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Anthropic overtakes OpenAI with a $965B valuation after raising $65B, OpenAI introduces multi-agent workspace agents in ChatGPT, Pope Leo XIV issues a historic encyclical on AI governance, NVIDIA CEO pushes back on AI-driven layoffs, and Google's Gemini Spark goes live for AI Ultra users.

Anthropic surpasses OpenAI to become the world's most valuable AI startup at a $965B valuation while releasing Claude Opus 4.8. Google transforms its search box for the first time in 25 years with AI-powered results. NVIDIA pushes deeper into AI infrastructure at Computex. Meta's AI Pendant leaks as Reality Labs losses mount. ServiceNow CEO warns AI agents could push college graduate unemployment past 30%.

Groq raises $650M pivoting to AI inference after Nvidia's $20B deal. Developers refuse to work without AI tools, raising quality concerns. Cognition's Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn't replace humans. Apple reportedly integrating Google Gemini into iPhone for new Siri. Illinois passes landmark AI regulation.

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.8 with honesty as its killer feature. Google introduces Universal Cart for AI agent shopping. Liquid AI unveils an 8B MoE model trained on 38T tokens. Robinhood enables AI agents to trade stocks. Mistral AI hosts its Now Summit in Paris.

Anthropic's mega-round nears unicorn status, Google plans agentic search overhaul in 2026, Apple integrates Gemini into iPhone for next-gen Siri, YouTube auto-labels AI videos, Asana acquires StackAI, and Illinois passes landmark AI regulation.

Anthropic overtakes OpenAI as the world's most valuable AI startup at $965B valuation. OpenAI unveils its Frontier Governance Framework and commits $250M to workforce impact research. Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan, Meta launches AI chatbot subscriptions, and Illinois passes landmark AI regulation.