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Quartz Cris Tolomia · Updated

United Airlines is blocking personal AI agents from booking flights

The airline cites customer privacy and account-security concerns, along with potential conflicts with FAA and Department of Transportation rules. The restrictions also cover agents accessing customer accounts, according to Bloomberg, while Unite.AI reports that unauthorized agents are barred from servicing travel as well as making purchases.

Bloomberg Marilen Martin · Updated

SoftBank Backs Agile Robots in $500 Million Humanoid Push

Agile Robots SE raised funds valuing the German robotics maker at $8.5 billion in a round led by SoftBank Group Corp., giving the startup fresh capital to expand production of its artificial intelligence-powered machines.

Summary from Bloomberg
RuntimeWire ·

Google launches Gemini Decisions API that scores 1,000 choices without generating text

Powered by Gemini Decision 1, the endpoint returns calibrated probabilities for yes/no, choice and rubric questions rather than prose. It accepts text, images, audio, video and PDFs, with pricing of $0.10 per million input tokens.

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Italy’s Poste Targets €600 Million Fund Amid AI Data Center Boom 4 sources covering Italy’s Poste Targets €600 Million Fund Amid AI Data Center Boom

Poste Italiane SpA launched a co-investment fund targeting €600 million ($665 million) for projects including data centers, expanding its digital infrastructure ambitions following the takeover of Telecom Italia SpA.

Bloomberg ·
Biomatter raises $18M to make custom enzymes feel like catalog orders 3 sources covering Biomatter raises $18M to make custom enzymes feel like catalog orders

Biomatter will use the Astanor-led round to open a 2,000-square-metre design-and-testing facility in Vilnius in 2027 and expand in the United States.

RuntimeWire ·
Strategic Hiring: New Questions to Ask

Plus, Nvidia is preparing to oust CEO Jensen Huang.

Wall Street Journal ·
Trump Asked to Preserve Nvidia Documents by Senators

The Trump administration was asked on Thursday by Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Chris Coons of Delaware to preserve all records regarding the export of Nvidia Corp.’s advanced semiconductors to China or to “entities that may divert such chips.”

Bloomberg ·
Congress Pressures Jensen Huang to Talk About Spy Scandal

Members of Congress of both parties vow to investigate potential chip smuggling to China

Bloomberg ·
Meta’s infrastructure chief Santosh Janardhan to step down in 2027 10 sources covering Meta’s infrastructure chief Santosh Janardhan to step down in 2027

David Brown, who joined Meta from Amazon Web Services earlier this year, will succeed the infrastructure chief in early 2027.

The Next Web ·
Kushner’s Affinity, Salesforce Back Quantum Startup Q-Ctrl in $290 Million Round

Salesforce Ventures led a $290 million round in Q-Ctrl that values the Australian quantum software company at more than $1 billion.

Bloomberg ·
Nvidia scandal hits tech stocks

Concerns have mounted over the AI trade, including over growing tech-sector borrowing and circular financing in the industry.

Semafor ·
Nvidia scandal sparks calls for export curbs

Jensen Huang has been the most prominent advocate of looser restrictions, a view critics have dismissed as driven by profit rather than national security.

Semafor ·
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is still very much a car guy 2 sources covering OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is still very much a car guy

A TikToker posted several videos showing Altman attending an impromptu car meet.

Business Insider ·
Nvidia weighs firing CEO following spying scandal

The semiconductor giant has reportedly tapped an outside search firm to find a new CEO to take over.

Semafor ·
McKinsey’s Sternfels on Corporate Crisis Management, AI Impact

McKinsey Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels discusses how companies should prepare for corporate crises, from succession planning to strong and independent governance.

Bloomberg ·