OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirms the company's first AI device, designed with former Apple chief Jony Ive, will launch within two years as a revolutionary iPhone-like product that prioritizes 'peace and calm' over distracting notifications, with completed prototypes featuring surprising simplicity and intelligent information filtering.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella defends AI technology as 'cognitive amplifier tools' while critics blast the company for rushing deployment without considering environmental and economic consequences, setting up 2026 as a pivotal year for the technology's future.
Developer Rodrigo Delduca successfully creates a functional NES emulator using AI-generated Lua scripts that runs Donkey Kong in web browsers, though the groundbreaking AI-coded system performs 40 times slower than traditional emulators.
AWS launches Kiro AI Agent, a revolutionary coding platform that automatically generates complete software solutions including code, tests, and documentation from single prompts while maintaining enterprise security standards.
Moonshot AI, creator of Kimi AI models, raises $500 million in Series C funding led by IDG Capital with backing from tech giants Alibaba and Tencent, pushing the Beijing-based company's valuation to $4.3 billion and cash reserves beyond $1.4 billion.
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri predicts AI content will dominate social media so completely that platforms should abandon detecting fake material and instead focus on cryptographically verifying authentic camera-captured images, while urging creators to embrace raw, unflattering photos to prove their content is real.
Zhipu AI launches groundbreaking $560 million Hong Kong IPO at HK$116.20 per share, set to become the first publicly traded large language model developer when it debuts January 8 with a massive HK$51.16 billion valuation amid soaring tech stock momentum.
SoftBank completes its massive $40 billion investment in OpenAI, securing an 11% stake in the AI powerhouse now valued at $260 billion, after selling its entire Nvidia position and acquiring data center company DigitalBridge to fuel its artificial intelligence infrastructure ambitions.
OpenEvidence secures $210M Series B funding at $3.5B valuation as its medical AI platform now serves over 40% of U.S. physicians daily across 10,000+ hospitals, handling 8.5 million clinical consultations monthly while launching DeepConsult™, the first AI agent designed specifically for autonomous medical research.
xAI's Grok 3 launches DeeperSearch on March 19 requiring up to six and a half minutes for detailed answers and Edit Image feature on March 22 for modifying pictures with text prompts, though both face speed and functionality limitations compared to competitors.