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

OpenAI just introduced dots, always-on agents like Meta’s Muse that can keep working 24/7 from a cloud computer — leading a 20+ feature DevDay launch slate that also includes GPT-6.1 Sol, shared team workspaces, and an Ultrafast mode. Each dot can plug into over 4,000 apps and reply in Slack, Teams, or ChatGPT, with conversations that don’t count against ChatGPT usage plans.

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The Trump administration rolled out America.gov, an AI chatbot "front door" to the federal government that lets citizens ask questions and receive answers from agency websites — eventually enabling actions like filing forms via agentic flows. For now, the platform only answers questions, with AI that can fill out and file forms (passport renewals, Medicare enrollment) aiming to launch by early 2027.

President Trump signed a White House pact setting out how leading AI companies should monitor and manage the risks of their most powerful system. Leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI and NVIDIA signed alongside President Trump. Companies pledged four layers of oversight, covering internal safety controls, internal reviews, independent audits and board reviews.

Reuters obtained a leaked version of Anthropic's upcoming IPO prospectus, which shows the Claude maker grew revenue 12x in 2025 alongside massive losses — while also warning that its AI could bring “existential risks to humanity.” Anthropic is reportedly targeting a $2T+ valuation, more than double its May mark, despite losing $8B running the business and $42B overall in 2025.

Apple has spent years watching India's payments boom from the sidelines, and Tuesday it finally stepped in. Apple Pay goes live with Axis Bank as its first partner, supporting eligible Visa and Mastercard cards but not homegrown RuPay. HDFC, ICICI and SBI Card are reportedly still haggling over Apple's roughly 20 basis point fee. Acceptance starts narrow.

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💍 Oura Pulled its $2.2Bn IPO Off the Table

🛍️ Meta is expanding Muse to small businesses

🚀 OpenAI is discussing a massive $30B funding round at a roughly $1.4T valuation

🧬 Microsoft introduced Quine for biology research, connecting AI models, scientific tools and real lab experiments in one loop.

🚨 An autonomous AI agent breached security nonprofit DIVD, choosing its own next steps after exploiting an undisclosed vulnerability.

🗣️ Anthropic opened a public AI study using its Interviewer system to collect people’s views on what they want from AI.

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