OpenAI acquires the entire Nerve AI team to develop large-scale search capabilities for ChatGPT as the enterprise workplace automation startup shuts down operations within 30 days, suspending customer billing immediately while promising secure data deletion after the transition period.
Perplexity is dropping ads from its AI search platform, warning that advertising erodes user trust by making people 'doubt everything,' as the company pivots to paid subscriptions targeting high-value professionals like lawyers, doctors, and CEOs — drawing a sharp contrast with OpenAI's pro-advertising stance.
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.6 AI coding model launches across GitHub Copilot platforms including Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, and mobile apps, bringing advanced agentic coding capabilities to Pro, Business, and Enterprise users with gradual rollout now underway.
OpenAI acquires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger as the AI industry pivots from chatbots to autonomous agents capable of browsing, clicking, and executing code to complete real tasks, while Anthropic's cease-and-desist letter backfires by pushing the viral project to their competitor.
Axios slashes its tech team in half from 90 to 43 employees while doubling output, as AI agent teams complete coding projects in 37 minutes that previously took three weeks, forcing software companies to adapt to unprecedented development speeds.
IBM plans to triple entry-level US hiring in 2026 by completely redesigning jobs to focus on human-centered tasks like customer engagement instead of coding and administrative work that AI now automates.
Cohere launches Tiny Aya, a groundbreaking family of open-weight AI models supporting over 70 languages that can run offline on laptops, featuring specialized regional variants for African, South Asian, and Asia Pacific languages with 3.35 billion parameters available for free download.
AI coding tools revolutionize software development as companies like Canva and Spotify report massive productivity gains while developers shift from writing code to managing AI-generated programs, leaving computer science graduates facing 7.8% unemployment as traditional entry-level coding jobs disappear and companies prioritize human-centered skills over technical abilities.
Cohere Labs releases Tiny Aya, a groundbreaking 3.35-billion parameter AI model that supports over 70 languages and runs directly on mobile phones, featuring specialized regional variants for different global areas while achieving state-of-the-art multilingual performance at unprecedented efficiency levels.
Meta partners with NVIDIA in a multiyear deal to deploy millions of Blackwell and Rubin GPUs across hyperscale data centers, while expanding use of Grace CPUs and implementing confidential computing for WhatsApp's AI-powered features with enhanced privacy protection.