The U.S. approved several Chinese companies to buy Nvidia’s H200 AI chips, but deliveries remain stalled amid political pressure and security concerns in both Washington and Beijing.
Microsoft is exploring acquisitions of AI startups including Inception as it builds internal AI capabilities beyond OpenAI. The move reflects growing competition for top AI talent and Microsoft’s effort to develop advanced models independently.
Nvidia has partnered with AI startup Ineffable Intelligence to develop large-scale reinforcement learning systems aimed at superintelligence research. The company was founded in late 2025 by former Google DeepMind researcher David Silver.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified that Elon Musk abandoned the company during a critical funding period rather than being pushed out of a nonprofit mission. The testimony came during the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial over OpenAI’s corporate structure and commercialization.
Anthropic has surpassed OpenAI in verified business customer adoption for the first time, according to new data from fintech firm Ramp. The shift highlights Anthropic’s growing traction among enterprise and technical customers.
Amazon has launched Alexa for Shopping, a generative AI assistant that combines Alexa+, Rufus, and customer shopping history to deliver personalized product recommendations, price tracking, and automated purchasing. The assistant is available across Amazon’s app, website, and Echo Show devices.
Google is reportedly in talks with SpaceX and other launch providers as it explores deploying orbital data centers under its Project Suncatcher initiative. The discussions reflect growing interest in space-based AI infrastructure and computing capacity.
Major U.S. banks are rapidly patching software vulnerabilities uncovered by Anthropic’s Mythos AI model as concerns grow over AI-driven cybersecurity risks. The system is reportedly identifying weaknesses and attack chains at speeds beyond traditional security workflows.
SoftBank has invested more than $450 million into Graphcore as the Japanese technology group expands its AI infrastructure and semiconductor ambitions. The funding follows SoftBank’s acquisition of the British AI chip company in 2024.
Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever testified that he spent about a year collecting evidence that Sam Altman displayed a “consistent pattern of lying.” The testimony came during the ongoing OpenAI and Elon Musk trial in California.
SoftBank is reportedly evaluating a multibillion-dollar AI data center project in France following talks with President Emmanuel Macron.
OpenAI has released three new realtime audio models for developers, including GPT-Realtime-2 for conversational AI agents, a live translation system supporting more than 70 languages, and a streaming speech-to-text model.
Tether Data has introduced QVAC MedPsy, a family of compact medical AI models designed for smartphones, laptops, and edge devices. The company claims the models outperform significantly larger healthcare-focused systems while reducing inference costs and token usage.
OpenAI has released ChatGPT integrations for Excel and Google Sheets, allowing users to build, edit, and analyze spreadsheets directly inside the applications.
Panthalassa has raised $140 million to scale offshore AI computing systems powered by ocean waves. The company says its floating infrastructure could help solve the energy and cooling constraints facing AI data centers.