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1. 🤝 Stellantis and Microsoft Launched a Five-Year Strategic AI Collaboration

Major players are making major moves. Stellantis and Microsoft just announced a five-year strategic collaboration to co-develop AI, cybersecurity, and engineering capabilities as the automaker accelerates its digital transformation. More than 100 AI initiatives are planned under the deal including in customer care, product development, and operations. (Quartz)

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3. 🦾 Anthropic Rolled Out Claude Opus 4.7

Anthropic just dropped its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.7, its most powerful generally available model. The new model comes amidst news of its Claude Mythos Preview, the advanced latest offering that the company rolled out ot a select group of companies as part of a new cybersecurity initiative. (CNBC)

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5. ✌️ Anthropic’s CPO is Leaving Figma’s Board

And just after Anthropic dropped Claude Opus 4.7, which includes design tools that could compete with interface design company Figma, its chief product officer Mike Krieger has resigned from Figma’s board. Krieger, who previously co-founded Instagram and the AI-powered news app Artifact, joined the board of Figma less than a year ago. (TechCrunch)

6. 🛬 Europe Has Just 6 Weeks of Jet Fuel Left

Not great news if you’re planning on flying in, out of, or around Europe. International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol warned that Europe has "maybe six weeks or so [of] jet fuel left" and that some flights between European cities could be canceled as a result of the ongoing blockage of the Strait of Hormuz. (Quartz)

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7. 🛍️ QVC is Preparing For Bankruptcy

Did TikTok Live Shopping kill QVC? Maybe. The owner of home shopping network pioneer QVC is planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company, which also owns HSN (formerly Home Shopping Network), struggles to adapt to the rapid shift by consumers turning to TikTok livestreams or online marketplaces like Shein. (Associated Press)

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