OpenAI launches massive partnership with six major Indian institutions including IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad to integrate ChatGPT Edu into academic workflows for over 100,000 students, faculty, and staff while expanding collaboration with ed-tech platforms like Physics Wallah to deliver structured AI courses across India's education sector.
Apple rushes three AI devices into development for 2026-2027 launch including smart glasses, camera-equipped AirPods, and AI pendant, despite major doubts about the company's AI execution capabilities following disappointing Apple Intelligence rollout.
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li's World Labs secures $1 billion in funding at a $5 billion valuation from tech giants including Nvidia and AMD, as investors pivot from language models to spatial intelligence technology that could revolutionize robotics and autonomous vehicles.
AI pioneer Yann LeCun launches AMI Labs, raising funds at a staggering $3.5 billion valuation before officially opening its doors, with ambitions to build 'world models' that surpass today's large language models on the path to human-level AI.
Apple abruptly halts its planned Vision Pro headset overhaul and redirects resources toward developing AI-powered smart glasses to directly challenge Meta's dominance in the emerging wearable tech market.
Microsoft 365 Copilot bug exposes confidential emails by bypassing security protections, allowing the AI assistant to incorrectly summarize sensitive messages from users' Sent Items and Drafts folders since late January, with Microsoft now deploying fixes.
Google unveils Lyria 3, a revolutionary AI tool that transforms text prompts into custom 30-second songs complete with lyrics and cover art in just 5-10 seconds, though copyright concerns emerge as the technology potentially mimics existing artists without permission.
Google launches Lyria 3 AI music generator in Gemini app, enabling users to create 30-second custom songs from text prompts or photos with automatic lyrics, style control, and watermarked identification.
OpenAI recruits Instagram's former partnerships chief Charles Porch to spearhead Hollywood relations as the company pushes its AI video tool Sora into entertainment deals, following a massive $1 billion Disney licensing agreement while the industry remains wary of AI threats to jobs and creative content.
OpenAI acquires the entire Nerve AI team to develop large-scale search capabilities for ChatGPT as the enterprise workplace automation startup shuts down operations within 30 days, suspending customer billing immediately while promising secure data deletion after the transition period.