Anthropic launches Claude for Life Sciences, its first specialized AI platform for the sector, promising to slash research tasks from days to minutes by integrating with scientific tools like PubMed and Benchling to accelerate discovery from literature reviews to regulatory submissions.
Adobe launches AI Foundry, an enterprise service enabling businesses to create custom generative AI models trained exclusively on their own intellectual property, addressing copyright concerns while meeting marketers' expectations of fivefold content growth by 2027.
Fish Audio unveils S1 voice cloning technology that perfectly replicates human speech patterns, accents, and tone using only 10 seconds of audio samples, while undercutting major competitor ElevenLabs by 600% with $5 million in annual revenue and 20,000 active developers.
LangChain secures $125 million Series B funding at $1.25 billion valuation, achieving unicorn status as the AI agent framework company attracts backing from IVP, Sequoia, and Benchmark while serving major clients like Cisco and Workday despite growing competition from tech giants.
DeepSeek-AI launches DeepSeek-OCR, a groundbreaking optical character recognition model that dynamically adjusts resolution from 512×512 to 1280×1280 pixels and converts documents directly to markdown format while parsing figures and locating specific text within images.
Facebook launches AI photo editor across US and Canada that analyzes users' private camera roll photos by uploading them to Meta's cloud servers, gaining access to unshared personal images and facial data for creative editing suggestions.
OpenAI blocks Martin Luther King Jr. video generation on its Sora platform after his estate complains about disrespectful AI depictions, including videos showing the civil rights leader making monkey noises, while crude AI videos of other historical figures remain available.
Apple secures a groundbreaking $700 million, five-year deal to exclusively stream all Formula 1 races on Apple TV starting in 2026, paying $140 million annually—65% more than ESPN's previous contract—while including all racing events in its existing $12.99 monthly subscription.
Stellantis teams up with Chinese AI firm Pony to bring self-driving robotaxis to European cities by 2026, starting with Luxembourg testing using Peugeot e-Traveller vans equipped with autonomous driving technology.
AI infrastructure company Groq raises $750 million at a $6.9 billion valuation, led by Disruptive with BlackRock participation, as the firm powers over two million developers and Fortune 500 companies with fast compute solutions across multiple continents.