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Microsoft overhauled Copilot's design in Microsoft 365 with a minimalist black-and-white, text-focused interface aimed at creating a more consistent experience (Ian Carlos Campbell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2183246/microsoft-debuts-a-more-buttoned-up-look-for-copilot/
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Pittsburgh-based Gray Swan, which stress-tests AI models for top frontier AI labs, raised a $40M Series A at a $200M valuation co-led by Wing VC and Madrona (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2026/05/28/this-ai-startups-army-of-15000-hackers-pressure-test-claude-gpt-5-and-gemini/
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Asana acquires StackAI, a no-code platform for building AI agents, for $75M as part of Asana's broader AI pivot; PitchBook: StackAI raised ~$20M (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/asana-acquires-no-code-agent-builder-stack-ai/
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France's market regulator warns crypto companies they could face blacklisting and lawsuits if they don't have MiCA licenses by the EU's June 30 deadline (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/crypto-companies-without-eu-licences-face-prosecution-french-regulator-warns-2026-05-28/
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Sources: TikTok is cutting music label-facing jobs to focus on its music distribution arm SoundOn and other projects that connect it more directly with artists (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-28/tiktok-changed-music-now-labels-worry-it-s-leaving-them-behind
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AI researchers ran 15-day simulations of worlds governed by different AI models: Claude Sonnet 4.6 recorded zero crime, while Gemini 3 Flash had the most at 683 (Jake Angelo/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/05/28/ai-model-simulation-claude-chatgpt-grok-gemini/
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Dell reports Q1 AI server revenue up 757% YoY to $16.1B and raises its FY 2027 AI server revenue forecast to $60B, up from its prior projection of $50B (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/28/ai-server-demand-drives-rampant-revenue-growth-dell-stock-soars/
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Triomics, which is building an AI-powered platform to help oncologists automate data-heavy tasks, raised a $22M Series B, following a $15M Series A in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/triomics-nabs-22m-to-bring-oncology-specific-ai-to-cancer-centers/
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Sources: Apollo Global and Blackstone are working to bring additional investors into a ~$36B debt financing deal to purchase Google TPUs for Anthropic to lease (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-28/apollo-shops-36-billion-debt-deal-to-buy-google-chips-for-anthropic
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California AG Rob Bonta sues 23andMe, alleging it failed to protect sensitive user data in a 2023 breach that affected ~7M people across the US (Jaimie Ding/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/23andme-lawsuit-data-breach-genetic-testing-0fc216812a2a35b72068c228384f597b
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Okta reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $765M, vs. $752M est., says the agentic AI build-out is spiking demand for its identity tools; OKTA jumps 7%+ after hours (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/28/okta-okta-earnings-q1-2027.html
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Sources: Amazon has shut down an internal leaderboard that tracked employees' use of AI tools after workers tried to boost their scores with needless tasks (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b1a62a7f-6df5-4c90-94ce-64ce9c9961b6
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Sources: Airwallex raised new funding led by Lee Fixel's Addition at a ~$12B valuation, up from $8B late last year, and hit $1.5B in ARR, up from $1B in October (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2026/05/28/airwallex-addition-valuation
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Doc: the EU is preparing emergency powers to intervene in Europe's chip supply chains during shortages, including by forcing chipmakers to override contracts (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/9d7d6204-4fc7-4f1d-af05-473c3649efcd
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Dell reports Q1 revenue up 88% YoY to $43.84B, vs. $35.43B est., and forecasts FY 2027 revenue above estimates; DELL jumps 15%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/28/dell-q1-earnings-report-2027.html
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Autodesk agrees to buy MaintainX, a company focused on maintenance tools, in an all-cash deal that values MaintainX at $3.6B (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-28/autodesk-to-buy-maintainx-for-about-3-6-billion-in-cash-mppxfnfb
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Snowflake stock closed up 36% on Thursday, its best day ever, after the company boosted guidance and announced an AI compute deal with Amazon (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/28/snowflake-snow-software-stock-rally.html
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Fonoa, which helps enterprises manage indirect tax compliance, raised a $110M Series C led by Headline and acquired PwC's Indirect Tax Edge platform (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2026/05/28/fonoa-110m-pwc-tax-platform-buy
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Anthropic adds dynamic workflows to Claude Code, enabling hundreds of subagents to run in parallel for complex engineering tasks such as framework migrations (Claude)
https://claude.com/blog/introducing-dynamic-workflows-in-claude-code
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The CFTC moves to vacate a $5M settlement with Gemini, reversing a Biden-era enforcement action, following a lobbying campaign by the Winklevoss twins (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-regulator-moves-to-drop-case-that-drew-ire-of-winklevoss-twins-e8e26a2a
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Anthropic raised $65B at a $900B valuation, up from $380B three months ago and ahead of OpenAI's last valuation of $730B, says its revenue run rate crossed $47B (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/technology/anthropic-tops-openai-valuation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l1A.Ljth.RDbPsUK0c4m2&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Anthropic says it expects Mythos-class models to be available to all customers "in the coming weeks" following the development of stronger safeguards (Madison Mills/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/anthropic-opus-release-mythos
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Corgi, which uses AI to provide insurance for startups, raised a $106M Series B1 at a $2.6B valuation, up from $1.3B on May 6, for a total funding of $378M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/corgi-announces-106m-raise-at-2-6b-valuation-three-weeks-after-160m-series-b/
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Anthropic launches Opus 4.8, saying it's "more likely to flag uncertainties about its work and less likely to make unsupported claims", at the same price as 4.7 (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/anthropic-releases-opus-4-8-with-new-dynamic-workflow-tool/
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Elon Musk says Anthropic's Colossus deal is "a 180 day lease with 90 day notice"; SpaceX's S-1 said Anthropic "agreed to pay a monthly fee through May 2029" (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/how-long-is-anthropics-lease-with-spacex-opinions-vary/
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Meta's Oversight Board says Meta agreed to increase its funding by $13M, ensuring that it will be funded through 2028, reversing a planned decrease in funding (Casey Newton/Platformer)
https://www.platformer.news/meta-oversight-board-funding-2028/
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IBM plans to invest more than $10B in quantum computing over five years as it aims to build the first large-scale, error-free quantum computer by 2029 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/ibm-plans-10-billion-investment-large-scale-quantum-computer-by-2029-2026-05-28/
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Waymo unveils Ojai, a vehicle designed in partnership with Zeekr for robotaxi use, initially for select riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-28/waymo-to-deploy-robotaxi-built-with-zeekr-to-expand-public-rides
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YouTube launches new Premium podcast features, including an AI-powered recommendation tool, an "Auto speed" setting, and a new on-the-go listening mode (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/youtube-adds-new-podcast-features-including-an-ai-recommendation-tool-and-auto-speed/
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Saris, which builds AI agents to automate back-office work for banks and credit unions, raised a $28.8M Series A led by 8VC (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2026/05/28/saris-series-a-bank-ai-agents
http://www.techmeme.com/260528/p42#a260528p42