DeepSeek unveils DeepSeek V3.1, a 685-billion parameter open-source AI model rivaling OpenAI and Anthropic, integrating chat, reasoning, and coding into one model with global access and breakthrough performance at a fraction of the cost.
Functionize, a cloud platform that generates test scripts from natural language descriptions, secures $41M in funding to accelerate AI-powered software testing, enabling plans to hire engineers, data scientists and expand globally.
Meta empowers global creators with AI voice translations spanning English and Spanish, enabling content reach across languages through lip-synced audio for a seamless experience.
In a controversial move raising security concerns, President Trump authorizes Nvidia and AMD to sell advanced AI chips to China in exchange for a 15% revenue share, redefining U.S. export control policy as a bargaining chip for economic gain.
In a groundbreaking initiative, Bill Gates offers a $1 million prize for global innovators to leverage artificial intelligence in developing solutions to accelerate Alzheimer's disease research, with the resulting tools to be made publicly available.
Eight Sleep raises $100 million to develop the world's first AI-powered Sleep Agent, optimize sleep through AI, expand into medical applications like menopausal sleep and sleep apnea, and drive global growth including China.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT GO in India for ₹399 monthly, offering 80% savings over the Plus plan while providing 10x more messages, image generation capabilities, and UPI payment support to capture the country's massive 29 million user base.
Anthropic unleashes Claude Sonnet 4 with 1 million token context window at higher pricing; Bessemer identifies two AI startup classes: fast 'Supernovas' and sustainable 'Shooting Stars'; security risks emerge in Model Context Protocol adoption, necessitating new threat models.
Breaking news: Claude AI, the advanced language model, now has the ability to terminate interactions deemed harmful or abusive, a move by Anthropic to safeguard the AI's potential welfare when exhibiting signs of distress, while still allowing open discourse on controversial subjects for most users.
SoftBank injects $2 billion into Intel, acquiring a 2% stake as the chipmaker battles Nvidia in the AI race, with Intel shares rising 6% on the investment announcement.