Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati raises $2 billion in seed funding for Thinking Machines Lab, launching Tinker, a revolutionary tool that democratizes custom AI model creation by automating fine-tuning of advanced models like Meta's Llama for researchers, businesses, and hobbyists without requiring extensive technical expertise.
Cursor unveils Agent Autocomplete that suggests prompts based on recent code changes and launches beta Hooks feature allowing developers to control AI behavior through custom scripts, while teams can now set global rules across all projects in secure sandboxed environments.
Google launches revolutionary AI-powered visual search that lets users ask conversational questions about products and receive rich visual results, backed by a massive database of over 50 billion product listings from retailers worldwide.
Google launches new Nest cameras with 2K HDR video and Gemini AI integration for smarter alerts, while unveiling a dedicated Gemini-powered Home Speaker and partnering with Walmart for affordable smart home devices.
Character.AI removes Disney characters including Elsa, Darth Vader, and Spider-Man from its platform following Disney's cease-and-desist letter alleging unauthorized use of copyrighted characters in sexually exploitative chatbots, as the AI company faces multiple wrongful death lawsuits claiming its technology contributed to children's suicides and self-harm.
Despite growing AI popularity, only 9% of Americans regularly use chatbots like ChatGPT for news, with half of those users encountering false information and struggling to verify accuracy, while younger adults show higher usage rates but face more misinformation challenges.
European startup Euclyd claims its new CRAFTWERK AI chip delivers unprecedented 1.024 exaflops performance with 100x better energy efficiency than current alternatives, though the ambitious specifications remain unverified by independent testing.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella promotes Judson Althoff to lead the company's commercial business division as part of a major restructuring designed to help Microsoft capitalize on what Nadella describes as a 'tectonic AI platform shift' in the technology industry.
London-based startup Paid raises $21.6M to revolutionize AI billing by enabling companies to charge customers based on actual results delivered rather than traditional usage metrics, addressing the critical issue that 95% of enterprise AI projects currently provide no measurable value to businesses.
Google unveils AI-powered conversational image search that lets shoppers describe products in natural language like 'barrel jeans that aren't too baggy' and upload reference photos to find similar items, rolling out to US users this week with Gemini 2.5's advanced visual recognition technology.