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Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that's a bigger deal than it sounds: Anthropic launches Claude Code in Slack, letting developers delegate coding tasks from chat threads. It's part of a shift toward AI-embedded collaboration that could reshape software workflows. Read More

Department of Commerce may approve Nvidia H200 chip exports to China: This news comes as a bill was introduced in Congress last week to prevent these exact kinds of chip exports. Read More

Tiger Global plans cautious venture future with a new $2.2B fund: Tiger's last fund did well with investmetments in OpenAI, Waymo and Databricks. But it warns investors that AI valuations are already 'elevated.' Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid: Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, days after Warner Bros. agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion. Read More

IBM to acquire Confluent for $11B as it seeks to bolster its data offerings: IBM is buying data infrastructure company Confluent for $11 billion in cash in a bid to bolster its data and automation products as ever more companies move their tech operations to the cloud and deploy AI technology. Read More

Lucid Motors' former chief engineer sues for wrongful termination and discrimination: Eric Bach, who was fired in November, claims a top HR executive at the automaker called him a "German Nazi." Read More

'ONE RULE': Trump says he'll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback: "I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week," Trump posted on social media. "You can't expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something." Read More

OpenAI boasts enterprise win days after internal 'code red' on Google threat: ChatGPT Enterprise usage grew 8x year-over-year as workers report saving an hour daily, but OpenAI faces competitive pressure from Anthropic and questions about cost sustainability. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Petco's security lapse affected customers' SSNs, driver's licenses, and more : Petco said the exposure was due to an error in an application and that it is notifying victims whose data was affected. Read More