Mistral, a French AI startup rivaling OpenAI, secures a staggering €2 billion at a $14 billion valuation, fueling the European AI boom with its open-source language models and chatbot Le Chat, as European AI startups gain momentum with a 55% surge in Q1 2025 investments.
Switzerland unveils Apertus, a 100% open, multilingual AI model built by public institutions for public good, trained on over 1,000 languages with transparency and compliance as core principles, demonstrating generative AI can be powerful and open.
The sports industry confronts a generational shift as younger fans aged 18-34 demand unique experiences, shorter attention spans, premium live events, heavy social media usage, and mobile betting opportunities, presenting growth for sports like volleyball, combat sports, soccer, and basketball.
AI technology personalizes sports highlights into immersive video reels called My Daily Story, understanding fan engagement through machine learning to fine-tune recommendations and creating cohesive video packages by modifying metadata descriptions with generative AI.
The NFL unveils its 2025 Kickoff campaign 'You Better Believe It', combining live action and AI to create a larger-than-life fan celebration for all 32 teams, featuring cameos from Jalen Hurts, Normani, Druski, and Rizzler celebrating the start of the season.
xAI faces an exodus as CFO Mike Liberatore, general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co-founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino resign after a $10 billion fundraise and concerns over xAI's chatbot Grok.
Melania Trump highlights the importance of teaching AI literacy to students from an early age, stating 'the robots are here,' as the White House emphasizes AI in K-12 education for American competitiveness, with major tech firms pledging new commitments to the initiative.
Atlassian acquires The Browser Company to launch Dia, an AI-powered browser tailored for knowledge workers, enhancing SaaS app experience with contextual work data and AI assistance, merging Atlassian's collaboration prowess with The Browser Company's browser expertise.
DeepSeek unveils an advanced AI agent model capable of carrying out multi-step actions with minimal direction, aiming to rival OpenAI's capabilities by the end of 2025 following the success of its R1 model.
Warp Code, a new AI-powered suite, revolutionizes software development by streamlining the process from prompt to production, enabling users to generate over 150M lines of code per week with 97% acceptance rate, saving an average of 1 hour daily.