📢 AI News Roundup: What's New in the AI World?

More than 100+ cybersecurity execs and researchers signed an open letter urging the U.S. to lift its export ban on Anthropic’s Fable 5, arguing it handcuffs defenders without slowing attackers who can pull the same capabilities from rival models. Ex-Facebook security head Alex Stamos said the flagged jailbreak produced a “proof of concept” of a flaw, which defensive teams use to patch weak spots.

Late last year, a Klimt sold for the highest price ever paid for modern art at auction.

An outlier sure, but it wasn't a fluke. U.S. auction sales grew 23.1% in 2025. The $1-5mm segment even grew 40.8% YoY.

Meanwhile, Apollo’s chief economist Torsten Slok said to expect ‘zero in return in the S&P 500 over the coming decade.’

So, that's where it gets interesting.

Each environment is unique, but after dot-com, post war and contemporary art grew about 24% annually for a decade. After 2008, about 11% for 12 years.

It’s also had near-zero correlation with the S&P 500 since ‘95.*

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Meta just introduced AI Mode to Facebook, a new search experience letting Meta AI answer questions with public Group posts, Reels, and content from across its apps — coming alongside new tools for AI-edited photos, collages, and videos. AI Mode puts the Muse Spark-powered Meta AI inside FB search, weaving in public Group posts, Reels, and other app content to answer user questions.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the ban on Monday. Under-16s will be barred from romantic chatbots and the major social platforms by default. Britain is the first to treat those bots as a child-safety risk on par with TikTok. Even 16- and 17-year-olds face limits like overnight curfews and breaks in endless scrolling.

OpenAI wants 300K certified specialists deploying its models inside big companies. OpenAI is putting $150M into a new Partner Network built to help companies actually deploy its models. It launches with consulting giants like Accenture, McKinsey, BCG, Bain, and PwC already on board. Partners climb three tiers, Select, Advanced, and Elite, ranked by how much they sell and deploy.

Well, here comes one of the largest media acquisitions in years. Fox is acquiring streaming company Roku in a stock and cash deal valued at around $22 billion. The combined company will become the third-largest television business in the United States by viewership.

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🚀 SpaceX’s Historic IPO Grew to $85.7Bn Raised

🦾 Salesforce Acquired AI Customer Service Platform Fin For $3.6Bn

💳 American Express is Buying Tripadvisor’s European Booking Platform For $700M

🐉 China's Moonshot Drops Open Coding Model That Burns 30% Fewer Tokens.

✉️ ChatGPT Agents Can Now Spend Real Money, Visa Provides the Rails.

💰 Google Drops AI Plus to $4.99, Now the Cheapest Major AI Plan.

📱 Huawei Declares "the Agent Era" as HarmonyOS 7 Goes Agent-Native.

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