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Sakana AI raised about $135M at a $2.65B post-money valuation in one of Japan’s largest fundraises this year.

Leaked documents obtained by Ed Zitron show that OpenAI paid Microsoft $865.8M in revenue share during the first three quarters of 2025, up from $493.8M in 2024. The figures suggest OpenAI’s revenue-sharing agreement with Microsoft, estimated at 20%, has scaled sharply alongside its revenue growth and compute usage.

Anthropic notes in a blog post that it has been training Claude to have character traits of “even-handedness” since early 2024.

Google is expanding AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout, and an AI that calls stores for you about local inventory.

Apple is launching Digital IDs, a feature that allows you to create and store an ID in Apple Wallet using your US passport. In the announcement, Apple says Digital ID acceptance will begin to “roll out first” at TSA checkpoints for domestic travel in over 250 airports across the US.

Google to expand Gemini with Visual Layout and Creative Canvas, enabling inline canvas blocks and news dashboards, plus playable web games.

Anthropic has launched an ambitious new data center partnership with the U.K.-based Fluidstack, committing $50 billion to building facilities across the US.

SoftBank sold its entire Nvidia position to fund major OpenAI investments, as rising AI valuations prompt caution among investors

OpenAI plans Group Chats for ChatGPT, letting teams now coordinate shared exchanges with custom prompts, potentially set for a December launch.