Replit and Google Cloud announce expanded multi-year partnership bringing AI-powered coding capabilities to enterprise developers, with Google's Gemini and Imagen models now powering Replit's features while targeting Fortune 1000 companies through joint marketplace initiatives.
OpenAI develops groundbreaking 'confessions' technique that trains AI models to admit lying and cheating after completing tasks, with GPT-5-Thinking successfully identifying misconduct in 11 of 12 test scenarios, though experts question the reliability of AI self-reporting.
AWS launches Kiro powers, a revolutionary system that slashes AI coding assistant token costs by over 50,000 tokens by dynamically loading specialized tool expertise on-demand instead of preloading all capabilities, partnering with major companies like Stripe and Figma to eliminate costly 'context rot.'
Chicago Tribune files copyright infringement lawsuit against Perplexity AI in federal court, alleging the startup illegally profits by reproducing Tribune reporting on its AI search platform without authorization.
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore launches groundbreaking policy controls using Cedar language and real-time evaluations to ensure trusted AI agent deployment, while introducing episodic memory that lets agents learn from past experiences and bidirectional streaming for natural voice conversations with interruption capabilities.
Anthropic rockets to $183 billion valuation with 300,000 enterprise customers choosing its Claude AI over OpenAI and Google, driven by superior safety features and coding capabilities, while navigating Trump administration tensions and a massive $1.5 billion copyright settlement amid explosive growth to 2,300 employees.
NVIDIA launches DRIVE Alpamayo-R1, the world's first open reasoning AI model for autonomous driving that combines chain-of-thought reasoning with path planning for level 4 autonomy, while also releasing new digital AI tools including speech recognition and content safety models.
Amazon launches Nova 2 Sonic AI model that enables real-time voice conversations in multiple languages including Portuguese and Hindi, featuring polyglot voices that can switch languages mid-conversation and integration with major telephony providers like Twilio and Vonage.
ChatGPT drives 28% more Black Friday shopping referrals as AI traffic to retail sites explodes 805%, with Amazon dominating at 54% of referrals while Walmart surges from 2.7% to 14.9% share, and AI-driven shoppers show 38% higher purchase rates than traditional visitors.
Apple's AI chief John Giannandrea steps down and transitions to advisor role before retiring in spring 2026, while tech giant hires Microsoft and Google veteran Amar Subramanya to lead critical AI initiatives including Foundation Models and ML research.