Netflix Paid $587M in Cash for Affleck's AI Startup InterPositive
Netflix paid $587 million in cash to acquire Ben Affleck's AI production startup InterPositive, according to a federal regulatory filing disclosed on July 17, 2026 . The figure appeared in Netflix's Form 10-Q report filed with the Securiti…
Alphabet Shares Drop 4% on Report Gemini 3.5 Pro Is Months Behind Schedule
Alphabet shares fell 4% on Thursday after Bloomberg reported that the company's flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro AI model is months behind schedule, with its coding capabilities falling short of internal expectations . The delay comes at a competit…
Anthropic in Early Talks to Lease Up to $10B in Compute from Meta
Anthropic is in very preliminary talks to lease computing power from Meta in a deal that could be worth up to $10 billion, according to reports from the Financial Times and CNBC . The potential arrangement would see Anthropic tap into Meta…
San Francisco Orders Apple, Google to Remove 13 AI Nudify Apps
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu sent cease-and-desist letters this week to Apple and Google, demanding the removal of 13 AI-powered "nudification" apps from their respective app stores . The letters warned that the app stores were v…