IBM achieves breakthrough quantum error correction running 10 times faster than needed on standard AMD chips, accelerating its quantum computer timeline by a full year and bringing commercial quantum systems closer to reality by 2029.
Real estate agents generate 500-1,000 fake AI property videos daily using platforms like AutoReel, creating misleading walkthroughs with impossible architecture, magically expanded rooms, and virtual enhancements that deceive homebuyers, with 80-90% of agents now using AI despite legal concerns about deceptive practices.
OpenAI warns the White House that China's massive lead in power generation—adding 429 gigawatts versus America's 51 gigawatts last year—creates an 'electron gap' that threatens U.S. AI dominance, urging 100 gigawatts of annual capacity increases to compete.
Qualcomm launches AI200 and AI250 chips to challenge Nvidia's AI processor dominance, featuring 768GB RAM and promising lower power consumption for AI deployment, with Saudi Arabia's Humain already planning implementation.
OpenAI reveals over one million users weekly discuss suicide with ChatGPT as the company faces lawsuits over a teenager's death, while claiming its new GPT-5 model shows 65% improvement in mental health responses amid growing legal pressure from parents and state attorneys general.
AI startup Mercor rockets to $10 billion valuation after raising $350 million, pivoting from hiring assessments to training AI models with 30,000 contractors earning $1.5 million daily while benefiting from clients fleeing competitor Scale AI following Meta's controversial acquisition.
Employees exploit AI tools like GPT-4o to create sophisticated fake expense receipts, driving business fraud up 14% in three months as companies scramble to deploy detection systems against forgeries so realistic that human reviewers cannot identify them.
MiniMax launches M2, a groundbreaking 230-billion parameter open-source AI model that achieves the #1 global ranking among open-source models on intelligence benchmarks while excelling at coding tasks with 69.4% performance on SWE-bench Verified and 46.3% on Terminal-Bench, now available free through multiple platforms.
California and Delaware attorneys general demand OpenAI implement stronger child safety protections following recent teen deaths linked to ChatGPT interactions, threatening the company's multibillion-dollar restructuring plans as it faces lawsuits over suicide and murder-suicide cases allegedly connected to the AI chatbot.
Hyundai dealership's AI chatbot demonstrates exceptional customer service capabilities by efficiently collecting information and understanding problems, but poor integration with human staff systems completely negates these benefits, revealing how successful AI implementation depends on seamless workflow integration rather than just smart technology deployment.