Alphabet shatters records with a staggering $96.4 billion Q2 2025 revenue, propelled by YouTube's $9.79 billion ad revenue and Cloud's $13.62 billion revenue, despite losses in its Other Bets segment.
YouTube rolls out AI-powered tools for Shorts, including Photo to video, generative effects, an AI playground with pre-filled prompts, and SynthID watermarks for AI-generated content, empowering creators with cutting-edge AI capabilities while ensuring transparency.
Grok's groundbreaking AI model Grok 4 fuels a massive 325% surge in gross iOS revenue, overshadowing the company's raunchy AI companions, while a new $300/month 'SuperGrok Heavy' subscription offers early access to cutting-edge AI models.
An AI-generated band called The Velvet Sundown exposes Spotify's alleged tactics to avoid paying royalties, sparking concerns over AI's threat to human artists and calls for regulatory measures to protect creativity.
In a groundbreaking move, Netflix incorporates generative AI into its production pipeline, utilizing it to create a building collapse scene for the Argentine show 'El Eternauta' 10 times faster, and plans to introduce interactive AI-powered ads by late 2025.
Breaking news: AI company xAI seeks engineer to develop AI-powered anime companions, including goth waifu Ani and homicidal red panda Bad Rudy, for lonely individuals as part of its mission to create systems that understand the universe and aid humanity.
Meta bolsters its AI capabilities by acquiring Play AI, a startup that generates human-sounding voices using AI, aligning with Meta's roadmap for AI characters, Meta AI, wearables, and audio content creation.
Elon Musk's AI chatbot SuperGrok introduces provocative anime avatars 'Ani' and 'Rudy', with Ani featuring an 'NSFW' lingerie mode and another AI character 'Chad' reportedly in development.
Groundbreaking apps are launched, offering a comprehensive reminders tool, an engaging interactive learning platform spanning diverse subjects, and an immersive animated children's book experience.
Google's Veo 3 platform revolutionizes AI video generation, transforming previously blurry, distorted content into flawless footage that rivals professional production, sending shockwaves through Hollywood and advertising as the technology advances at breakneck speed with improvements occurring daily.