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Salesforce has acquired Fin, an AI customer service platform, for $3.6 billion. Fin's technology will be used to improve Salesforce's existing enterprise platform, Agentforce, which helps businesses build custom AI agents to automate tasks. The acquisition is expected to close in the last quarter of Salesforce's 2027 fiscal year.

NewCore, a cybersecurity startup, has emerged from stealth with $66 million in funding to provide identities to AI agents, enabling companies to authenticate, govern, and control them at scale. The platform is designed to manage both human and AI-agent identities in a single system, treating AI agents as first-class identities with their own permissions and life cycle controls.

A satellite called YAM-9, built by Loft Orbital, has successfully used a vision-language model to identify areas of interest on its own, without human analysts. The model, called Gemma 3, is a type of AI that combines language understanding with image analysis. This breakthrough could make space sensors more useful and pave the way for larger-scale AI infrastructure in space.

Anthropic's AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, were shut down after a US government order due to national security concerns. The models were deemed too powerful and potentially vulnerable to cyberattacks. The shutdown affects all customers, including foreign nationals and Anthropic's own employees.

Anthropic has published details about Claude Code's Dynamic Workflows, which generate custom execution harnesses to coordinate teams of AI agents for complex tasks, addressing challenges like 'agentic laziness' and 'self-preferential bias'. The system utilizes multiple independent agents and strategies like 'fan-out-and-synthesize' and 'adversarial verification'.

AWS has introduced durability for Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey, enabling reliable data retention across failures and expanding support beyond caching to persistent workloads. The feature offers new options that prioritize either minimizing data loss or maintaining lower write latency.

Xcode 27 introduces a revamped UI, improved theme customization, and a new DeviceHub for unified simulator and device management. It also enhances coding agent integration, making it easier to work with agents and customize the workspace.

Vadym Kazulkin discusses performance tuning for serverless Java on AWS, focusing on cold starts and memory footprint. He explores AWS SnapStart and GraalVM as solutions, highlighting their trade-offs and best practices.

This article provides a practical guide for architects on governing AI in the cloud, covering discovery, data classification, enforcement, and governance through developer experience.

Spring Boot 4.1 delivers gRPC auto-configuration, HTTP-client SSRF mitigation, and upgrades to Kotlin 2.3. It also brings lazy datasource connections, async context propagation, and improved OpenTelemetry support.

LinkerBot, a Chinese startup, is making dexterous robotic hands for humanoids. The company's hands can play piano, thread needles, and assemble electronics. With a price range of $600 to $15,000, LinkerBot is poised to become the industry standard. The company has shipped 10,000 robotic hands and is seeking another round of financing at a $6 billion valuation.

SpaceX has reached a market cap of $2.1 trillion, exceeding Tesla's $1.52 trillion. There are hints of a potential merger between the two companies. Additionally, other transportation companies like Lucid Motors, Waymo, and General Motors are making significant moves in the industry.

Adobe has announced updates to Creative Cloud, including AI-powered features in Lightroom, Premiere Pro, and After Effects. These updates aim to save time for photographers, video editors, and designers by streamlining editing processes.

Sarvam, an Indian AI startup, has raised $234 million in a funding round led by HCLTech, valuing the company at $1.5 billion. The investment will be used to develop next-generation AI models and expand access to computing infrastructure. Sarvam's AI models are designed for Indian languages and use cases, and its products are being deployed across sectors including banking, insurance, and government services.

Nvidia plans to sell $25 billion of investment-grade debt in the US, its first bond sale in five years, to test investor appetite for the AI sector. The company will issue a range of maturities from two to 30 years, with the 10-year portion expected to yield 0.5 percentage points above US Treasuries.

The Trump administration has banned Anthropic's new AI models, Fable and Mythos, citing national security risks. Cybersecurity experts are baffled by the decision, arguing that it could harm US cyber defense and give Chinese tech developers an advantage. The ban was reportedly motivated by conversations between Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and government officials, who claimed that the models could be prompted to bypass security guardrails.

The US government forced Anthropic to pull its latest AI models offline due to an export control directive, citing national security concerns. Experts argue the move is retaliatory and sets a dangerous precedent for government control over AI companies.

Meta has launched a new 'AI Mode' on Facebook, which uses Meta AI to surface answers pulled from public posts across the platform. The feature aims to change how users find information, create content, and interact with the platform. Additionally, Facebook has added editing tools and AI-powered photo presets, allowing users to play around with collage cutouts, transition effects, and change their look with different clothes, hairstyles, and accessories.

A group of cybersecurity experts are protesting the US government's ban on Anthropic's Fable and Mythos models, citing concerns that the ban will hinder their ability to defend against cyber threats. The experts argue that the ban is based on a flawed understanding of the models' capabilities and that it will ultimately harm US cybersecurity efforts.

Meta's new AI Mode search feature generates results based on publicly posted content across its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. The feature uses Meta's Muse Spark AI model to provide answers grounded in what people are saying publicly. Users can also ask follow-up questions to the search results.