Major AI companies including OpenAI, Meta, Google, and Stability AI face multiple copyright lawsuits across U.S. courts as publishers, artists, and content creators demand damages for allegedly using their copyrighted materials without permission to train generative AI models, with trials extending into 2027.
Microsoft launches Windows AI Labs, a new pilot program that rapidly tests experimental AI features across Windows applications starting with Microsoft Paint, aiming to validate innovative AI capabilities through direct user feedback on usability and market demand.
Google Labs launches Mixboard, an experimental AI-powered visual brainstorming tool in public beta across the U.S., enabling users to generate and edit images from text prompts using the new Nano Banana model for creative projects ranging from home decor to product development.
AI-generated artist Xania Monet, created by Telisha Jones using the Suno tool, lands a multimillion-dollar record deal and tops the charts with her debut songs hitting top positions on the Billboard charts.
Hackers from the LunaLock ransomware group threaten to poison AI training data with stolen artwork unless ransom demands are met, prompting artists to use tools like Glaze and Nightside to protect their creations from exploitation.
Influential leaders like Matthew Prince, Elon Musk, Natasha Lyonne, Refik Anadol, Mike Krieger, Stuart Russell, Fei-Fei Li, and Paula Ingabire drive AI innovation across tech, creativity, policy, ethics, and governance.
Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, a groundbreaking AI image editor, enables blending multiple images, maintaining character consistency, making targeted transformations using natural language, and leveraging world knowledge, now available via Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Vertex AI.
AI has escalated competition by decreasing effort, creating a leverage paradox where creators must 'hundred-shot' their work through iteration and offer unique perspectives to stand out as 'purple cows' and stay competitive.
Qwen-Image-Edit, a groundbreaking image editing model, revolutionizes the field with its semantic and appearance editing capabilities, achieving state-of-the-art performance in tasks like object rotation, style transfer, and precise text editing while preserving original visual elements, allowing step-by-step chained editing for progressive error correction.
Krea unveils open weights for its FLUX.1 image model, promising superior aesthetics and image quality by curating data and calibrating outputs to address the 'AI look', with plans to expand capabilities and offer personalized aesthetics.