Character.AI removes Disney characters including Elsa, Darth Vader, and Spider-Man from its platform following Disney's cease-and-desist letter alleging unauthorized use of copyrighted characters in sexually exploitative chatbots, as the AI company faces multiple wrongful death lawsuits claiming its technology contributed to children's suicides and self-harm.
Google unveils AI-powered conversational image search that lets shoppers describe products in natural language like 'barrel jeans that aren't too baggy' and upload reference photos to find similar items, rolling out to US users this week with Gemini 2.5's advanced visual recognition technology.
Developer Tomas Vesely revolutionizes coding by writing entire applications in Markdown files that GitHub Copilot automatically compiles into functional code, solving AI context loss issues and dramatically speeding up development cycles.
Google DeepMind releases two groundbreaking AI models that transform robots into internet-savvy problem solvers capable of planning complex multi-step tasks like sorting laundry by color and packing weather-appropriate suitcases, achieving 20-40% success rates in early artificial general intelligence demonstrations.
Nvidia open-sources professional AI voice animation technology for 3D avatars, scientists successfully create functional viral genomes using artificial intelligence raising biosecurity fears, and OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse as a proactive personal assistant that automatically delivers customized updates to users.
Trump shares then deletes an AI-generated fake Fox News video featuring himself promoting QAnon's 'medbed' conspiracy theory, which falsely claims the government possesses secret alien-derived healing beds that can cure all diseases but restricts access to elites only.
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer shuts down her struggling AI startup Sunshine after seven years of failed products and pivots to launch new company Dazzle, which will develop an AI personal assistant using Sunshine's sold assets.
Fashion giant Zalando revolutionizes content creation by using AI digital twins to generate 70% of campaign assets in just 24 hours, creating high-fidelity 3D model replicas that enable rapid trend-to-delivery production while offering models global opportunities without geographical limitations.
Salesforce slashes 4,000 customer support jobs as AI bots now handle half the company's workload, reducing human staff from 9,000 to 5,000 positions while CEO Marc Benioff credits 'Agentforce' technology for the dramatic workforce reduction.
OpenAI launches a TikTok-style app powered by Sora 2 technology that generates AI-created videos in a vertical feed format, complete with swipe navigation, recommendation algorithms, and social features like liking, commenting, and remixing content.