ChatGPT mobile app downloads plummet 8.1% in October while users slash their daily usage by 22.5% since July, as Google's Gemini competition and less personable AI updates drive users away from the once-dominant platform.
NVIDIA acquires AI coding tool Solver and launches 'AI factories' for vertical integration, positioning itself as an industrial solution provider that trains sector-specific models while addressing power efficiency bottlenecks in AI development.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defends controversial decision to allow adult erotica content on ChatGPT, declaring the company is not the 'elected moral police of the world' as advocacy groups demand reversal and the AI giant faces mounting safety scrutiny including FTC inquiry and wrongful death lawsuit.
OpenAI recruits renowned black hole physicist Alex Lupsasca to lead new science team as GPT-5 demonstrates breakthrough capability to solve graduate-level astrophysics problems in minutes that typically require days, signaling the company's ambitious push beyond chatbots into serious scientific discovery territory.
Microsoft unleashes major Windows 11 updates that transform every PC into an AI-powered machine, introducing 'Hey Copilot' voice commands, screen analysis capabilities, local file management through AI, and experimental website creation tools, while keeping security features disabled by default and promoting upgrades from Windows 10 starting at $699.99.
Cognition launches SWE-grep AI models that accelerate code search by 10x while maintaining accuracy, using reinforcement learning to execute parallel tool calls and reducing context retrieval time from 60% to under 5 seconds for developers.
Large Language Models revolutionize time-series analysis by automatically detecting patterns, spotting anomalies, and generating forecasts through advanced prompt engineering, while streamlining preprocessing tasks like stationarity testing and seasonal decomposition to transform how analysts approach temporal data prediction.
Eightfold co-founders secure $35 million in seed funding for Viven, a groundbreaking AI startup that creates digital employee clones by analyzing internal communications like emails and Slack messages, enabling colleagues to query these virtual twins when team members are unavailable.
Honor unveils AI-powered shopping tools on its Magic8 smartphone that automatically find deals and coupons across major Chinese e-commerce platforms, as the company aims to surpass Apple and capture a top-three market position in China by year-end.
Hyperspell launches an AI memory platform that gives workplace agents long-term context across apps like Slack, Gmail, and Notion, solving the critical problem of AI systems forgetting everything between sessions and lacking company knowledge awareness.