YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announces ambitious 2026 vision as platform reaches milestone 200 billion daily Shorts views and surpasses $100 billion in creator payouts over four years, while rolling out new AI tools and enhanced parental controls.
Google DeepMind acquires Hume AI's CEO Alan Cowen and seven engineers in a $100 million licensing deal to integrate emotional voice technology into its AI models, positioning the tech giant to compete directly with OpenAI's ChatGPT voice capabilities.
Leading AI models achieve only 24% accuracy on real white-collar tasks in new benchmark testing, with Gemini 3 Flash and GPT-5.2 struggling most when tracking information across multiple workplace tools like Slack and Google Drive in consulting, banking, and legal scenarios.
Anthropic releases a sweeping 25,000-word behavioral 'constitution' for its Claude AI, outlining four core principles including safety and ethics, as CEO Dario Amodei warns world leaders at Davos that unchecked AI risks leaving millions economically behind.
Apple develops 'Campos' AI chatbot to replace Siri, partnering with Google's Gemini team despite potential privacy compromises as the new assistant launches at June's developer conference with enhanced web search and content generation capabilities across all Apple devices.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis criticizes OpenAI's new ChatGPT advertising strategy as premature, questioning how ads align with AI assistant trust while OpenAI tests revenue generation from 800 million weekly users.
OpenAI pursues a massive $50 billion funding round through talks with Middle East sovereign wealth funds, as CEO Sam Altman travels to the UAE for investment discussions expected to close in Q1, following previous fundraising that valued the AI company at $500 billion.
Hospitality software startup Mews secures $300 million Series D funding at a $2.5 billion valuation to enhance AI capabilities and expand its cloud-native platform serving over 15,000 properties globally.
OpenEvidence, the AI medical platform dubbed 'ChatGPT for doctors,' raises $250 million in funding that doubles its valuation to $12 billion as the Miami-based startup now serves 40% of US physicians and generates over $100 million annually through advertising revenue.
ElevenLabs launches groundbreaking AI music album featuring legendary artists Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel, who co-create full compositions from simple prompts while retaining complete authorship and commercial rights to their AI-generated tracks.