DeepSeek's V4 open-source model undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7 with costs of $1.74 per million tokens, promising a disruptive shift in AI pricing...
South Africa's Communications Minister Solly Malatsi faces scrutiny as two officials are investigated for including AI-generated fictitious references in the withdrawn National AI Policy.
NextDC faces mounting opposition from West Footscray residents over its M3 datacentre expansion, projected to double in size and consume 225MW, raising environmental concerns.
University of Vaasa's Hussain Khan develops AI-driven biomimetic controllers that enhance renewable grid stability, reducing sensor reliance by up to 90%
DeepSeek trains its latest AI model on Nvidia's banned Blackwell chips, revealing critical loopholes in U.S. export controls amid rising China-U.S. tech tensions
Mistral AI secures €1.7 billion funding, positioning itself as Europe's leading generative AI player with a valuation between $6 billion and $14 billion.
Demis Hassabis warns the rapid commercialization of AI, particularly through ChatGPT, risks overshadowing transformative breakthroughs like AlphaFold, which predicts protein structures in seconds.
Minneapolis City Council proposes legalizing bathhouses to enhance LGBTQ+ health and safety, with a focus on consent and community input amid rising public interest.
ACE Music launches ACE-Step 1.5 XL with a 4 billion parameter model for enhanced music generation, enabling local creation of high-quality Japanese vocal tracks.
A new wave of video-to-video AI tools, including Runway and Adobe Firefly, is revolutionizing content creation by enabling high-quality transformations without starting from scratch.
OpenAI introduces a $100 monthly ChatGPT Pro plan, offering five times more Codex capabilities than its Plus plan, enhancing competition with Anthropic's Claude.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier initiates a formal investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT over potential public safety risks and its role in a mass shooting.
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google unite to combat distillation attacks from Chinese startups, launching the Frontier Model Forum to protect valuable AI innovations.
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis claims the UK’s elite universities give it a talent edge over Silicon Valley, enhancing the company’s ability to recruit top...
French startup H Company unveils Holo3, a multimodal AI model with 35 billion parameters capable of executing complex tasks across multiple applications.
China's top AI firms, including Alibaba and Z.ai, pivot to closed-source models as funding gaps deepen, with investments lagging at $100M compared to $15B...
Florida AG James Uthmeier investigates OpenAI’s ChatGPT over chat logs connected to the FSU shooter, raising urgent concerns about AI's societal impact.
Google DeepMind accelerates AI innovation by merging resources and talent, achieving a 90% contribution to modern AI breakthroughs and fostering a startup-like agility.
Meta unveils Muse Spark AI model to boost reasoning and multimodal functions, enhancing user interactions across platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp.