The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences embraced generative AI in filmmaking, stating its use won't impact Oscar eligibility, but human creative authorship remains key for nominations, alongside a new rule requiring voters to self-certify watching all films before the final round.
Breakthrough AI tools developed by Cambridge researchers can accurately predict cystic fibrosis progression, enabling personalized treatment plans tailored to individual patients' disease trajectories, competing health risks, and past cases, representing a major step towards precision healthcare.
OpenAI's pivot to pursue profits, abandoning its nonprofit status and mission, has sparked legal battles and backlash from critics who argue the move undermines the company's original goal of ensuring advanced AI benefits humanity as a whole.
HubSpot bolsters its AI prowess by acquiring Dashworks, an AI-powered search assistant that consolidates data across apps, emails, documents, and meetings, enabling enhanced context gathering and search capabilities for its Breeze product.
Despite antitrust scrutiny over preinstallation deals, Google struck a hefty agreement with Samsung to make its Gemini AI assistant the default on Samsung devices, raising concerns about potential anticompetitive practices and prompting regulatory action.
Global venture funding skyrockets to a staggering $113 billion in Q1 2025, fueled by OpenAI's record-breaking $40 billion raise and Google's planned $32 billion Wiz acquisition, signaling a resurgence in startup exits.
A new investigation exposes the underpaid African workforce fueling global AI through outsourcing firms, raising concerns about tech companies distancing themselves from responsibility for exploitative labor practices by employing workers through third-party intermediaries.
Meta is leveraging AI technology to safeguard minors on Instagram by automatically adjusting account settings to age-appropriate restrictions if AI detects a user is underage but has an adult account, while allowing users to modify settings if the AI assessment is incorrect.
Introducing Gemini 2.5 Flash, a groundbreaking hybrid AI model that empowers developers with fine-grained controls to optimize quality, cost, and latency by setting a 'thinking budget,' unlocking new possibilities for controlled and efficient reasoning.
An AI customer bot's 'hallucination' provided incorrect information, leading to user cancellations and raising concerns about over-reliance on AI for customer support, highlighting potential severe consequences as companies adopt autonomous AI agents, especially in regulated industries.