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• Infinity Constellation, which builds AI tools and software businesses for the professional services market, raised a $24M Series A; it previously raised $17M (Lucinda Shen/Axios) [34d]
• Apple unveils an Apple Intelligence feature that can automatically change compromised passwords, using agentic AI, and save them to the Passwords app (James Pero/Gizmodo) [34d]
• The Trump administration relaunches efforts to block state AI laws; Sen. Blackburn is leading negotiations and pushing KOSA as part of an AI preemption package (Axios) [34d]
• Meta puts $115M toward a "workforce academy", a free 5-week program to train Americans to build data centers, offering job guarantees at Meta construction sites (Wall Street Journal) [34d]
• Source: Cursor, which is prepping for an expected acquisition by SpaceX, passed $4B in annualized revenue in the last week, up from $3B in April and $2B in Feb. (Richard Nieva/Forbes) [34d]
• OpenAI confidentially files for an IPO with the SEC and says it has "not decided on timing yet" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) [34d]
• Google lowers the price of its Google AI Plus plan to $4.99 per month, down from $7.99, and doubles the included storage to 400GB (Abner Li/9to5Google) [35d]
• Google upgrades NotebookLM, which now runs on Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity, to deliver new agentic capabilities and more advanced reasoning for AI Ultra users (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) [35d]
• Apple's Craig Federighi says some companies "appear to be racing forward" to develop "AI for the sake of AI" without regard for the humans using the technology (Todd Spangler/Variety) [35d]
• Apple announces new features for the Home app, including AI-generated descriptions of HomeKit Secure Video camera clips and smarter grouping of notifications (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors) [35d]
• Apple says watchOS 27 will not support the Apple Watch Series 9, Watch Ultra 1, or Watch SE 2, its most aggressive Apple Watch support cutoff yet (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors) [35d]
• Apple announces a new Foundation Models framework for developers, a new Core AI framework, and a set of Xcode enhancements aimed at agentic coding workflows (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors) [35d]
• Apple says iOS 27 will support iPhone 11, in contrast with 2019 Android flagships like Pixel 4 and Galaxy S10, which got only three years of platform updates (Aamir Siddiqui/Android Authority) [35d]
• Amazon expands its print-on-demand features to AI-generated designs created using Alexa for Shopping for products like T-shirts, water bottles, and hoodies (Mia Sato/The Verge) [35d]
• Apple announces tvOS 27, with performance enhancements, smart downloads, an updated Podcasts app, and more (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac) [35d]
• Apple announces that the iOS 27 Shortcuts app will feature AI-powered workflow creation, allowing users to build automations via natural language prompts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [35d]
• Apple says its most powerful on-device AI model requires an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air, iPad with M4 and later, or Mac with M3 and later, all with 12GB+ of RAM (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac) [35d]
• Apple unveils new editing tools for the Photos app as part of Apple Intelligence, including an upgraded Cleanup tool, and new Extend and Spatial Reframing tools (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors) [35d]
• Indian quick grocery delivery startup Zepto files for an India IPO, planning to raise ~$836M by selling new shares; Zepto was valued at $7B in its last round (Rajesh Mascarenhas/Bloomberg) [35d]
• Apple says Siri AI will be delayed in the EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 due to the DMA; Siri AI will also not be available in China at launch (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors) [35d]
• Analysis: Meta removed code for an unreleased face-recognition system in the Meta AI app for its smart glasses, following a report on the code's existence (Wired) [35d]
• Apple announces new Apple Intelligence features for its apps, including a Notify Me feature in Safari and a Call Context feature in the Phone app (John Quintet/iPhone in Canada) [35d]
• Apple announces Visual Intelligence updates, including a new Siri mode in the Camera app for analyzing real-world objects and support for visionOS (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors) [35d]
• Apple overhauls Apple Intelligence, with a new architecture built on Apple Foundation Models developed with Google and adapted to run on device and on servers (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors) [35d]