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.
Amazon employees demand ethical AI practices, warning that the company’s fast-paced AI rollout risks worker safety, democratic oversight, and environmental sustainability.
Microsoft has launched a major AI training initiative in Poland, aiming to provide one million people with AI competencies by the end of 2025. Free courses are available in Polish via the AI Skills Navigator hub.
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.
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says the era of scaling compute and data as the main driver of AI progress is ending, arguing that meaningful advances now depend on true scientific breakthroughs and solving AI’s poor generalization.
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.
OpenAI and Perplexity introduced AI shopping tools this week, helping users find products through chat-based queries. Experts say startups with niche datasets may still outperform general-purpose chatbots.
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.
Analysts say ChatGPT’s explosive growth trajectory puts it on track to become one of the world’s largest companies by 2030, driven by unprecedented demand for AI assistants, enterprise automation, and AI-driven commerce.
Warner Music Group has settled its copyright lawsuit with AI music startup Suno and sold Songkick to the company, paving the way for licensed AI music models.
ChatGPT Voice is now integrated into the main chat interface, letting users converse while viewing responses, images, and maps on web and mobile apps.