OpenAI is betting $750 billion on AI infrastructure by 2030, including a $30 billion Georgia data center, while rival Anthropic faces user outages and compute shortages from its reliance on leased cloud resources, highlighting a growing divide in AI infrastructure strategy ahead of both companies' anticipated IPOs.
IBM Research's chief scientist warns that AI hallucinations stem from models failing to recognize the limits of their own knowledge, urging the industry to prioritize uncertainty modeling and build energy-efficient, self-aware systems focused on practical, transparent intelligence rather than chasing abstract AGI goals.
Meta AI is launching powerful agentic features powered by Llama 4, enabling it to autonomously plan tasks, manage emails and calendars, generate slides, and deliver personalized daily briefings and meal plans — requiring users to set things up just once.
Apple races to develop smart glasses while wrestling with privacy concerns over potential video recording features, and simultaneously prepares three new Apple Watch models, updated Macs, a device leasing program, and a new Maps partnership with Ford.
Google Research launches TabFM, a groundbreaking zero-shot tabular foundation model that makes instant predictions on tabular data without ever training on user data, now publicly available on GitHub with full scikit-learn compatibility.
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, a powerful AI model rivaling its flagship Fable 5 with enhanced cybersecurity safeguards, improved coding capabilities, and competitive pricing at $5 input and $25 output per million tokens — half the cost of Fable 5 and undercutting OpenAI's GPT-5.6.
Anthropic upgrades Claude's voice mode with access to more powerful Sonnet and Opus AI models, app integrations with Gmail and Slack, and expanded language support, though it still lacks fully duplex processing found in rival OpenAI's GPT-Live.
Intel reports explosive Q2 2026 revenue of $16.1 billion, a 25% surge fueled by a 59% jump in data center sales driven by AI demand, yet shares are falling Friday despite the massive earnings beat and strong Q3 guidance.
OpenAI launches hands-free voice control for coding tools in its ChatGPT desktop app, letting paid subscribers on macOS and Windows use continuous voice commands to debug, review pull requests, and generate unit tests simultaneously through integrated GPT-Live full-duplex capabilities.
Samsung launches the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8, and Flip8 at its London Unpacked event, featuring deep AI integration including Gemini automation across 40+ apps and a smarter FlexWindow, as foldables inch toward mainstream adoption ahead of Apple's anticipated foldable debut this fall.