Microsoft launches three in-house AI models — MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 — claiming best-in-class performance across speech and image generation while undercutting rivals like OpenAI and Google on price, built by teams of fewer than 10 engineers using half the GPUs of competitors.
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.
Box launches Box Agent, a generally available AI tool enabling enterprise users to query and act on company data using natural language across OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic models, with a guarantee that sensitive enterprise data never leaks back into the underlying AI systems.
Microsoft launches three powerful AI models — MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 — undercutting Google and OpenAI on price while reaffirming its multi-billion dollar OpenAI partnership.
A global 'frugal AI' movement is gaining momentum, delivering small, energy-efficient models that run on cheap, offline hardware to serve communities excluded from mainstream AI, including preserving endangered Indigenous languages using minimal data on sub-$50 devices.
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.
Anthropic accidentally exposes 512,000 lines of Claude's internal source code via an npm package map file, revealing unreleased features, secret codenames, and a more powerful Claude 4.6 variant — marking the company's second major accidental disclosure in two weeks and raising serious concerns about the safety-focused AI firm's own operational …
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.
Google launches a sweeping global Gemini AI expansion, supercharging Search, Maps, Workspace, Fitbit, and health education with powerful new features including conversational map queries, personalized recommendations, and a $10 million commitment to AI-driven clinician training.
Anthropic accidentally leaks 512,000 lines of Claude's proprietary TypeScript source code via an npm package, exposing secret AI architecture, unreleased model codenames, a hidden 'Undercover Mode,' and an internal model with a 29-30% false claims rate — while users who installed the package during a specific window face additional supply-chain …