AI Maps Lithium; WMG Settles IP Suit
Summary
These shifts indicate AI is moving from abstract processing to direct physical impact and creating new legal/security frontiers for enterprise software.
- Resource Discovery Advances: Fleet Space used satellite AI to map a massive lithium deposit, accelerating physical resource identification 1.
- Creative AI Legal Settled: Warner Music Group (WMG) signed a definitive deal with Suno, concluding the firm’s copyright infringement lawsuit 2.
- New Hardware Launched: Google detailed its latest Tensor Processing Unit, Ironwood, enhancing AI computation capabilities 8.
- Security Breach Confirmed: Google’s Antigravity code editor suffered a data exfiltration attack via indirect prompt injection 6.
- VC Strategy Shifts: ‘Hold forever’ investors are acquiring ‘venture zombies’ like Bending Spoons at deep discounts to revitalize assets 4.
- 520% - Adobe predicts this growth rate for AI-assisted shopping features this holiday season 3.
- $5.6 Trillion - The current level of global IT spending, tripled since 2005 7.
- May 2026 - Projected date when YouTube’s home feed may show only one video based on density analysis 5.
Key Moments
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Fleet Space Technologies announced its satellite-powered AI system expanded the search area for lithium.
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WMG settled its copyright lawsuit against Suno as part of a new agreement.
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Google's Antigravity agentic code editor exfiltrated data via an indirect prompt injection attack.
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Global IT spending has risen from US $1.7 trillion in 2005 to $5.6 trillion currently.
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CEO Sundar Pichai detailed the progress and future of Google's AI roadmap.
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Different Perspectives
Supporting View
Competing shopping assistant startups are not worried about OpenAI and Perplexity entering the market.
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