Meta acquires AI voice cloning startup PlayAI, adding its team to Meta's efforts in developing superhuman artificial intelligence and AI products like AI Characters and wearables under Johan Schalkwyk.
Google's Veo 3 platform revolutionizes AI video generation, transforming previously blurry, distorted content into flawless footage that rivals professional production, sending shockwaves through Hollywood and advertising as the technology advances at breakneck speed with improvements occurring daily.
In a major shakeup, Windsurf's CEO, co-founder, and top researchers defect to Google DeepMind after OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition falls through, with Google paying $2.4 billion to license Windsurf's technology and hire its key personnel.
Mark Zuckerberg spearheads Meta's pursuit of superintelligence, aggressively recruiting elite AI talent with lucrative offers and constructing massive GPU clusters dubbed 'Tents' to exponentially scale training capabilities.
Intel's AI robotics and biometrics unit RealSense secures $50 million in Series A funding, spinning off as an independent venture to develop new product lines and capitalize on the surging demand for robotics automation.
OpenAI acquires Jony Ive's io Products for $6.5 billion, merging AI with hardware design as Ive and his firm LoveFrom take on creative roles to integrate ChatGPT tech into new devices.
Elon Musk's xAI unveils Grok-4, a groundbreaking AI model shattering benchmarks across disciplines with near-perfect scores on graduate-level tests and unseen problem-solving, doubling the accuracy of its closest competitor.
Anthropic's Veo 3 update introduces speech for video clips created from images, while Flow expands globally to over 140 countries, although its audio generation capabilities remain experimental with inconsistent quality.
Recruit Holdings, parent of Indeed and Glassdoor, cuts 1,300 jobs or 6% of its HR tech workforce, mainly in the U.S., pivoting towards AI integration as the CEO cites AI's transformative impact requiring adaptation.
Nvidia announces a new AI chip tailored for the Chinese market, the Blackwell RTX Pro 6000 processor, set for release as early as September, modified to comply with U.S. export restrictions by omitting advanced features like high-bandwidth memory and NVLink interface.