Good morning,
The AI race is increasingly shifting toward agents, infrastructure, and legal battles. Big Tech is fighting over who controls AI commerce, while new agent platforms and massive Nvidia deals signal where the next wave of power will concentrate.
Let’s dive in 👇
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🚨 Big Tech Battles & AI Agents
🛒 Amazon blocks Perplexity’s AI shopping agent
Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity’s AI shopping agent after convincing a U.S. court the system could violate its terms of service by scraping product listings and purchasing workflows. The ruling temporarily stops the agent from interacting with Amazon’s platform while litigation proceeds. It marks one of the first major legal fights over autonomous AI agents conducting online transactions.
🤖 Meta is building an AI agent social network
Meta is building an AI agent network called Moltbook, a platform designed for AI agents to interact, coordinate tasks, and potentially form autonomous service marketplaces. The concept treats agents as users within a social graph, allowing them to collaborate, exchange data, and trigger workflows. It signals Meta’s push toward an “agent internet” layered on top of traditional social platforms.
🧠 Mira Murati’s startup lands major Nvidia partnership
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s new venture, Thinking Machines, reportedly secured a major infrastructure deal with Nvidia to support its AI development efforts. The agreement suggests the startup is preparing to train large-scale models or world simulation systems. Nvidia continues positioning itself as the core infrastructure supplier for the next generation of AI labs.
🏗️ AI Infrastructure & Global Regulation
📈 Nvidia deepens AI infrastructure partnerships
Nvidia stock rises as Nebius announced a new investment and infrastructure partnership with the chip giant to accelerate AI cloud deployment. Nebius plans to scale GPU clusters for enterprise AI workloads using Nvidia hardware. The deal highlights how AI infrastructure providers are racing to expand compute capacity globally.
🇨🇳 China moves to curb OpenClaw AI usage
China moves to curb use of the OpenClaw AI system within banks and government agencies over concerns about security and data exposure. Officials reportedly warned state organizations to limit or avoid the tool entirely. The move underscores growing geopolitical tension around open AI infrastructure and foreign-developed agent frameworks.
🧰 Tools of the Day
→ Cardboard – AI workspace for building structured docs, knowledge bases, and collaborative AI workflows.
→ Thesys – AI-powered product analytics platform that turns user behavior into automated insights.
→ Gemini Embedding 2 – Google’s new embedding model designed for faster semantic search and retrieval systems.
⚡ Quick Hits
→ Anthropic launches new research institute focused on AI governance and safety.
→ Gemini in Chrome expands to India, Canada, and New Zealand.
→ Amazon launches healthcare AI assistant across its website and app.
→ ChatGPT now creates interactive visuals for math and science learning.
🧾 TLDR
AI competition is increasingly moving beyond models into agents, infrastructure, and platform control. Amazon just blocked Perplexity’s shopping agent in court, while Meta is experimenting with a social network for autonomous agents. Meanwhile Nvidia continues cementing its dominance as the backbone of AI infrastructure, and governments like China are beginning to restrict certain AI systems for security reasons.
Cheers,
David