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Solly Malatsi faces scrutiny as two officials are investigated for including AI-generated fictitious references in the withdrawn National AI Policy.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.
Anthropic secures $30B partnership with Microsoft and Nvidia, boosting its valuation to $350B while enhancing Azure's AI capabilities with Claude models.
UNSW rolls out OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu licenses to staff, enhancing AI literacy and responsible usage in a landmark initiative for Australian higher education.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT-5.1 outperformed xAI's Grok 4.1 in a rigorous evaluation, dominating 7 of 9 categories, including ethical reasoning and creative outputs.
Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI unite in a landmark AI safety pact mandating rigorous pre-deployment testing and third-party audits to mitigate risks and enhance industry...
OpenAI's ChatGPT is linked to 50 severe mental health crises, including three fatalities, raising urgent questions about user safety versus engagement metrics.
UAE pledges $1 billion through its "AI for Development Initiative" to enhance AI infrastructure and services across Africa, targeting key sectors like education and...
Erdogan champions global cooperation on AI and critical minerals at the G20 summit, emphasizing equitable resource distribution for sustainable technological advancement
Character.AI faces mounting safety concerns as a report reveals troubling interactions between its chatbots and minors, prompting lawsuits from affected parents.
Prolific's Humaine study ranks Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro as the top AI chatbot, leaving ChatGPT-4.1 in eighth place despite its 800 million weekly users.