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Last updated August 17, 2026
Amazon plans to invest more than €15B in France over three years, creating more than 7,000 permanent jobs by 2028
Amazon Business launches same-day delivery of fresh groceries to business customers in more than 2,300 U.S. cities
Google announces three new AI Max updates including expansion to Shopping campaigns ahead of Marketing Live event
XRP Evernorth names OpenAI Foundation CFO Robert Kaiden to its board ahead of planned Nasdaq listing
OpenAI loses head of private equity Paul Zimmerman to Google plus head of sales James Dyett to Thrive Capital
Etsy launches beta app in ChatGPT for conversational shopping despite prior Instant Checkout integration falling short
OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads platform with CPC bidding and self-serve Ads Manager in beta for U.S. advertisers
Google’s AI Max for Search drives 15% search budget increases and CPC rises one year after launch, agencies report
Adobe and OpenAI announce integration that lets marketers assemble and activate ChatGPT ads through Adobe GenStudio
Fast Simon names Shaun Lin as director of partnerships to scale agency and technology partner network in U.S. and Australia
Anthropic signs deal with SpaceX for 300 megawatts of compute capacity to power surging Claude Code demand
OpenAI President Greg Brockman testifies that Elon Musk demanded full control of OpenAI before storming out of August 2017 meeting
Google rolls out 5 new link features in AI Mode and AI Overviews to help users explore relevant websites and original content
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati testifies under oath that CEO Sam Altman lied to her about AI model safety standards
Snap’s $400M deal with Perplexity to integrate AI search into Snapchat is dead after testing failed to lead to a broader rollout
Google shuts down Project Mariner experimental AI agent and folds its technology into Gemini Agent and AI Mode
Canadian Privacy Commissioner finds OpenAI violated federal and provincial privacy laws in training its AI models
Kraken partners with MoneyGram to enable crypto-to-cash withdrawals at 500,000 retail locations across 200 countries
Nova Intelligence raises $31.5M Series A led by Chemistry to bring agentic AI to SAP’s $89B migration wave
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