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Source: Google plans to test search changes in Europe, displaying results from competing vertical search services next to its own, seeking to avoid EU fines (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Source: Google plans to test search changes in Europe, displaying results from competing vertical search services next to its own, seeking to avoid EU fines  —  Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google is poised to start testing changes to its search results to give rivals more prominence …

Anthropic acquires Vercept, whose Vy desktop agent lets users control a Mac or PC with natural language, to "advance Claude's computer use capabilities" (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Anthropic acquires Vercept, whose Vy desktop agent lets users control a Mac or PC with natural language, to “advance Claude's computer use capabilities”  —  Anthropic is acquiring Vercept, a Seattle startup founded by alumni of the Allen Institute for AI, in a move that illustrates …

New Mexico's Meta lawsuit: some police officers testify that Meta's AI is sending a flood of "junk" CSAM reports that are draining resources and slowing cases (Katie McQue/The Guardian)

Katie McQue / The Guardian:
New Mexico's Meta lawsuit: some police officers testify that Meta's AI is sending a flood of “junk” CSAM reports that are draining resources and slowing cases  —  Officers say flood of low-quality reports is draining resources and slowing cases amid New Mexico lawsuit

Sources: Thrive invested $1B in OpenAI in 2025 at a $285B valuation in a transaction akin to a call option; OpenAI was separately raising at a $830B valuation (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Thrive invested $1B in OpenAI in 2025 at a $285B valuation in a transaction akin to a call option; OpenAI was separately raising at a $830B valuation  —  Joshua Kushner's firm Thrive Capital recently invested in OpenAI at a valuation of $285 billion, about a third of the price …

Perplexity launches Perplexity Computer, "a general-purpose digital worker" that can route work across 19 AI models, available initially for Max subscribers (Jason Hiner/The Deep View)

Jason Hiner / The Deep View:
Perplexity launches Perplexity Computer, “a general-purpose digital worker” that can route work across 19 AI models, available initially for Max subscribers  —  Claude Code and OpenClaw have taken 2026 by storm by offering the first glimpses of personal AI agents.