YouTube's feed now contains up to 33% AI-generated 'slop' content, with top channels earning millions annually as low-quality automated videos flood the platform and compete with human creators for ad revenue.
Foreign investors surge into Chinese AI startups as valuations trade at just 25% of US competitors, with new China-focused funds raising over $1 billion this month while US AI deals hit $160 billion compared to China's modest $10 billion.
MIT study finds artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. workforce worth $1.2 trillion in wages, with routine jobs in HR, logistics, and office administration facing the highest risk as state governments scramble to develop AI workforce action plans.
Uber launches the Middle East's first fully driverless robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi through partnership with Chinese company WeRide, allowing users to book autonomous vehicles through UberX and Uber Comfort on Yas Island, with plans to expand to 15 more cities across Europe within five years.
Google introduces sponsored advertisements to its AI Mode answer engine after providing one year of ad-free experience, placing labeled ads at the bottom of AI responses while maintaining citations in the sidebar as users grow comfortable with the interface.
Jeff Bezos' secretive AI venture Project Prometheus acquires General Agents startup for its revolutionary computer pilot technology after raising a massive $6.2 billion and hiring 100+ employees to develop AI systems for manufacturing computers, cars, and spacecraft.
Federal court orders OpenAI to surrender internal communications about deleting pirated book datasets after the AI company waived attorney-client privilege by changing explanations, potentially exposing billions in copyright infringement damages as authors strengthen their case against illegal book piracy used to train AI models.
Cohere expands its SAP partnership to deliver sovereign AI solutions meeting European data residency requirements, bringing its agentic AI platform North to SAP's cloud infrastructure for governments and regulated industries across finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and public sectors.
Saudi Arabia deploys 600,000 Nvidia GPUs in massive AI infrastructure project while the U.S. government launches an AI Manhattan Project, taking direct equity stakes in tech companies and driving explosive 100-400% stock gains for government-backed firms.
Scientists discover Candidatus Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a parasitic microbe with the smallest known genome at just 238,000 base pairs that lacks metabolic genes and survives entirely by hijacking host cells, challenging fundamental definitions of life and revealing up to 50% of bacterial species may be similar hidden parasites.