**๐ Today’s Tech & AI News Digest ๐**
๐ค Meta’s Strategic AI Shift: Building Hyperion and Rethinking Openness
Meta is building a massive 5GW AI data center and considering a move from open-sourcing to closed AI models to stay competitive in the AI race.
๐ AI’s Fourth Wave and Enterprise Readiness
Industry leaders discuss how businesses must adapt to the rapidly accelerating fourth wave of AI to maintain competitiveness.
https://venturebeat.com/ai/ais-fourth-wave-is-here-are-enterprises-ready-for-whats-next/
๐ป Cognition Acquires Windsurf Amidst AI Coding Agent Competition
Cognition, developer of the Devin AI coding agent, acquires Windsurf after a high-profile bidding war involving Google and OpenAI.
๐๏ธ US Defense Department Awards Major AI Contracts
Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI receive up to $200 million from the US Department of Defense to accelerate advanced AI adoption.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/14/anthropic-google-openai-xai-granted-up-to-200-million-from-dod.html
๐ Generative AI Drives Record Prime Day E-commerce Surge
Amazon’s Prime Day saw U.S. e-commerce hit $24B, with GenAI traffic to retail sites skyrocketing 3,300% year-over-year.
โ๏ธ AI-Driven Weather Innovation: Rainmaker and Atmo Collaboration
Rainmaker and Atmo partner to harness AI-powered meteorology and deep learning for more efficient cloud seeding and precipitation.
๐ Meta and YouTube Crack Down on Unoriginal Content
Meta follows YouTube’s lead in targeting unoriginal and spammy content on Facebook, removing millions of fake or impersonating accounts.
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