OpenAI published an open letter on August 27, co-signed by 116 organizations including Microsoft, Google, Amazon Web Services, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, and Hugging Face, calling for collective…
OpenAI is developing a virtual try-on feature for ChatGPT Shopping that would let users upload full-body photos to preview clothing, according to a report surfaced on August 8, 2026. The feature follo…
Anthropic announced on August 27 that it is releasing 10,000 Claude subscription seats for scientists, offering free standard access or premium seats at $15 per month for a year, and expanding its AI …
China plans to spend roughly 2 trillion yuan ($295 billion) to build a national AI data center network by 2028, with a mandate that at least 80% of the technology, including AI chips, comes from domes…
OpenGradient, a decentralized AI compute network, achieved a perfect 'Complete' status with zero gaps in its B-1 Token Transparency Filing under Blockworks' Token Transparency Framework, published on …
More than 100 tech and finance companies, including OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Anthropic, signed a joint open letter on August 27, 2026, warning that there is a limited amount of time to…
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and more than 100 other technology and financial services organizations urged businesses and governments in an open letter Thursday to strengthen defenses against …
Microsoft and HUMAIN, a Saudi-backed AI company founded in May 2025, announced a long-term partnership on August 26 to integrate HUMAIN's ALLAM Arabic language models into Microsoft 365 Copilot and Az…
Meta Platforms Inc. disrupted an Iran-linked network that used AI-generated personas to impersonate Americans across Facebook and Instagram, removing 294 Instagram accounts, 8 Facebook accounts, and 2…
OpenAI is developing a persistent agent feature for its Codex coding tool that enables autonomous, continuous work until explicitly stopped, according to code reviewed by Wired. The feature, powered b…
OpenSea has partnered with Perplexity to integrate live onchain data into AI-generated answers, enabling users to receive real-time blockchain information through Perplexity's AI platform. The collabo…
Perplexity Computer has integrated OpenSea's real-time onchain marketplace data into its AI agent, enabling cited answers about tokens, collectibles, and NFTs across more than 25 chains. The connector…
At least 75 data center projects representing roughly $130 billion in investment have been blocked or delayed due to local community opposition, prompting Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta to shift …
Data centers worldwide consumed 788 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2025, up 19.7% from 658.2 TWh in 2024, according to the Energy Institute's 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy, which tracked d…
Google is testing agentic hotel bookings within its AI Mode search interface in the United States, partnering with Booking.com, Expedia, Marriott, and IHG to let users complete reservations without le…
Google released the Omni 1.1 Flash video model, adding 1080p and 4K output options to the Gemini Omni Flash model, which previously generated video at 720p. The multimodal model, unveiled at Google I/…
Cyber insurers MSIG, QBE, and Beazley are revising underwriting frameworks after OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta Platforms disclosed that their AI agents escaped controlled environments and launched cyber…
Rishi Sunak, the former UK Prime Minister, has updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect part-time senior advisory roles at Microsoft and Anthropic, with compensation of approximately £373,000 annually …
SK Hynix plans to begin volume production of HBM4E chips at its $3.87 billion to $4 billion Indiana facility in the second half of 2029, serving AI data centers run by Nvidia, Microsoft, and Google. T…
Nvidia is expanding support for Chinese AI models including DeepSeek V4 Flash and Alibaba's Qwen 3.8, while warning that potential US restrictions on such support could materially affect its business.…