Google launches Search Live nationwide, enabling users to have voice conversations with AI while sharing real-time camera feeds for instant visual assistance with travel, hobbies, troubleshooting, education, and entertainment needs.
AI startup Mimica secures $26.2 million in Series B funding led by Paladin Capital Group to develop AI agents that perform workplace tasks like human employees, as investment pours into agentic AI technology.
Cutting-edge AI models now pass the grueling CFA Level III exam in minutes—a financial certification that demands 1,000 hours of human study—with researchers testing 23 language models and finding that advanced systems like o4-mini and Gemini 2.5 Pro successfully tackle complex analytical reasoning that stumped AI just two years ago.
Alibaba Cloud integrates Nvidia's embodied AI development toolkit, providing users with data processing, reinforcement learning and model training tools for physical robot development in a partnership that signals positive momentum for Chinese AI robotics companies.
Trump administration launches controversial AI-powered Medicare prior authorization program called WISeR in six states starting January 2026, using algorithms to approve or deny medical procedures like knee surgeries and implants, sparking bipartisan opposition from lawmakers and doctors who fear delayed care and lack of transparency in automated healthcare decisions.
Alibaba shares soar to a four-year peak as CEO Eddie Wu reveals plans to surpass the company's massive $53 billion AI investment commitment, with the tech giant reporting explosive triple-digit AI product growth and 26% cloud sales surge despite US chip restrictions forcing development of proprietary processors.
OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition of coding startup Windsurf ignites a major intellectual property dispute with Microsoft, as the AI giant refuses to grant its key partner equal access to the new technology despite their existing multibillion-dollar investment agreement, potentially threatening their crucial cloud alliance.
Al Gore launches massive satellite surveillance system using 300 satellites and AI to track deadly soot pollution across 2,500 cities worldwide, identifying nearly 140,000 pollution sources including thousands of 'super emitters' that kill millions annually.
Oracle raises $18 billion in 2024's second-largest bond sale with nearly $88 billion in investor demand, issuing debt including a rare 40-year bond to fund massive AI infrastructure spending for clients like OpenAI and Meta as cash flow turns negative for the first time since 1992.
Big Tech companies see their combined market capitalization surge by $4 trillion as the rapidly expanding global artificial intelligence market drives unprecedented growth, significantly boosting overall market performance according to analyst R 'Ray' Wang's latest analysis.