Google launches sweeping AI upgrades to Workspace at Google Cloud Next, introducing Gemini-powered tools that promise up to 9x faster spreadsheet building and smarter document drafting, as the tech giant intensifies its battle against Microsoft and Apple for dominance in AI-driven workplace productivity.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman slams Anthropic's new cybersecurity AI model Mythos as 'fear-based marketing' after the company restricts its release over weaponization fears, though critics note the irony as Altman himself has a history of using similar doomsday AI rhetoric.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.0, a powerful next-generation image model capable of web searching, generating up to eight images from one prompt, and maintaining character continuity, now available to all ChatGPT users with advanced thinking features reserved for paid subscribers.
OpenAI launches cost-per-click ads inside ChatGPT at $3–$5 per click, directly challenging Google's search ad dominance while racing to build advertiser measurement infrastructure faster than Uber and Netflix did at comparable stages.
Google launches Gemini Enterprise at Cloud Next, unveiling a powerful end-to-end AI agent platform built on Vertex AI, featuring new tools like Memory Bank and Agent Gateway, as it aggressively competes with OpenAI and Anthropic for enterprise dominance in 2026.
Anysphere, the startup behind AI code editor Cursor, is closing in on a $10 billion valuation in a new funding round led by Thrive Capital, after surpassing $100 million in annual recurring revenue in just 12 months.
SpaceX signs a landmark $60 billion deal with AI coding tool Cursor, granting access to its 'Colossus' supercomputer and xAI's frontier models as the two companies race to dominate the coding agent space against OpenAI and Anthropic.
Google launches two powerful AI research agents, Deep Research and Deep Research Max, powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro, targeting finance and enterprise markets with advanced capabilities including proprietary data integration and native chart generation, backed by partnerships with FactSet, S&P Global, and PitchBook.
A new open-source CLI tool called 'skills' lets developers instantly share and manage reusable AI agent instruction sets across 40+ coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor, and has already exploded in popularity with 15,000 GitHub stars.
A new proof-of-concept AI hedge fund simulator deploys virtual agents modeled after Warren Buffett, Michael Burry, and Cathie Wood to test trading strategies across valuation, sentiment, and technical analysis — strictly for educational purposes, with no real trades executed.