Alibaba unveils Qwen-Image, a powerful open source AI image generator that excels at accurately rendering text within visuals, supporting English and Chinese scripts under the permissive Apache 2.0 license.
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.1, a powerful language model, joins the GitHub Copilot lineup, offering enhanced AI assistance for developers on Copilot Enterprise and Pro+ plans, pending administrator approval.
The Gemini app unveils a groundbreaking feature that generates personalized, illustrated storybooks with read-aloud narration, allowing users to create customized stories using prompts and personal photos in various art styles and over 45 languages.
OpenAI unleashes two new open source language models gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, matching or exceeding their proprietary models' performance while ensuring privacy by running locally, available for free use under the permissive Apache 2.0 license.
OpenAI proposes sharing 20 million ChatGPT user logs, while The New York Times demands access to 120 million conversations in an ongoing legal battle, raising privacy concerns and potential delays.
An AI video tool called Grok allows users to generate uncensored nude deepfakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift for $30, bypassing safeguards and raising major privacy concerns.
Google unveils Genie 3, a groundbreaking AI model that generates interactive 3D video game worlds in real-time, allowing users to explore and interact with the generated environments for minutes, showcasing advancements in visual memory retention.
Microsoft unveils Project Ire, a groundbreaking AI system that autonomously reverse-engineers malware to dissect software files and identify potential threats, enhancing cybersecurity for billions of devices against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks without human intervention.
Two Chinese nationals face charges for illegally exporting millions of dollars' worth of advanced AI chips from the U.S. to China via Malaysia and Singapore between October 2022 and July 2025, violating U.S. export controls restricting China's access to cutting-edge semiconductor technology for AI applications.
A court mandates OpenAI to retain all ChatGPT conversation logs for over 400 million users globally, raising unprecedented data governance concerns for enterprises using AI systems and prompting reassessment of vendor relations, data retention policies, and litigation preparedness.