A massive shift rocks the advertising industry in 2026 as 90% of brands embrace AI-generated commercials that cost just $2,000 to produce, while a growing resistance movement of companies like Aerie and Polaroid capitalizes on consumer demand for authentic human-made content.
Google launches Personal Intelligence for Gemini AI, enabling the chatbot to automatically access user data across Gmail, Photos, and Calendar without explicit prompts, though the opt-in beta feature remains limited to Pro and Ultra subscribers while still facing core AI chatbot limitations.
ChatGPT receives massive upgrade enabling direct bash command execution, support for over 10 programming languages including Java and Swift, plus new abilities to download files from URLs and install packages through secure containers.
Scientists increasingly embrace ChatGPT for research communications as weekly usage for advanced science topics surges 47% to 8.4 million messages from 1.3 million users, with researchers primarily leveraging AI for writing assistance rather than analysis across computer science, data science, and artificial intelligence fields.
Microsoft unveils its Maia 200 AI chip, boasting 30% better cost-per-performance than competitors and three times faster speeds than Amazon's Trainium, as tech giants race to break Nvidia's market dominance amid severe AI chip shortages.
Anthropic unveils interactive apps feature for Claude AI, enabling users to directly access and control Asana, Slack, Figma, and other professional tools within the chat interface rather than just text-based interactions.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei releases a massive 20,000-word essay warning of five critical AI risks including autonomous systems seizing power and economic disruption, while proposing targeted regulations and safety guardrails to navigate what he calls humanity's technological adolescence.
NVIDIA invests $2 billion in CoreWeave to build over 5 gigawatts of AI factories by 2030, deepening their partnership through advanced technology integration including Rubin platform and Vera CPUs while developing AI-native software for cloud and enterprise customers.
Anthropic launches MCP extension that transforms Claude into an app-integrated operating system, allowing users to directly control Slack, Canva, Figma, and Asana within the chatbot interface instead of just receiving text responses.
Meta suspends teen access to AI characters globally across all its platforms while developing safer versions with parental controls, as the tech giant faces an upcoming trial in New Mexico over allegations of failing to protect children from sexual exploitation.