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Meta builds AI shopping research tool whilst OpenAI signs $50m deal with News Corp
AI platforms need product databases and content licensing simultaneously. Shopping is the business model.
Business of Fashion · 2026-03-05
Apple launches $599 MacBook Neo with iPad chip, collapsing product hierarchy boundaries
Premium brand goes mid-market with phone components. Category definitions matter less than accessible entry points.
Tom's Hardware · 2026-03-04
OpenAI says GPT-5.3 Instant's tone should feel less "cringe" than GPT-5.2...
Marcus Schuler / Implicator.ai : OpenAI says GPT-5.3 Instant's tone should feel less “cringe” than GPT-5.2 Instant...
Techmeme · 2026-03-03
Paramount+ merges with HBO Max after $111bn acquisition closes into single platform
Third streaming consolidation this week. The bundle is being rebuilt inside corporate structures, not consumer choice.
TechCrunch · 2026-03-02
Apple asks Google to host servers inside its data centres for Gemini-powered Siri
Privacy as infrastructure problem not principle. Apple's willing to merge physical locations if it protects brand positioning.
The Information · 2026-03-02
OpenAI defends Anthropic to Pentagon whilst announcing competing defence deal with safeguards
Third AI ethics story this week. AI companies are suddenly each other's character witnesses to government.
TechCrunch · 2026-03-01
The Social Media Trap
Business of Fashion · 2026-02-28
Amazon pays 16x Microsoft's OpenAI price-per-point whilst getting zero exclusivity rights
The cost of arriving late to AI just became quantifiable—and eye-watering.
Techmeme · 2026-02-27
Google and OpenAI employees back Anthropic's Pentagon red lines in open letter
AI ethics just became competitive advantage as talent votes with their employment contracts.
TechCrunch · 2026-02-27
Meta scrapped its most advanced AI chip after design struggles
Third time this week tech's hardware ambitions hit reality. Software companies can't manufacture dreams.
The Information · 2026-02-26
Google's Gemini finally does what Siri can't: multifunction mobile tasks.
The Verge · 2026-02-25