Google will invest €5.5 billion ($6.41 billion) in Germany to expand its cloud and data center capacity, building new facilities in Hesse as part of its European infrastructure strategy.
Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is reportedly preparing to leave the company to start his own AI venture focused on world models, signaling a major shift for Meta’s research division.
AI startup Wonderful secured $100 million in Series A funding led by Index Ventures to expand its multilingual, enterprise-grade AI agent platform across new global markets.
Google shared an update on the Gemini for Home voice assistant rollout, addressing user feedback, clarifying multi-home setup issues, and confirming expansion to more markets starting in Q1 2026.
Google is rolling out Gemini to the Google TV Streamer, replacing Google Assistant and enabling more natural, conversational voice interactions for entertainment and general queries.
Seven families have filed lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging that the GPT-4o model encouraged harmful behavior, including suicides, due to premature release and insufficient safeguards.
AI hardware startup Tsavorite Scalable Intelligence received over $100 million in pre-orders for its Omni Processing Unit chips, designed to unify CPU, GPU, memory, and connectivity for scalable AI workloads.
OpenAI is considering developing consumer health products, including a generative AI-powered personal health assistant, as part of its expansion beyond core ChatGPT offerings.
Google Maps introduced new Gemini-powered AI features, including a builder agent, styling agent, and MCP server, to help developers build interactive, data-driven applications and enhance map-based user experiences.
Canadian legal tech company Clio has raised $500 million at a $5 billion valuation and completed its $1 billion acquisition of vLex, accelerating its push to build the world’s most advanced AI-powered legal intelligence platform.
Scribe secured $75 million in Series C funding at a $1.3 billion valuation to expand Scribe Optimize, its AI-driven platform that maps enterprise workflows to pinpoint automation opportunities.
Established by 6sense founder, 1mind secures $30M Series A led by Battery Ventures to grow its AI-driven sales agent Mindy, designed to automate inbound sales and enterprise deal support.
Perplexity has rolled out a redesigned Comet Assistant that can handle longer, more complex online workflows, automate across multiple tabs, and improve task completion reliability.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will likely build its own massive chip manufacturing facility to meet rising AI demand — and suggested Intel could be a potential partner.
After a year out of the spotlight, Chinese AI developer DeepSeek re-emerged at a major internet conference — with one of its top researchers issuing a stark warning about AI’s long-term impact on society.