Meta contemplates abandoning its open-source AI strategy with the closed-source 'Avocado' model while CEO Mark Zuckerberg restructures operations amid major executive departures including chief AI scientist Yann LeCun and internal conflicts over competing with OpenAI versus improving social media platforms.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.2 in three versions (Instant, Thinking, Pro) after CEO Sam Altman's 'code red' memo about Google competition, featuring 400,000-token context window and outperforming human professionals on 70.9% of work tasks across 44 occupations despite 40% price increase.
Amazon Prime Video abruptly removes its AI-powered recap feature after the system generates major factual errors in show summaries, including incorrectly placing Fallout's Ghoul flashback in 1950s America instead of 2077 and mischaracterizing key plot points across multiple series.
Google launches AI Plus plan in India at ₹199 monthly for six months then ₹399, featuring Gemini 3 Pro, image editing, video generation, and 200GB storage as tech giants battle for India's massive market through telecom partnerships and competitive pricing against ChatGPT.
Adobe revolutionizes creative workflows by integrating Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat directly into ChatGPT, enabling users to edit images, modify PDFs, and create animations through simple voice commands across desktop, web, and mobile platforms.
Google launches Preferred Sources feature globally, letting users customize news feeds from favorite outlets while piloting AI-powered partnerships with major publishers like The Guardian and Washington Post to create article overviews and audio briefings.
India launches urgent $1.25 billion AI mission securing 19,000 GPUs to build six large-scale models by 2025, selecting Sarvam AI for a 70-billion-parameter model optimized for the country's 22 official languages after DeepSeek's breakthrough sparks global AI competition.
OpenAI acquires AI training startup Neptune for under $400 million in stock as the ChatGPT maker prepares for a potential trillion-dollar IPO that could rank among the largest public offerings in history.
Meta secretly develops 'Avocado' AI model to replace Llama while spending $14.3 billion to hire Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang as chief AI officer, abandoning open-source strategy after Llama 4's failure and implementing grueling 70-hour workweeks to compete with OpenAI and Google by 2026.
The Pentagon launches GenAI.mil platform powered by Google's Gemini AI, delivering secure artificial intelligence capabilities to all military personnel, contractors, and civilians worldwide as part of President Trump's push for AI technological superiority.