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OpenAI announced it is ending its partnership with Cursor after the coding-assistant company's acquisition by SpaceX, cutting off direct model access on November 12. Cursor says OpenAI models account for only 5% of its traffic and is seeking to reverse the decision.

Salesforce and Anthropic unveiled Claudeforce, a plugin with 37 pre-built sales skills that lets Claude access Salesforce data and take actions like composing emails and updating records. The move comes as Salesforce shares have fallen 22% in 2026 amid investor concerns that AI could replace SaaS platforms.

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian confirmed during the Cloud Next '26 keynote that Google is building Apple Foundation Models based on Gemini technology to power the next generation of Siri. Apple is expected to unveil the first features at WWDC 2026 on June 8, with release planned for iOS 27 in September 2026.

Qualcomm and Wayve announced a technical partnership to integrate Wayve's AI driving layer with Qualcomm's hardware platform for production-ready advanced driver assistance systems. The collaboration aims to accelerate autonomous vehicle innovation by combining hardware and software expertise.

Google is deploying specialized AI agents built on Gemini to the Department of Defense for use on unclassified projects and operations. The expansion represents a deepening of Google's existing defense partnership and signals potential future deployment to classified government work.

Abu Dhabi-based G42 has partnered with U.S. chipmaker Cerebras to deploy 8 exaflops of computational capacity through a new system in India. The partnership represents a significant infrastructure expansion for AI training and inference workloads in South Asia.