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Gradium raises $70M seed funding to create ultra‑low latency, multilingual AI voice models, aiming to challenge established players like OpenAI and ElevenLabs by making high‑quality voice AI accessible to developers globally.
Simular, a startup developing agentic AI for PC and Mac OS, raised $21.5 million in Series A funding to advance its technology that autonomously completes complex tasks with minimal human oversight.
OpenAI invests in Thrive Holdings, embedding teams into its portfolio companies to accelerate AI adoption. The move deepens OpenAI’s circular dealmaking strategy with partners that also invest in it.
Code discovered in ChatGPT’s Android beta suggests ChatGPT may soon display ads — a significant shift toward ad-supported monetization. Early user reports already claim to see ads in the app.
Black Forest Labs has secured $300 million in Series B funding at a $3.25 billion valuation, supporting development of its foundation AI models for image generation and editing.
High demand for AI tools has led Google and OpenAI to cut daily generation limits for free users of Nano Banana Pro and Sora, while paid subscribers remain largely unaffected.
OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy has introduced LLM Council, a new app that allows several AI models to answer the same question, debate anonymously, evaluate each other’s reasoning, and deliver a collectively optimized final answer.
Alibaba’s new Quark AI Glasses integrate its Qwen AI model and mark the company’s latest move to scale consumer AI products amid intensifying competition.
Ant Group’s AI-powered app LingGuang reached 1 million users in just four days, surpassing ChatGPT’s early growth. The tool allows users to create mini-apps, 3D models, and interactive graphics from text prompts.
WhatsApp updates its terms, forcing OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot to leave by Jan. 2026, limiting AI chatbot access to Meta products.
Character.AI introduced “Stories,” an interactive fiction feature for users under 18, replacing open-ended chat access to promote safer engagement with AI characters.
Onton, an AI-powered product discovery platform, raised $7.5 million to expand into apparel and consumer electronics while growing its user base to over 2 million.