CNN
Videos of sexually suggestive, AI-generated children are racking up millions of likes on TikTok, study finds
A study reveals that AI-generated videos depicting sexualized images of children are gaining millions of views on TikTok despite the platform's policies.
The Verge
Adobe sees a bright future as AI bet pays off
Adobe reported record 2025 revenue of $23.77 billion, largely attributing the 11% year-over-year growth to the successful integration of its Firefly AI tools.
PsyPost - Psychology News
Scientists just uncovered a major limitation in how AI models understand truth and belief
New research shows advanced AI models struggle to distinguish between objective facts and subjective, even factually incorrect, user beliefs.
TechCrunch
Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage
Israeli startup Port raised $100 million in a Series C round at an $800 million valuation to compete with Spotify's Backstage and manage AI developer agents.
TechCrunch
Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise to automate AI’s ‘after-code’ gap
AI DevOps tool Harness raised $240 million in a Series E round, achieving a $5.5 billion valuation to automate software's 'after-code' phase.
NBC News
AI kids' toys give explicit and dangerous responses in tests
Tests on popular AI toys revealed they provided dangerous instructions, explicit sexual content, and Chinese Communist Party talking points.
OpenAI
Advancing science and math with GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2 models show stronger, more reliable performance in scientific and mathematical reasoning, accelerating research across various fields.
OpenAI
Measuring AI’s capability to accelerate biological research in the wet lab
GPT-5 autonomously optimized a molecular cloning protocol, achieving a 79x efficiency improvement by introducing a novel enzymatic mechanism.
VentureBeat
Nous Research just released Nomos 1, an open-source AI that ranks second on the notoriously brutal Putnam math exam
Nous Research released Nomos 1, an open-source AI that scored 87/120 on the Putnam math exam, ranking second among 3,988 participants.
CNBC
Over $50 billion in under 24 hours: Why Big Tech is doubling down on investing in India
Big Tech firms like Microsoft and Amazon are investing over $50 billion in India for its cloud, AI infrastructure, talent, and market opportunities.
VentureBeat
Creating a glass box: How NetSuite is engineering trust into AI
NetSuite is developing NetSuite Next with a "glass-box" approach to enterprise AI, focusing on security, control, and auditability.
VentureBeat
Cohere’s Rerank 4 quadruples the context window over 3.5 to cut agent errors and boost enterprise search accuracy
Cohere launched Rerank 4 with a 32K context window, quadrupling its predecessor's size to improve search accuracy and reduce agent errors.
TechCrunch
Baby delivered in Waymo continues proud tradition of not making it to the hospital
A pregnant woman in San Francisco gave birth inside a Waymo robotaxi on the way to the hospital.
TechCrunch
Google’s answer to the AI arms race — promote the guy behind its data center tech
Google promoted Amin Vahdat, the architect of its AI infrastructure, to a new chief technologist role reporting to the CEO.
TechCrunch
State attorneys general warn Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs
State attorneys general urged major AI firms to fix 'delusional' chatbot outputs linked to mental health incidents.
OpenAI
The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora
Disney and OpenAI have partnered, granting Sora access to Disney characters for AI-generated videos and involving a $1 billion investment.
OpenAI
Bringing AI to local businesses: How Podium is arming 10,000+ SMBs with AI agents
Podium is deploying AI agents like "Jerry" to over 10,000 local SMBs, resulting in 300% year-over-year AI revenue growth.
OpenAI
Introducing GPT-5.2
OpenAI introduces GPT-5.2, a new model series significantly improving performance in professional knowledge work, coding, and reasoning.
OpenAI
Update to GPT-5 System Card: GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2 is the newest model family in the GPT-5 series with largely unchanged safety mitigations.
OpenAI
Ten years
OpenAI reflects on its ten-year journey, celebrating significant achievements in AI development and expressing optimism for achieving superintelligence.
VentureBeat
The 70% factuality ceiling: why Google’s new ‘FACTS’ benchmark is a wake-up call
Google's new FACTS benchmark reveals that no leading AI model has surpassed a 70% factuality score, highlighting major gaps in multimodal and internal knowledge.
The Verge
Spotify’s Prompted Playlists use AI to control your algorithm
Spotify's new beta feature, Prompted Playlists, allows users to create AI-curated playlists based on specific prompts.
TechCrunch
Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software as chip smuggling rumors swirl
Nvidia is allegedly testing location tracking software for its AI chips amid rumors of smuggling into China.
The Verge
The scramble to launch data centers into space is heating up
Startups and tech giants are racing to launch solar-powered data centers into orbit to overcome Earth's energy and space limitations for AI compute.
TechCrunch
Spotify tests more personalized, AI-powered ‘Prompted Playlists’
Spotify is beta testing 'Prompted Playlists' for Premium users in New Zealand, allowing highly personalized, AI-generated playlists based on extensive listening history.
The Verge
I couldn’t fix it with iFixit’s AI FixBot
The author tested iFixit's new AI FixBot for repairs and found it unreliable, especially for dangerous or complex tasks like fixing a CRT TV.
The Verge
Meta might charge for a future AI model
Meta is reportedly developing a new AI model, code-named Avocado, which it may charge access for, potentially shifting its open-source strategy.
The Atlantic
Something Ominous Is Happening in the AI Economy
The AI sector is exhibiting dangerous financialization through circular deals, massive debt, and complex financing structures reminiscent of the 2008 crisis.
CNBC
Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave
Oracle shares dropped 11% after reporting lower-than-expected quarterly revenue, negatively impacting other AI-related stocks.
Charlotte Observer
Wells Fargo CEO: More job cuts coming at the bank, as AI prompts ‘efficiency’
Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf announced further job cuts are expected as the bank leverages AI for efficiency improvements.
The Verge
Google says it will link to more sources in AI Mode
Google is updating its AI Mode to include more in-line source links with explanations of their usefulness.
Gemini
Supporting the web with new features and partnerships
Google is launching new features like Preferred Sources and subscription highlighting, alongside new AI partnership pilots, to connect users with trusted web content.
TechCrunch
Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on select publications’ Google News pages
Google is piloting AI-generated article overviews on select publishers' Google News pages for more context before clicks.
Gemini
Improving Gemini Text-to-Speech models for better control and capabilities
Google enhanced Gemini 2.5 Flash and Pro Text-to-Speech models with improved expressivity, pacing, and multi-speaker capabilities.
The Verge
Chatbots are struggling with suicide hotline numbers
Many popular AI chatbots failed to provide accurate, geographically relevant suicide hotline numbers when tested by a user in crisis.
The Verge
No one knows what to call these things
Industry confusion reigns over the correct terminology for new AI-infused, glasses-shaped computing devices.
TechCrunch
ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app of 2025 in the US
OpenAI's ChatGPT was Apple's most downloaded free iPhone app in the U.S. for 2025, signaling AI's deep penetration into daily life.
VentureBeat
The AI that scored 95% — until consultants learned it was AI
SAP consultants rated AI-generated work 95% accurate when misattributed to interns, but rejected it when told it was AI.
TechCrunch
Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools
Google introduced managed MCP servers to allow AI agents to easily connect with Google services like Maps and BigQuery.
The Verge
AI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the key
Major AI firms are adopting Model Context Protocol (MCP) to standardize how AI agents access internet tools and information.
VentureBeat
OpenAI report reveals a 6x productivity gap between AI power users and everyone else
OpenAI's report shows a six-fold productivity gap between intensive AI users and median employees, driven by habit, not access.
Bloomberg.com
Inside Meta’s Pivot From Open Source to Money-Making AI Model
Meta is pivoting from its long-standing open-source AI strategy toward developing a closed, paid model, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg now closely involved.
TechCrunch
Figma launches new AI-powered object removal and image extension
Figma introduced new AI-powered tools for object removal, isolation, and image expansion directly within its design suite.
The Verge
A pay-to-scrape AI licensing standard is now official
Really Simple Licensing (RSL) 1.0 is now official, allowing publishers to set compensation rules for AI web crawlers.
The Verge
Figma adds more Photoshop-like AI tools for image editing
Figma introduced three new AI-powered tools for image editing, including object erasure, isolation, and image expansion.
VentureBeat
Enterprises finally get a heads-up on what AI-generated code actually does in production
Hud launched a runtime code sensor to provide function-level production data, drastically cutting triage time for AI-generated code issues.
VentureBeat
Quilter's AI just designed an 843‑part Linux computer that booted on the first try. Hardware will never be the same.
Quilter's physics-driven AI designed a functional 843-component Linux computer in one week, drastically cutting typical engineering time.
TechCrunch
AI startup Tavus founder says users talk to its AI Santa ‘for hours’ per day
Tavus's improved AI Santa, a real-time digital agent, is seeing users engage for hours daily, raising concerns about its impact on children.
TechCrunch
Google launches sub-$5 AI Plus plan in India to compete with ChatGPT Go
Google introduced a discounted AI Plus subscription in India for ₹199 ($2.21) monthly initially to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT Go.
The Verge
ChatGPT can now use Adobe apps to edit your photos and PDFs for free
ChatGPT now integrates free Adobe apps like Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express for in-chat editing of photos and PDFs.
OpenAI
Continuously hardening ChatGPT Atlas against prompt injection attacks
OpenAI is continuously hardening ChatGPT Atlas's browser agent against prompt injection attacks using an automated, reinforcement learning-trained attacker and a rapid response loop.
Fortune
Physical AI will automate ‘large sections’ of factory work in the next decade, Arm CEO says | Fortune
Arm CEO Rene Haas predicts physical AI-powered humanoid robots will automate large parts of factory work within five to ten years.
VentureBeat
How Google’s TPUs are reshaping the economics of large-scale AI
Google's TPUv7 is challenging Nvidia's GPU dominance by offering superior cost-efficiency for large-scale AI training.
The Verge
The AI industry’s biggest week: Google’s rise, RL mania, and a party boat
NeurIPS 2023 highlighted Reinforcement Learning as the next frontier, Google DeepMind's surging momentum, and an excessive party scene.
TechCrunch
Coreweave CEO defends AI circular deals as ‘working together’
Coreweave CEO Michael Intrator defended the company's unconventional business model and recent stock volatility, framing its circular AI deals as necessary collaboration.
TechCrunch
Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round
Naveen Rao's new startup, Unconventional AI, secured $475 million in seed funding at a $4.5 billion valuation.
The Verge
Both sides of the aisle hate the AI moratorium
Bipartisan political strategist Brendan Steinhauser discusses why both Republicans and Democrats oppose a federal AI moratorium, citing state autonomy and public concern.
The Verge
Somehow, this AI-generated McDonald’s ad about hating Christmas was a flop
A McDonald’s Netherlands ad generated by AI, depicting holiday woes and suggesting escape to McDonald’s, was removed due to negative feedback.
The Verge
Google is powering a new US military AI platform
The US Department of Defense launched GenAI.mil, an AI platform powered initially by Google Cloud's Gemini.
Fortune
Even the man behind ChatGPT, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is worried about the ‘rate of change that’s happening in the world right now’ thanks to AI | Fortune
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed concern over the unprecedented speed of AI adoption and its potential for misuse.
TechCrunch
Cashew Research is going after the $90B market research industry with AI
Cashew Research uses AI to automate and accelerate custom market research, offering faster, cheaper insights than traditional firms.
The Atlantic
OpenAI Is in Trouble
OpenAI faces significant challenges as competitors like Google's Gemini 3 surpass ChatGPT's capabilities, forcing internal alarms.
TechCrunch
B Capital founding partner Kabir Narang leaves to launch new investment platform
Kabir Narang, a founding partner at B Capital, is leaving to launch a new investment platform focused on technology, AI, and global capital flows.
TechCrunch
Why Cursor’s CEO believes OpenAI, Anthropic competition won’t crush his startup
Cursor's CEO, Michael Truell, believes competition from major LLM makers like OpenAI and Anthropic won't crush his startup because Cursor focuses on end-to-end user experience and product-specific models.
Fortune
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap says ‘code red’ will force the company to focus, as the ChatGPT maker ramps up enterprise push | Fortune
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap stated the internal 'code red' alert will sharpen the company's focus amid rising competition in AI models and enterprise adoption.
Fortune
Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago | Fortune
Bbc
Robot dog: Galgotias University faces backlash for claiming Chinese product as own at India AI summit
Discrepancy Report
Lawyer says Google shut down his Gmail, Voice and Photos after NotebookLM upload
CNBC
Anthropic is clashing with the Pentagon over AI use. Here's what each side wants
The Verge
Google’s AI music maker is coming to the Gemini app
Gemini
A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music
The Verge
Perplexity joins anti-ad camp as AI companies battle over trust and revenue
The Mirror US
AI is 'decimating families' as people unaware just how 'seductive' it is, expert warns
The Times of India
Google AI CEO Demis Hassabis just tells everyone why Gemini and ChatGPT winning International Maths Olympiad is not big, as they can still ...
Nikkei Asia
Sony Group tech can identify original music in AI-generated songs
