Mythos 5.1 restricted, combining lower projected costs with revised privacy and safety controls.
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Judge Vacates Pentagon’s Anthropic AI Vendor Blacklist
A federal judge found unlawful retaliation, vacated the Pentagon’s supply-chain designation and permanently blocked enforcement of the contractor ban.
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Amazon Adds 2 Million Nvidia GPUs to AWS AI Buildout
The cloud provider will deploy Blackwell and Rubin chips in 2027 and 2028 as the companies extend their alliance across the AI stack.
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Alabama Subpoenas OpenAI Over Hugging Face AI Breach
Alabama’s attorney general is demanding records on OpenAI’s July model-evaluation incident as states test whether existing consumer laws reach frontier AI.
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Alibaba Prices $10.2 Billion Share Sale for AI Buildout
Alibaba priced 710 million new shares at HK$112.70 each, with the Hong Kong placement expected to close Aug. 26 and all net proceeds earmarked for AI.