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The Rippling CEO says one employee was burning through $30,000 a year on Claude alone — and he thinks his platform can show you who's getting real ROI.

• Rippling CEO Parker Conrad says one employee was spending at a run rate of $30,000/year on Claude to analyze calendar and email.
• Conrad positions Rippling as a tool to help companies track per-employee AI spend and assess ROI.

The fresh AWS data center expansion in Mumbai and Hyderabad — alongside a quick commerce push to 300 cities — underscores India's emergence as a priority market for global AI infrastructure.

• Amazon announced an additional $13 billion for India through 2030, expanding AWS data center capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
• Total India investment commitments now stand at $48 billion, following prior pledges of $15 billion in 2023 and over $35 billion in December 2025.

A Florida Republican pushed back on claims her team used Anthropic's Claude to help write draft legislation, insisting the model was only used for spelling and grammar.

• A Florida Republican denied her team used AI to draft legislation, saying Claude was only a spelling and grammar checker.
• The specific legislation, the lawmaker's identity, and the origin of the claims are not detailed in available reporting.

The retired page-management tool is returning with an AI-first focus, promising creators guidance on how to grow their Facebook audiences.

• Meta is relaunching the retired Facebook Creator Studio as a standalone AI companion app.
• The app centers on an AI Creator Assistant designed to help creators grow on Facebook.

A ruling in a crypto fraud case signals that AI chatbot conversations may increasingly be treated as discoverable evidence in criminal proceedings.

• A federal judge approved a warrant to search a crypto executive's ChatGPT records in a fraud case.
• Courts are increasingly signaling that AI chatbot conversations can constitute evidence in criminal proceedings.

Two researchers viewed internally as core Gemini contributors are leaving Google for Anthropic, and the market noticed — shares reversed intraday gains on the news.

• Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both viewed internally as key contributors to Gemini, are leaving Google for Anthropic, per Bloomberg and TechCrunch.
• Their exits follow earlier high-profile departures by Noam Shazeer and John Jumper.

A proposed class action claims major fuel retailers used Kalibrate's AI pricing software to coordinate higher pump prices across more than 1,700 California stations.

• A proposed class action filed June 22, 2026 in Sacramento federal court accuses BP, Marathon, 7-Eleven, Walmart, Albertsons, Circle K, and Kalibrate of using AI to inflate California gas prices.
• The suit claims Kalibrate's AI tool pulls data from competing stations to recommend prices, enabling coordinated price increases of up to 30 cents per gallon in heavily affected areas.

A new study offers a hypothesis for why some users experience psychosis-like symptoms from prolonged AI interaction.

• A new study proposes a hypothesis for the mechanism behind ‘AI psychosis,’ identifying three key drivers.
• The term refers to psychosis-like symptoms some users experience after prolonged AI interaction.

Figma used its annual Config conference to unveil AI-assisted motion graphics, shader tooling, and a reimagined canvas designed to unify teams, AI agents, and code in one workspace.

• Figma announced AI-powered motion graphics and shader tools at Config 2026.
• A reimagined canvas is now optimized for full-stack development, bringing teams, AI agents, tools, and materials together.