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ISRAEL LAUNCHES $45M US INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN WITH AI TEXTS

The Israeli government has contracted ex-Trump strategist Brad Parscale for a $45M+ campaign to improve its U.S. reputation, deploying millions of AI-generated text messages alongside influencer partnerships.

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A look at Israel's influence campaign in the US that's included millions of AI-driven texts and a $45M+ contract with ex-Trump campaign strategist Brad Parscale (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A look at Israel's influence campaign in the US that's included millions of AI-driven texts and a $…

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Sources: BlackRock leads a $12B+ debt sale for Meta's new El Paso data center, as Meta signs a lease for a BlackRock-backed data-center project in Pennsylvania (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: BlackRock leads a $12B+ debt sale for Meta's new El Paso data center, as Meta signs a leas…

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Microsoft and Mistral sign a multibillion-dollar deal to build European data centers and integrate Mistral models into Foundry, Copilot Studio, and Azure Local (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Microsoft and Mistral sign a multibillion-dollar deal to build European data centers an…

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OpenAI adds Nubank founder and CEO David Vélez and BNY CEO Robin Vince to its board of directors, as the company moves toward a public listing (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: OpenAI adds Nubank founder and CEO David Vélez and BNY CEO Robin Vince to its board of directors, a…

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Doc: nearly 200 US utilities, data center developers, and others have signed Trump's pledge to ensure AI energy use doesn't push up consumer electric bills (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Doc: nearly 200 US utilities, data center developers, and others have signed Trump's pledge to ensu…

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Sources: Reddit, Politico, and others mull cutting Google's access to their content for AI as traffic drops; Reddit signed a $60M/year deal with Google in 2024 (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Reddit, Politico, and others mull cutting Google's access to their cont…

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Memo: the White House OSTP plans to redirect federal research funding from universities to individual scientists and AI use, reshaping ~$200B in annual spending (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: Memo: the White House OSTP plans to redirect federal research funding from univer…

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Anthropic commits another $20M to Public First Action, after giving $20M earlier in 2026; PFA says it is a counterweight to a16z-backed Leading the Future (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Anthropic commits another $20M to Public First Action, after giving $20M earlier in 2026; PFA says…

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Source: OpenAI raised its projected cloud spending to ~$750B through 2030, up from its ~$600B projection earlier in 2026, reflecting its new cloud compute deals (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal)

Anissa Gardizy / Wall Street Journal: Source: OpenAI raised its projected cloud spending to ~$750B through 2030, up from…

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Dassault Systèmes agrees to acquire ArisGlobal, a US supplier of software to the life sciences industry, from Nordic Capital for ~$2B, set to close in H2 2026 (Adrià Calatayud/Wall Street Journal)

Adrià Calatayud / Wall Street Journal: Dassault Systèmes agrees to acquire ArisGlobal, a US supplier of software to the…

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A Google study using millions of de-identified AI interactions finds AI is helping workers, not replacing them, and much AI use is "shallow" for certain tasks (Justin Lahart/Wall Street Journal)

Justin Lahart / Wall Street Journal: A Google study using millions of de-identified AI interactions finds AI is helping…

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SAP reports Q2 cloud revenue up 22% YoY to €6.28B, vs. €6.26B est., total revenue up 9.4% to €9.88B, and lowers its 2026 non-IFRS operating profit guidance (Grace Yoon/Wall Street Journal)

Grace Yoon / Wall Street Journal: SAP reports Q2 cloud revenue up 22% YoY to €6.28B, vs. €6.26B est., total revenue up 9…

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A look at China's push to catch up with US AI chips; sources: its Vice Premier warned AI companies that anyone who resisted using local chips was a traitor (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A look at China's push to catch up with US AI chips; sources: its Vice Premier warned AI companies…

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Sources: Apple has pitched Trump on using Chinese memory chips in its products sold outside the US; Micron warned such a plan could destroy the US chip industry (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apple has pitched Trump on using Chinese memory chips in its products sold outside the US;…

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