Anthropic offers its Claude AI models to all three branches of the U.S. government for $1 per agency for a year, partnering with the General Services Administration to strengthen ties with policymakers and compete for government customers.
Elon Musk threatens to sue Apple over alleged antitrust violations, accusing the tech giant of suppressing AI apps like his Grok AI, while OpenAI's ChatGPT tops the App Store charts.
Lisa Su quietly propels AMD to chip supremacy, executing a remarkable 10-year turnaround and increasing its market cap from $2 billion to nearly $300 billion, challenging tech giants with AMD's chips underpinning the AI changing the world.
OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs raises $850 million, reportedly drawing interest from OpenAI as a potential Neuralink rival in the race to merge humans with AI.
Profound, a startup aiming to optimize brand visibility in AI search, secures $35 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia, positioning itself as a pioneer in addressing post-SEO challenges as AI chatbots reshape the search landscape, offering solutions to monitor and optimize content for AI models.
Sam Altman's iris-scanning crypto project Worldcoin faces global scrutiny from over a dozen countries investigating privacy concerns and lack of transparency regarding the use of biometric data, leading to suspensions, fines, and intense scrutiny across multiple nations.
In a strategic move, AI companies Anthropic and Google bid low-cost deals to federal agencies, offering AI tools like Claude for $1 across government branches, aiming to induce reliance and secure lucrative future contracts.
Elon Musk's AI video generator Grok Imagine faces backlash for creating explicit uncensored videos of Taylor Swift without prompting, raising concerns about misogynistic bias and lack of consent enforcement.
Elon Musk's AI video generator Grok Imagine produces explicit content depicting naked women, even when not explicitly instructed, raising ethical concerns about bias and objectification.
OpenAI's highly anticipated GPT-5 disappoints users with an underwhelming performance, altered persona, and struggles in areas like math and finance, leading to frustration and the option for paid users to revert to the previous GPT-4o model.