Amid Anthropic's feud with the US Department of Defence (DoD), the AI company is seeing a rise in subscribers, TechCrunch reported. A study involving billions of anonymised credit card transactions from US consumers shows that Claude is gaining paid subscribers in record numbers. The majority of new subscribers are at its lowest 'Pro' tier, TechCrunch said.

Autonomous driving technology firm Waymo announced on X it is providing 5,00,000 paid robotaxi rides every week across 10 US cities. This comes amid the company expanding from initial markets of Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles to regions like Austin, Atlanta, Miami and Houston. Notably, Waymo had 3,067 robotaxis equipped with its 5th-generation self-driving system as of December 2025.

eMed, a telehealth startup backed by Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, has raised $200 million (₹1,895 crore) in investments at a valuation of $2 billion (₹18,956 crore). With the funding, the startup aims to expand its at-home care services and online framework, Hindustan Times reported, citing a Forbes report. The funding round was led by Aon Consulting.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently told colleagues that the legal fight between rival OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and billionaire Elon Musk is like "Hitler vs Stalin", the WSJ reported. He also likened OpenAI and other rivals to tobacco companies knowingly selling a harmful product. Dario and his sister left OpenAI in late 2020 over safety concerns and later co-founded Anthropic.

Accenture has partnered with Anthropic to launch an AI-powered cybersecurity tool, Cyber AI, which uses the Claude AI model. The tool comes with proprietary AI agents, including Agent Shield, which help clients protect, identify, monitor, and govern autonomous AI agents in real time. Accenture said it has already deployed the tool internally to secure 1,600 applications and over 500,000 APIs.

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas recalled a piece of advice from Sam Altman that changed his approach to work. Srinivas had asked Altman how to identify things a person is naturally good at, to which the OpenAI CEO replied, "Whatever comes easy to you...but seems hard to other people." Srinivas called it a reliable heuristic for identifying a person's strengths.

A US judge said Colgate-Palmolive must face two lawsuits claiming its mouth rinse packaging misleads parents into thinking children under six can safely use it. Consumers in the lawsuit said health authorities warn against fluoride rinses for kids, as swallowing it can be harmful. The judge noted that labels may leave buyers unsure where to draw the line for use.

A used-car dealer in Japan said over 500 cars were stuck at sea for 10 days as Sri Lanka's port was filled with cargo diverted from Dubai due to the Middle East war. Around 50 luxury cars, including Rolls-Royces and Lamborghinis, were offloaded in Sri Lanka as they couldn't reach Dubai. UAE was Japan's top used-car export destination last year.

India remains the world’s fastest-growing major economy, with 7.6% growth this fiscal, 6.1% in 2026-27 and 6.4% in 2027-28, an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report said. China’s growth is seen slowing to 4.4% in 2026 and 4.3% in 2027. The report added the Middle East war is testing global resilience, with Strait of Hormuz disruptions raising energy prices.

The UAE's Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Saturday said its Al Taweelah production base sustained "significant damage" during Iranian strikes in the country. Some employees suffered injuries, but none were life-threatening, the company said. "We are deeply saddened and are assessing the damage to our facilities," EGA CEO Abdulnasser Bin Kalban said.