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Indonesia and Malaysia have imposed temporary bans on xAI’s Grok chatbot following a flood of sexualized, AI-generated imagery on X, intensifying global regulatory pressure on generative AI platforms.
Walmart and Google are launching a new shopping experience inside Gemini, combining Google’s AI with Walmart and Sam’s Club’s vast assortment, fast delivery, and personalized commerce powered by the Universal Commerce Protocol.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is set to release its next-generation V4 model in mid-February, featuring enhanced coding capabilities and support for long-form programming tasks.
China-based AI startup MiniMax raised $620 million in its Hong Kong IPO, with shares doubling on the first day. The company develops large language models and AI applications for global users.
Meta signed 20-year agreements to purchase nuclear power from three Vistra plants and develop small modular reactors with Oklo and TerraPower, aiming to meet growing AI-related electricity demand.
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI posted a $1.46 billion net loss for Q3 2025, up from $1 billion in the prior quarter, while revenue nearly doubled to $107 million.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raised over $15 billion across five new funds, including $1.7 billion for AI infrastructure and $6.75 billion for scaling startups, amid surging investor interest in tech.
X restricted Grok’s AI image-generation feature to paying subscribers following global criticism over non-consensual sexualized images of women and children. The move does not affect the standalone Grok app.
OpenAI has acqui-hired the team behind Convogo, a leadership assessment platform, to support its AI cloud efforts. The startup’s technology will not be acquired and will be shut down.
Nvidia is requiring Chinese customers to pay in full upfront for its H200 AI chips amid regulatory uncertainty. The move reflects rising political and export risks tied to advanced semiconductor sales.
Snowflake agreed to acquire observability platform Observe to strengthen telemetry monitoring and AI-scale data operations. The deal would mark Snowflake’s largest acquisition to date.
Google is rolling out Gemini-powered features in Gmail to help users summarize emails, generate replies, and prioritize messages. The updates aim to improve productivity as email volumes continue to rise.