Google launches two new Gemini API tiers — Flex and Priority — giving developers a powerful choice between 50% cost savings for background tasks or maximum reliability for critical real-time applications, all through a single unified interface.
Google launches Gemma 4, its most powerful open-source AI model family yet, offering four sizes that run on everything from Android phones to IoT devices, with top models ranking in the global top 10 for open AI, supporting 140 languages, and available free under an Apache 2.0 license.
Google launches Gemma 4, a new open-weight AI model family with four sizes optimized for both large-scale and mobile use, while switching to the developer-friendly Apache 2.0 license and teasing a next-gen Gemini Nano 4 for smartphones ahead of Google I/O.
MIT's SEED-SET framework is revolutionizing AI safety by automatically detecting ethical blind spots in critical infrastructure systems before deployment, uncovering alarming biases like AI prioritizing wealthier neighborhoods during peak power demand.
Cognichip raises $93M to revolutionize chip design with deep learning technology that promises to slash development costs by 75% and cut timelines in half, attracting investment from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan despite having yet to publicly demonstrate a finished chip.
A new survey reveals 91% of software engineers now use AI coding tools daily, with 42% saying they'd hesitate to hire developers who don't, as AI proficiency rapidly becomes a non-negotiable career skill rather than a threat to developer jobs.
AI seed startups are commanding sky-high valuations in 2026, with $10M rounds now closing at $40–$45M post-money as elite founders, rapid traction, and fierce VC competition drive prices up — but inflated early valuations are raising the stakes for founders who must scale fast or face serious consequences.
AI recruiting startup Mercor confirms it was hit in a massive supply chain attack on open-source library LiteLLM, which sees millions of daily downloads, with extortion group Lapsus$ claiming responsibility and sharing allegedly stolen data including Slack conversations and contractor videos, while thousands of other companies may also be compromised.
Google DeepMind releases two new tools — the Gemini API Docs MCP and Gemini API Developer Skills — that together achieve a 96.3% pass rate and 63% fewer tokens per correct answer, keeping AI coding agents current with real-time Gemini API documentation.
OpenAI and Anthropic are racing to release next-gen AI models — 'Spud' and 'Claude Mythos' — with Anthropic already briefing government officials on unprecedented cybersecurity risks, while both systems leverage recursive self-improvement, raising urgent alarms about AI safety and unpredictable autonomous behavior.