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Florida became the first state to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT's allegedly dangerous design — same day GitHub Copilot's new usage-based pricing went live and immediately shocked the developer community. The slow-motion AI IPO drama continued to dominate the macro conversation.

$80B — What Alphabet plans to raise in new equity to fund AI infrastructure buildout, the largest capital raise in the company's history. (SiliconANGLE / TechCrunch)

Florida Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman Over ChatGPT-Linked Murders

The first state-level lawsuit frames ChatGPT's design itself as the defect — not just the content — which sets up a liability theory that could spread to other jurisdictions quickly. (Ars Technica)

GitHub Copilot's New Pricing Model Takes Effect — and Developers Are Not Happy

Usage-based pricing sounded reasonable in theory. In practice, a few hours of heavy agentic coding exhausts monthly caps fast enough that some teams are already evaluating alternatives. (Ars Technica)