Wikipedia pauses AI-generated summaries pilot after editors protest
Editors almost immediately criticized the pilot, raising concerns that it could damage Wikipedia’s credibility.
Disney and Universal sue Midjourney, alleging AI-related copyright infringement
by Kyle Wiggers
The studios are seeking monetary damages, a jury trial, and an order barring Midjourney from further copyright infringement.
OpenAI releases o3-pro, a souped-up version of its o3 AI reasoning model
by Kyle Wiggers
OpenAI has launched o3-pro, an AI model that the company claims is its most capable yet.
Atlassian rival Linear raises $82M at $1.25B valuation
by Kyle Wiggers
Linear, an enterprise software maker that competes with many of Atlassian’s products, announced that it raised $82 million in a Series C funding round led by Accel.
Apple’s upgraded AI models underwhelm on performance
by Kyle Wiggers
Apple has announced updates to the AI models that power its suite of Apple Intelligence features across iOS, macOS, and more. But according to the company’s own benchmarks, the models underperform older models from rival tech firms including OpenAI.
Mistral releases a pair of AI reasoning models
by Kyle Wiggers
Like other reasoning models, Magistral works through problems step-by-step for improved consistency and reliability across topics such as math and physics.
OpenAI claims to have hit $10B in annual revenue
by Kyle Wiggers
OpenAI says it recently hit $10 billion in annual recurring revenue, up from around $5.5 billion last year.
Apple brings Apple Intelligence to the iPhone screen
by Kyle Wiggers
Apple said it’s bringing Visual Intelligence, its AI-powered image analysis tech, to the iPhone screen in iOS 26.
Apple lets developers tap into its offline AI models
by Kyle Wiggers
Apple is launching what it calls the Foundation Models framework, which the company says will enable developers to tap into its AI models in an offline, on-device fashion.
Corporate AI adoption may be leveling off, according to Ramp data
by Kyle Wiggers
A healthy chunk of corporate America has eagerly embraced AI, betting that the tech will bring heretofore unrealizable productivity gains. But adoption may be leveling off, according to transaction data from fintech company Ramp.
Anthropic’s AI-generated blog dies an early death
by Kyle Wiggers
Anthropic was experimenting with an AI-generated blog. TechCrunch profiled it. Then, Anthropic shut it down.
Qualcomm to acquire semiconductor firm Alphawave Semi for $2.4B
by Kyle Wiggers
Qualcomm has acquired Alphawave Semi, a U.K.-based semiconductor company focused on high-speed data center connectivity, for around $2.4 billion.
OpenAI updates ChatGPT’s voice mode with more natural-sounding speech
by Kyle Wiggers
ChatGPT’s natural-sounding voice mode just got a big update, including more natural-sounding synthetic voice options.
Anthropic appoints a national security expert to its governing trust
by Kyle Wiggers
Anthropic’s long-term benefit trust is a governance mechanism that Anthropic claims helps it promote safety over profit, and which has the power to elect some of the company’s board of directors.
EleutherAI releases massive AI training dataset of licensed and open domain text
by Kyle Wiggers
EleutherAI, an AI research organization, has released what it’s claiming is one of the largest collections of licensed and open-domain text for training AI models.
OpenAI’s marketing head takes leave to undergo breast cancer treatment
by Kyle Wiggers
OpenAI’s head of marketing, Kate Rouch, has announced she’s stepping away from her role for three months while she undergoes treatment for invasive breast cancer.
Google says its updated Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model is better at coding
by Kyle Wiggers
Google on Thursday announced an update to its Gemini 2.5 Pro preview model that the company claims is better at certain programming tasks. The company’s calling it an “updated preview,” building on the upgrade to Gemini 2.5 Pro that G…
Anthropic unveils custom AI models for U.S. national security customers
by Kyle Wiggers
Anthropic says that it has released a new set of AI models tailored for U.S. national security customers. The new models, a custom set of “Claude Gov” models, were “built based on direct feedback from our government customers to addre…
North America takes the bulk of AI VC investments, despite tough political environment
by Kyle Wiggers
Despite what some experts have characterized as an environment increasingly hostile to AI R&D, North America continues to receive the bulk of AI venture dollars, according to data from investment tracker PitchBook. Between February and May of this …
Hugging Face says its new robotics model is so efficient it can run on a MacBook
by Kyle Wiggers
AI dev platform Hugging Face released an open AI model for robotics called SmolVLA, which the company claims outperforms much larger models for robotics in both virtual and real-world environments.
Mistral releases a vibe coding client, Mistral Code
by Kyle Wiggers
French AI startup Mistral is releasing its own “vibe coding” client, Mistral Code, to compete with incumbents like Windsurf, Anysphere’s Cursor, and GitHub Copilot. Mistral Code, a fork of the open source project Continue, is an AI-po…
Anthropic’s AI is writing its own blog — with human oversight
by Kyle Wiggers
Anthropic has given its AI a blog. A week ago, Anthropic quietly launched Claude Explains, a new page on its website that’s generated mostly by the company’s AI model family, Claude. Populated by posts on technical topics related to various…
DeepSeek may have used Google’s Gemini to train its latest model
by Kyle Wiggers
Last week, Chinese lab DeepSeek released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model that performs well on a number of math and coding benchmarks. The company didn’t reveal the source of the data it used to train the model, but some AI resear…
AWS establishes new German corporate presence to advance European sovereign cloud
by Kyle Wiggers
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing division, is forming a new parent company and three subsidiaries in Germany as part of a sovereign cloud the company is launching in the European Union. AWS VP Kathrin Renz will serve as managin…
Salesforce buys Moonhub, a startup building AI tools for hiring
by Kyle Wiggers
Salesforce has quietly snapped up Moonhub, a startup building AI to vet and hire talent. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. In a post on Moonhub’s website on Monday, the company said that its entire Menlo Park, California-based team w…