Hollywood's AI divide deepens as the Oscars ban AI-generated acting and writing from eligibility while the Golden Globes allow AI use, sparking fierce debate across the industry as major talent agencies, Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett, and hundreds of celebrities sign petitions against AI, raising urgent questions about whether human creativity …
Anthropic signs a massive $1.8 billion, seven-year cloud computing deal with Akamai Technologies as the AI company races to meet surging demand for its artificial intelligence software.
Google Chrome is silently installing a 4GB Gemini Nano AI model on users' computers without consent, sparking serious GDPR concerns as critics accuse Google of exploiting personal hardware to cut server costs.
Isomorphic Labs, the AI-driven drug discovery spinout from Google DeepMind, is closing in on a massive $2 billion funding round led by Thrive Capital, with Alphabet also joining the deal.
GitHub slashes AI token costs by up to 79% using two new daily automation tools — a Token Usage Auditor and Token Optimizer — that identify inefficiencies and streamline agentic workflows across production repositories.
A new open-source engine called ds4.c launches Metal-only local inference for DeepSeek V4 Flash on Apple Silicon Macs, featuring 2-bit quantization, disk KV cache persistence, and a 1-million-token context window — making powerful AI inference possible on MacBooks and Mac Studios with 128GB or more of RAM.
Spotify launches a new CLI tool called 'Save to Spotify' that lets AI agents like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex save AI-generated audio directly to a user's personal podcast library, enabling private, personalized briefings to live seamlessly alongside regular podcast subscriptions across all devices.
Security researchers expose over 5,000 unsecured AI-built apps leaking sensitive real-world data — including hospital records and financial documents — as AI coding platforms deflect responsibility, leaving non-technical users unknowingly exposing critical information to the public.
AWS launches 'Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments,' enabling AI agents to autonomously execute USDC stablecoin transactions through partnerships with Coinbase and Stripe, marking a major Big Tech push into the emerging agentic economy.
Apple's camera-equipped AirPods enter near-final testing, featuring low-resolution cameras that act as Siri's eyes for visual AI tasks like object identification and navigation, with a 2026 launch now back on track after early delays tied to Siri's AI overhaul.