Layoffs

Top stories: Qualcomm AI200/AI250 data center chips; OpenAI funding milestone from SoftBank; Anthropic Claude for Excel with LSEG data; Google Gemini feature drop (Canvas, Veo 3.1, 2.5 Flash); Meta layoffs/reorg; DOE–AMD supercomputer pact; Saudi AI build‑out; Amazon Blue Jay and AR glasses; LinkedIn AI data scraping expansion; UN cybercrime treaty; TechCrunch Disrupt kicks off.

Top stories: OpenAI GPT-5 math claims disputed; WhatsApp bans general AI chatbots; China accuses US of time center cyber breach; Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans; Nvidia CEO at APEC Summit; AI layoffs analysis; Karpathy says AGI decade away; Anthropic rise and political tensions.