The European Commission investigates Meta over AI restrictions in WhatsApp, raising concerns about competition and access for third-party AI providers.
OpenAI introduces an experimental “confessions” system that rewards honest self-reporting of mistakes in GPT-5 Thinking models, aiming to improve AI safety and visibility of failures.
Anthropic engages Wilson Sonsini to ready for a potential IPO in 2026, while weighing a new funding round that could value the AI company above $300 billion.
Security startup Verkada reaches a $5.8 billion valuation after a $100 million funding round led by CapitalG to expand AI-driven security solutions.
Senator Warner highlights risks of AI job displacement for recent graduates, calling for industry and government collaboration to track and manage AI’s workforce impact.
Amazon has introduced an AI feature for Fire TV that lets users jump to specific movie scenes on Prime Video by describing them to Alexa Plus.
Google Photos has introduced a year‑end Recap using its Gemini AI to highlight users’ top photos, hobbies, and moments from the past year.
A proposed ban on state AI regulation was rejected in the latest defense bill effort, reflecting ongoing federal‑state tensions over AI oversight.
AWS introduced new tools for enterprise customers to build and fine-tune custom large language models, alongside AI infrastructure offerings for on-premises deployments.
Google is testing a new Search feature that lets users move from AI Overviews into conversational AI Mode on the same results page. The rollout comes as OpenAI declares a “code red” and refocuses on ChatGPT.
KuCoin has introduced KuCoin Feed, an AI driven platform that consolidates real time crypto market information and personalized content into a single interface.
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.
French AI startup Mistral launched its Mistral 3 family of open-weight models, including a large multimodal frontier model and nine smaller, customizable models aimed at enterprise efficiency and accessibility.
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.
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