Salesforce launches groundbreaking integration with Anthropic's Claude AI, allowing users to seamlessly search Slack messages, generate drafts, and query customer data directly through the AI assistant while maintaining enterprise security controls across business applications.
Amazon rolls out Alexa+ nationwide with advanced AI capabilities including complex conversations, task automation, and restaurant bookings, offering free access to Prime members while charging non-Prime users $19.99 monthly for unlimited features.
AI voice company ElevenLabs raises $500 million in Series D funding led by Sequoia Capital, reaching an $11 billion valuation that triples its worth from just one year ago, as the company reports over $330 million in annual recurring revenue from major enterprise clients including Deutsche Telekom and Square.
Google's Gemini AI chatbot surges to 750 million monthly users while launching its most advanced Gemini 3 model and a cheaper $7.99 subscription plan, helping propel parent company Alphabet past the historic $400 billion annual revenue milestone for the first time.
Amazon rolls out Alexa+ nationwide with advanced generative AI capabilities that enable natural conversations and complex task completion, offering free access to Prime members while charging non-Prime users $19.99 monthly after beta testing showed users engaged 2-3 times more than with original Alexa.
Anthropic launches four Super Bowl ads mocking ChatGPT's new advertising features while OpenAI scrambles in 'code red' mode as their latest models underperform expectations amid intensifying AI competition from Google.
Fitbit founders James Park and Eric Friedman unveil Luffu, an AI-powered family health monitoring platform that consolidates scattered medical data across family members, tracks health patterns, and flags concerning changes to help 63 million U.S. caregivers manage their loved ones' wellbeing more effectively.
Apple launches Xcode 26.3 featuring AI coding agents from Anthropic and OpenAI that autonomously handle development tasks, search documentation, explore files, update settings, and verify work visually, now available to developer program members.
OpenAI triggers senior staff exodus including VP of Research Jerry Tworek as the company slashes funding for Sora and DALL-E projects to prioritize ChatGPT, while burning through $17 billion annually despite $20 billion revenue and planning ads on free tiers.
Major AI chatbots including Google's Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Perplexity increasingly cite Elon Musk's AI-generated Grokipedia despite containing racist content and lacking human oversight, raising concerns about spreading disinformation through automated systems.