The week in tech.

Stripe Inc. agreed to acquire OpenRouter Inc. for north of $7 billion. OpenRouter gives developers one integration into over 400 AI models, takes about 5% of inference spend, and has roughly 8 million users. Stripe declined to comment on the deal.

Anthropic will watermark text generated by all Claude models worldwide, using steganography that subtly alters word choices to embed a detectable pattern. The system responds to the European Union's AI Act, which requires marking AI-generated content. Only Anthropic can detect the watermarks, and detection confidence depends on text length.

The Nikkei rose 0.5% as weaker second-quarter GDP growth could prompt the Bank of Japan to hold interest rates. The economic data signals a slower recovery, influencing the central bank's monetary policy decision.

A Guardian analysis found a section of Australia's age assurance technology trial report includes links to nonexistent academic articles. The $3.48m trial, run by UK-based Age Check Certification Scheme, used ChatGPT for editing, but authors deny the citation errors were AI hallucinations.

The new AI super-rich are reshaping the market for jets, yachts, and cars. Their wealth is driving demand for high-end luxury goods, changing how these markets operate.

Higgsfield reached a $5.4 billion valuation as Goldman and Intel backed the AI video start-up. The funding round places the company among the most valuable players in generative video technology.

Chainalysis sued the US government over ICE's $94.6 million contract with competitor TRM Labs for forensic software and services, calling the deal "arbitrary." The sealed complaint leaves Chainalysis' specific objections and requested remedy undisclosed as briefing continues.

Prasar Bharati's Waves OTT lacks monthly grievance compliance reports required under Rule 18(3) of the IT Rules, 2021. RTIs were filed with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Prasar Bharati seeking circulars, correspondence, and compliance lists. Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Jio Hotstar, ETV Win, SonyLiv, and Aha Video already publish such reports.

Intel introduced MMX with the Pentium MMX in 1997, adding 57 SIMD instructions that processed multiple integers in 64-bit registers. MMX reused x87 floating-point registers, lacked floating-point SIMD, and relied on saturating arithmetic. The Cray-1 and ILLIAC IV were earlier SIMD ancestors.

Google is working on a double-tap-to-lock feature for Pixel phones. New strings in Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 add settings to enable or disable the gesture. The feature remains unavailable officially but is being refined for future use.