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Midjourney, an AI image-generation firm, is seeking to compel three Hollywood studios to reveal details of their own artificial-intelligence usage as part of an ongoing legal dispute. The move attempts to expose the studios' reliance on AI tools even as they pursue litigation against the company. Source Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce conglomerate, has reportedly classified […]

Anthropic announced Claude Science, a new AI workbench designed to help scientists consolidate fragmented tools and datasets into a single environment. The platform, unveiled at an event called "The Briefing: AI for Science" this week, generates figures and visuals to support research workflows. Anthropic framed the launch around drug development, signalling an expansion beyond its

Microsoft has launched its own AI deployment company with a $2.5 billion commitment, joining Amazon, OpenAI, and Anthropic in building out dedicated infrastructure for deploying artificial-intelligence systems at scale. Source Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, has proposed donating 5% of the company's equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, reviving discussions about allowing the public

Venice AI, a privacy-focused AI platform, raised $65m in a Series A funding round, achieving unicorn status. The company is already profitable with annualized run-rate revenues exceeding $70m, according to Erik Voorhees, the firm's chief executive. Source Cloudflare, a content delivery and security company, is requiring AI companies to separate web crawlers used for search

Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5, positioning the model as a cheaper alternative to run AI agents compared with its Opus tier and competitors' offerings including GPT-5.5 and Gemini Pro. The new model brings stronger agentic capabilities, lower pricing, and improved safety features. Source Etched, an Nvidia competitor in AI chip design, reached a $5 billion