Google's Firebase Studio, an AI-powered cloud platform, promises rapid app development with features like app prototyping, coding assistance, AI-powered testing, Firebase service integration, and flexible deployment options, along with updates to Firebase tools for AI, data, and web app deployment.
Elon Musk's AI venture xAI enters the market with the launch of Grok 3 API, offering a large language model and a smaller version at competitive pricing, though with a reduced context window.
Anthropic's new Max plan unlocks higher usage limits, priority access to new features and models, and enhanced capabilities for frequent Claude users who require extended conversations, complex data handling, and heavy reliance on the AI assistant throughout their day.
Fintech founder Albert Saniger faces fraud charges for deceiving investors by falsely claiming his shopping app Nate used AI automation, when it relied on human labor, leading to over $50 million in losses for backers like Coatue and Forerunner Ventures.
In a controversial move raising concerns over free speech and political bias, the Trump administration is deploying AI technology to scan federal employees' communications for anti-Trump sentiment, with potential disciplinary actions for those found critical of the president.
Multiverse Computing's CompactifAI technology shrinks Llama AI models by 80%, boosting efficiency with 60% fewer parameters, 84% greater energy efficiency, 40% faster inference, and 50% cost reduction, enabling new use cases for portable AI.
YouTube throws its weight behind the 'No Fakes Act' to combat unauthorized AI-generated replicas, allowing individuals to request removal while balancing innovation, as it expands its pilot program enabling creators to detect and remove AI copies of themselves.
AI agents' energy usage varies based on model size, modality, and output length, necessitating a balance between performance and sustainability through efficient model selection, open-source frameworks, and task-appropriate approaches.
Major tech giants like YouTube and OpenAI are backing a bipartisan bill reintroduced in Congress, the NO FAKES Act, which aims to create new federal IP rights to protect against unauthorized AI deepfakes of people's voices and likenesses, aligning artists and tech on AI issues.
Google has unveiled Ironwood, a colossal seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) designed for inference, boasting unparalleled computational power over 24 times greater than the world's largest supercomputer, marking a groundbreaking leap in energy-efficient inference capabilities.