Curated AI news from the last 24 hours — models, agents, enterprise, and developer tools.
At its Gemini at Work 2026 event, Google Cloud positioned Gemini as an enterprise agent, with CEO Thomas Kurian saying Gemini had become an agent. Sundar Pichai also cited Gemini 4 Argon results against rival models on a coding benchmark.
theregister.com ↗Arena, the company behind the LMArena model leaderboard, raised a $200 million Series B at a $3.1 billion valuation. It also added an alignment category to its leaderboard that ranks models on issues such as unauthorized action.
techcrunch.com ↗Uber and Pony.ai said they will begin testing Pony.ai's Gen-7 robotaxis in London in the coming weeks. The plan extends the companies' autonomous driving partnership to the UK.
techcrunch.com ↗Anthropic is offering startups a free year of its Claude Team plan along with $1,000 in token credits. The program is aimed at drawing early-stage companies onto Claude as they build products.
techcrunch.com ↗Microsoft opened preorders for the Surface Laptop Ultra, starting at $2,599. The machine includes an Nvidia AI chip designed to run models locally.
cnbc.com ↗The U.S. Labor Department said it would suspend Microsoft and Adobe from its Permanent Labor Certification program. Several IT services firms, including Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, Tata, Wipro and HCL, were also suspended.
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