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AI & Enterprise
Google steps up AI Mode travel tools, AI agent calls stores on users\' behalf
Google has unveiled 2 new features in its AI Mode to help users plan summer travel, TechCrunch reported on Thursday. One feature lets a Google AI agent call nearby stores to check inventory for items the user wants. The capability, first introduced in standard Search last November, will be added to AI Mode in the United States in coming weeks. Another feature allows users to track prices for specific hotels and receive email alerts when prices change.
AI & Enterprise
US backlash against AI and data centres adds pressure on OpenAI, Anthropic IPO plans
Growing hostility in the United States toward artificial intelligence and data centres is adding pressure on OpenAI and Anthropic as they pursue listings, and on Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta as they expand infrastructure. Polls show voters increasingly see AI risks outweighing benefits. Opposition has intensified around data centres over power demand and local politics, with projects blocked or delayed by resistance and lawsuits. The mood could also affect IPO demand.
Crypto
Missouri renews push for bitcoin strategic reserve bill
Missouri is reviving a bill to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve as it seeks to use cryptocurrency in public finances, Cointelegraph reported on Sunday. The Missouri House has referred the measure to the House Commerce Committee. The bill would allow the state government to hold bitcoin and accept taxes and fees paid in cryptocurrency. Holdings would be maintained for five years, after which the state could sell or convert them into other assets.