Amazon rolls out Alexa+ nationwide with advanced AI capabilities for $19.99 monthly, offering Prime members free unlimited access while addressing early user complaints about limited functionality through improvements powered by Amazon Nova and Anthropic models.
Amazon rolls out Alexa+ nationwide with advanced AI capabilities including complex conversations, task automation, and restaurant bookings, offering free access to Prime members while charging non-Prime users $19.99 monthly for unlimited features.
Google's Gemini AI chatbot surges to 750 million monthly users while launching its most advanced Gemini 3 model and a cheaper $7.99 subscription plan, helping propel parent company Alphabet past the historic $400 billion annual revenue milestone for the first time.
Amazon rolls out Alexa+ nationwide with advanced generative AI capabilities that enable natural conversations and complex task completion, offering free access to Prime members while charging non-Prime users $19.99 monthly after beta testing showed users engaged 2-3 times more than with original Alexa.
Anthropic launches four Super Bowl ads mocking ChatGPT's new advertising features while OpenAI scrambles in 'code red' mode as their latest models underperform expectations amid intensifying AI competition from Google.
Fitbit founders James Park and Eric Friedman unveil Luffu, an AI-powered family health monitoring platform that consolidates scattered medical data across family members, tracks health patterns, and flags concerning changes to help 63 million U.S. caregivers manage their loved ones' wellbeing more effectively.
AI users now strategically deploy over 30 different models for specialized tasks, with no single model capturing more than 17% of usage as the market fragments from two dominant models controlling 90% in January to four models each holding just 10% by December.
AI coding companies race to democratize software creation for millions of non-technical users by eliminating setup barriers and security complexities that currently limit these tools to just 1% of the population.
Apple acquires Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion in its second-largest deal ever, gaining revolutionary technology that reads facial expressions and micro-movements to enable silent speech communication with Siri through future headphones and glasses.
Mozilla releases Firefox 148 on February 24 with a new 'Block AI enhancements' toggle that lets users completely disable or individually manage five AI features including translations, PDF alt text generation, tab grouping, link previews, and sidebar chatbots.