Tencent's open source Hunyuan 3D model reaches 3 million downloads on Hugging Face while the tech giant advocates for model-agnostic AI platforms at Davos 2026, as their internal AI tools now generate over half of new code for 12,000+ engineers across 900+ business scenarios.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announces ambitious 2026 vision as platform reaches milestone 200 billion daily Shorts views and surpasses $100 billion in creator payouts over four years, while rolling out new AI tools and enhanced parental controls.
OpenEvidence, the AI medical platform dubbed 'ChatGPT for doctors,' raises $250 million in funding that doubles its valuation to $12 billion as the Miami-based startup now serves 40% of US physicians and generates over $100 million annually through advertising revenue.
Adobe launches new AI tools for Acrobat and Express that convert PDFs to PowerPoint presentations and create personalized podcasts from documents, as AI usage surges 400% and delivers 45% efficiency gains in document processing.
ElevenLabs launches groundbreaking AI music album featuring legendary artists Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel, who co-create full compositions from simple prompts while retaining complete authorship and commercial rights to their AI-generated tracks.
ElevenLabs launches groundbreaking AI-generated album featuring GRAMMY winners Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel, who use Eleven Music technology to create original compositions across rap, pop, R&B, and EDM genres while maintaining full artistic ownership and commercial licensing rights.
Thesys unveils C1 API middleware that instantly converts AI-generated text into dynamic user interfaces, powered by MongoDB Atlas infrastructure and supported by MongoDB's startup program as the company scales globally.
Indian AI startup Emergent rockets to $300 million valuation after raising $70 million from SoftBank and Khosla Ventures, tripling its worth in just four months as its no-code platform reaches $50 million in annual revenue serving 5 million users worldwide.
Elon Musk demands up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the AI company defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit mission after he provided $38 million in seed funding and early technical expertise, while OpenAI dismisses the lawsuit as harassment ahead of April's trial.
Despite 55 years of promises from COBOL to AI tools, the software industry's recurring attempts to replace developers continue failing because the real bottleneck isn't typing speed or syntax complexity, but the intellectual challenge of handling complex business logic and edge cases that require human judgment.