Meta expands its controversial AI video platform Vibes to Europe despite widespread user backlash labeling the short-form AI-generated content as 'AI slop' and declaring 'nobody wants this' feature that mimics TikTok and Instagram Reels.
Snapchat stock crashes 14% in after-hours trading despite reporting strong Q1 earnings with $1.36 billion revenue, 460 million daily users, and 55% growth in its controversial My AI feature as CEO announces major investments in AI-augmented reality integration.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announces the company expects to surpass $20 billion in annualized revenue by 2025 and reach hundreds of billions by 2030, while committing a staggering $1.4 trillion over eight years for massive data center infrastructure expansion across enterprise, consumer devices, robotics, and AI cloud services.
Google unleashes Ironwood, its seventh-generation TPU chip that delivers four times faster AI processing than previous models and connects up to 9,216 chips in massive pods, with Anthropic planning to deploy 1 million units for Claude as the tech giant battles Nvidia's GPU dominance.
Alibaba-backed Chinese startup Moonshot unveils 'Kimi K2 Thinking' AI model that reportedly outperforms ChatGPT in autonomous task completion while costing just $4.6 million to train versus OpenAI's billions, as major U.S. companies like Airbnb embrace cheaper Chinese alternatives amid escalating global AI competition.
Anthropic projects explosive growth to $70 billion revenue by 2028 and seeks $300-400 billion valuation as its Claude AI products drive rapid business adoption, with Claude Code alone approaching $1 billion in annual revenue.
Pinterest stock crashes 21% as CEO warns Trump tariffs will damage Q4 revenue despite launching AI-powered shopping assistant and achieving major cost savings through open source AI models.
SoftBank and OpenAI launch joint venture 'SB OAI Japan' to deploy exclusive AI solution 'Crystal Intelligence' across Japanese enterprises in 2026, with SoftBank already creating 2.5 million custom GPTs internally as the first validation user.
Hackers unleash revolutionary AI-powered malware that writes malicious code in real-time while state actors from North Korea, Iran, and China exploit ChatGPT and other AI tools through social engineering tactics, creating a dangerous new era of dynamic cyberattacks that adapt and evolve during execution.
Elon Musk's xAI mandates employees surrender facial and voice biometric data to train 'Ani,' an anime-styled AI chatbot with adult content features available through X's premium service, despite staff concerns about deepfake misuse.