Amazon buys Globalstar for $11.57B

OpenAI

OpenAI is scaling its Trusted Access for Cyber program to thousands of verified defenders, introducing GPT-5.4-Cyber—a fine-tuned model with enhanced cybersecurity capabilities and reduced safety restrictions for legitimate defensive work. The tiered access approach aims to democratize advanced AI defense tools while preventing misuse through identity verification and trust signals.

Hugging Face

VAKRA is a new executable benchmark testing AI agents on complex, multi-step enterprise workflows across 8,000+ APIs and 62 domains. Leading models struggle significantly with compositional reasoning, multi-hop tasks, and policy constraints, exposing major gaps in agent reliability for production use.

The Verge

Amazon is spending $11.57 billion to acquire Globalstar's satellite network and its Apple partnership, positioning itself to compete with SpaceX's Starlink in the direct-to-device satellite connectivity market while expanding its Leo constellation toward 3,200 satellites.

Reuters

Snap cut 16% of its workforce citing AI productivity gains, signaling how companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence to justify large-scale layoffs and workforce restructuring as efficiency improvements rather than necessity.

The Verge

AI-generated influencers are creating fake Coachella content with minimal disclosure, amassing millions of followers and driving traffic to monetization platforms, raising concerns about authenticity and the erosion of trust in online content as users struggle to distinguish real from synthetic creators.