Top stories in AI today: – Kalshi’s AI ad runs during NBA Finals
– OpenAI, Mattel partner on AI toys
– Conduct competitive analysis with Claude
– ByteDance’s new video AI climbs leaderboards
– 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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AI Advertising Peaks: OpenAI Toys, ByteDance Video Tools
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AI Replacing Workers: Major Tech Layoffs Statistics
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Is #ArtificialIntelligence already replacing you? Here are some statistics on the latest impact by #AI 6,000 laid off at Microsoft 8,000 at IBM 12,000+ at Dell Source by Rubén Domínguez Ibar Not because people failed.
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Tomorrow’s Stars: Tech-Savvy Innovators Blending Creativity and Business
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Les nouveaux Léonards
Les stars de demain mixent tech, créativité et business.
49 % des dirigeants cherchent ces innovateurs. Vous en êtes un ? c/
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Meta’s AI Talent Loss: Strategic Consequences of Leadership Decisions
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If Zuck hadn't laid off Erik's team of exceptional AI talent a few years ago, they would have less of an AI talent problem today…
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Cloudflare Outage Linked to Google Cloud Infrastructure Issues
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Seems like this was not The Great Cyberwar of 2025 and totally unrelated to the strikes Iran knew were coming. Just reading between the lines, Cloudflare says their issues were caused by someone else. And seems like that someone else might be Google Cloud.
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Google’s Vertical Integration: Blueprint for Ambitious Tech Companies
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Google showed the world you can have your own search, AI, data center, chip, phone, OS, browser, email client, video sharing/hosting/social platform, research lab, and a self driving car. So, don’t aim low. Be ambitious. Shoot for the stars. Life is short.
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Major internet outage impacts worldwide connectivity and services
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whole internet is basically down rn sorry
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Why X and Grok Remained Online During Major AI Platform Outage
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How can every major AI platform and hyperscaler and SaaS solution be down except X and Grok? Better design?
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First Signs of the Great Cyberwar 2025?
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Is it the first indicator of the Great Cyberwar of 2025?
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Google Cloud and Databricks Partner to Build Domain-Specific AI Agents
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@ThomasOrTK
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, and Databricks CEO and Co-founder @alighodsi discuss a new strategic partnership, the latest Gemini models, and how organizations can build and scale AI agents tailored to their specific domains and data. “Our partnership is another critical