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Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to redirect spending toward AI and cybersecurity

May 14, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Cisco Systems announced Wednesday that it is eliminating fewer than 4,000 positions, representing roughly 5% of its workforce, even as the company reported better-than-expected profit and revenue for its fiscal third quarter. The networking equipment maker framed the cuts as a strategic shift in its cost structure to prioritize investments in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. […]

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Campbell Brown, once Meta’s news chief, is now holding AI models accountable for what they tell you

May 14, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Campbell Brown has spent her career chasing accurate information — first as a renowned TV journalist, then as Facebook’s first and only dedicated news chief. Now, watching AI reshape how people consume information, she sees history threatening to repeat itself. This time, she’s not waiting for someone else to fix it. A former news chief […]

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Clio’s $500M ARR milestone underscores legal AI boom as Anthropic enters the fray

May 14, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Clio, the Canadian legal practice management software company, has crossed $500 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), a milestone that underscores the rapid adoption of AI in the legal industry. The announcement comes just days after Anthropic expanded its Claude for Legal platform, signaling a new competitive phase in a market that is quickly becoming […]

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Notion unveils developer platform to turn workspace into an AI agent hub

May 13, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Notion, the company behind the widely used collaborative note-taking and productivity app, is making a significant strategic pivot. In a live-streamed product announcement on Wednesday, the company introduced a new developer platform designed to transform its workspace into a central hub for AI agents, custom code, and live data from external sources. The move signals […]

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Anthropic’s Cat Wu on Proactive AI: ‘Claude Will Anticipate Your Needs Before You Know Them’

May 13, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Anthropic is having a standout year in the increasingly competitive AI environment. The company is reportedly seeking tens of billions in a funding round that could value it at roughly $950 billion, surpassing OpenAI’s $854 billion valuation from March. A key driver of this momentum is Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, which has gained significant traction […]

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Sam Altman’s Credibility on Trial: Inside the Courtroom Battle Over OpenAI’s Future

May 13, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, spent Tuesday in a California federal courtroom defending his credibility against a barrage of questions from lawyers representing Elon Musk. The interrogation, led by attorney Steve Molo, centered on whether Altman misled the U.S. Senate and the public about his financial ties to the company he leads, and […]

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Origin Lab raises $8M to bridge video games and AI world model training

May 13, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

As artificial intelligence moves beyond text and images into the physical world, a new bottleneck has emerged: high-quality training data for world models. These models, designed to simulate and understand physical environments for robotics, autonomous systems, and spatial computing, require vast amounts of data that capture real-world physics, object interactions, and movement. Unlike large language […]

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Anthropic targets small businesses with new Claude AI tools as platform wars heat up

May 13, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Anthropic is broadening its customer base beyond corporate giants like Walmart and Starbucks. On Wednesday, the company unveiled Claude for Small Business, a suite of AI-powered services tailored specifically for smaller enterprises — from the local hardware store to the neighborhood coffee shop. Until now, most serious AI adoption has been concentrated at the enterprise […]

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Amazon replaces Rufus with Alexa for Shopping, a new AI assistant powered by Alexa+

May 13, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Amazon is once again reshaping how consumers interact with its marketplace. On Wednesday, the company introduced Alexa for Shopping, a new AI-powered shopping assistant built on Alexa+, marking a significant shift from its earlier generative AI experiment, Rufus. The assistant is now rolling out to U.S. customers across mobile devices, desktop browsers, and Echo Show […]

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Anthropic overtakes OpenAI in business customer count, Ramp data shows

May 13, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to the latest AI Index from fintech firm Ramp. The survey, drawn from expense data across Ramp’s client base, shows that 34.4% of participating businesses are now paying for Anthropic services, edging past OpenAI at 32.3%. How the data was gathered The […]