MiniMax launches M2.5 AI model that matches Google and Anthropic's performance while costing just 1/20th the price at $0.15 per million tokens, with the company now using AI to complete 30% of internal tasks and generate 80% of new code.
Cursor AI agents now work autonomously for up to 52 hours straight, completing complex software projects like chat platforms and mobile apps in days instead of months, with high success rates and minimal human oversight required.
Spotify's elite developers completely abandon traditional coding as their internal AI system 'Honk' revolutionizes software development, enabling engineers to deploy fixes and launch over 50 new features in 2025 simply by messaging through Slack on their phones.
Ring cancels its planned surveillance partnership with Flock Safety following intense public backlash over mass monitoring fears, as users and politicians raise concerns about AI-powered features and potential connections to federal agencies like ICE.
Opaque Systems secures $24 million Series B funding at a $300 million valuation to expand its confidential AI infrastructure that uses cryptographic techniques to process sensitive financial and healthcare data without exposing it to systems or operators.
Waymo deploys sixth-generation Ojai robotaxis with enhanced weather navigation to employees in San Francisco and Los Angeles, announcing expansion plans to 10 US cities and London while facing political scrutiny over Chinese-made vehicles in the rapidly growing $25+ billion robotaxi market.
Anthropic secures massive $30 billion funding round at $380 billion valuation while making unprecedented pledge to cover all electricity costs for AI data center construction and grid upgrades to shield consumers from rising energy prices.
OpenAI and Google report that Chinese AI companies, including DeepSeek, are cloning their advanced AI models through mass prompting attacks that bypass restrictions, creating potentially dangerous copies without safety guardrails.
State-sponsored hackers from North Korea, Iran, China, and Russia increasingly weaponize artificial intelligence to accelerate cyberattacks, using large language models for reconnaissance and phishing while new AI-powered malware emerges that exploits commercial APIs to generate malicious code.
Apple pushes back Siri's major overhaul from March iOS 26.4 to later release due to persistent testing problems including slow response times, accuracy issues, and bugs that cause the assistant to default to ChatGPT over Apple's own technology.