DoorDash launches Zesty, an AI-powered social app that delivers personalized restaurant recommendations by analyzing data from multiple platforms including TikTok and Google Maps, now available in San Francisco Bay Area and New York with social sharing features.
Swedish AI startup Lovable skyrockets to a $6.6 billion valuation, tripling from $1.8 billion in July, as U.S. venture firms Accel and Khosla Ventures back the coding platform that generates $200 million annually and processes 100,000 daily projects.
Adobe Firefly revolutionizes video editing by launching text-command capabilities that modify specific video elements without recreating entire clips, while integrating powerful third-party AI models including Runway's Aleph and offering unlimited generations to subscribers through 2026.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urge Americans to pursue manufacturing careers offering $70,000-$90,000 starting salaries without college degrees, as the industry faces a staggering 1.9 million worker shortage while positioning itself as crucial for AI competition and national prosperity.
HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah unveils Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), a revolutionary SEO strategy designed to get businesses cited in ChatGPT responses as AI threatens Google's search dominance, while warning about hidden risks of low-quality AI content damaging rankings.
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI and licenses iconic Star Wars, Pixar, and Marvel characters for the Sora AI video generator, marking Hollywood's major embrace of artificial intelligence technology with fan-requested content launching in early 2026 on Disney+.
AI image generators now produce nearly undetectable fake images by strategically lowering quality in specific ways, evolving from obviously flawed 256x256 pixel thumbnails with extra fingers to sophisticated fakes that eliminate traditional tells like fuzzy contours and nonsense text.
NVIDIA acquires SchedMD, creator of Slurm software that manages workloads for over half of the world's top supercomputers, promising to keep the critical AI and high-performance computing infrastructure open-source while accelerating development for next-generation artificial intelligence systems.
Palantir's longtime CIO Jim Siders exits after 12 years to helm Shield Technology Partners, a $100M AI-focused IT services firm under Thrive Capital that acquires stakes in tech companies and accelerates their growth through advanced artificial intelligence capabilities.
Ford launches a $2 billion battery storage business targeting data centers and electric grids, repurposing its Kentucky factory to produce lithium iron phosphate batteries with 20GWh annual capacity starting in 2027 as it pivots from scaled-back electric vehicle plans to compete with Tesla and GM in energy storage.