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Today's topics:

AI browsers and agent plumbing - Cloudflare unveiled Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents rather than humans, while LoopX and Agent Plugins highlight a growing stack for durable, interoperable agent workflows. Keywords: Cloudflare, Kitesurf, AI agents, LoopX, Agent Plugins.

Multimodal pretraining gets clearer - New multimodal AI research explains how language and vision help or hinder each other during unified training, with practical lessons for better model design and lower compute use. Keywords: multimodal models, vision laziness, pretraining, language, compute efficiency.

The model race shifts - OpenAI updated ChatGPT, Google DeepMind reshuffled leadership, ByteDance reportedly scaled up its model ambitions, and DeepSeek signaled higher API pricing. Keywords: OpenAI, ChatGPT, Google DeepMind, ByteDance, DeepSeek.

AI trust meets governance - Oracle reportedly banned AI-generated code from OpenJDK contributions, while new commentary warned against executive overreliance on AI and highlighted the value of systems that admit uncertainty. Keywords: Oracle, OpenJDK, AI governance, hallucinations, leadership.

Coding copilots face cost pressure - Databricks says AI coding tools can raise productivity, but only if companies manage model routing, token usage, and spend carefully as enterprise costs climb. Keywords: Databricks, coding agents, model routing, token costs, AI efficiency.

Forecasting storms and faster chips - Google DeepMind says WeatherNext improves cyclone forecasting by roughly a day of useful warning, and AMD is buying Taalas to strengthen inference hardware. Keywords: WeatherNext, cyclone forecasting, AMD, Taalas, inference chips.

-Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents on Workers
-Study Reveals Key Principles for Multimodal Pretraining
-Scribe pitches Optimize as an AI platform to capture workflows, map processes, and justify automation ROI
-Microsoft Positions Azure as Its Enterprise AI Cloud Platform
-Executives Are Falling Into an AI Trust Trap
-DeepSeek’s API Price Hike Signals a Shift to Value-Based Pricing
-Oracle bars AI-generated code from OpenJDK
-AI Bid Writer Built t