OpenAI drops erotic AI plans to prioritize enterprise clients before 2026 IPO
OpenAI has indefinitely shelved its planned erotic chatbot feature, citing safety concerns and investor pressure, as the company accelerates a sweeping consolidation of its product line ahead of a...
Mistral Launches Voxtral TTS: Shifts Voice Cloning From Cloud to Smartphones
Mistral's new open-source text-to-speech model, built on a 3-billion-parameter architecture, runs directly on smartphones...
Melania Trump Pitches AI Educators: Figure 03 Humanoid Debuts at White House
First Lady Melania Trump introduced the Figure 03 humanoid robot at a White House...
US Jury Fines Meta $375 Million For Child Harm: Verdict Targets Algorithms
A New Mexico jury found Meta liable for misleading users about child safety, ordering...
Japanese Manga Publishers Require B4 Paper: Why Digital Artists Must Adapt
Manga artists worldwide are discovering that drawing at the correct B4 manuscript size — and understanding the scaling rules that follow — is not optional if they want their work to survive the print publishing pipeline.
Reliance Launches Jio Electric Cycle 180km Range at ₹999 Monthly EMI
Reliance Jio Electric Cycle launches at ₹999 EMI with 180km range targeting India's mass market amid projected USD 7.02B EV growth by 2035
Nvidia Buys $2B CoreWeave Stake Amid Circular Financing Concerns
Nvidia invests $2B in CoreWeave at $87.20/share, acquiring 10% stake while critics warn circular financing creates AI ecosystem risks with $18.8B debt burden
OpenAI Forms Science Team Under Kevin Weil to Speed Research With GPT-5
OpenAI's Science team led by Kevin Weil reports 1.3M weekly researcher users and 47% growth in science messages. GPT-5.2 achieves 92% PhD-level accuracy but won't replace scientists.
AWS Exec’s Email Error Exposes Amazon’s 16,000-Job Layoff Plan Early
Amazon accidentally revealed 16,000 layoffs via premature email from AWS exec Colleen Aubrey, confirming Project Dawn cuts across US, Canada, and Costa Rica offices.
NASA’s Galileo Data Reveals Ammonia on Europa’s Surface, Boosting Hopes for Habitability
Scientists detected ammonia-bearing compounds on Europa's surface for first time using Galileo data, marking breakthrough for habitability research.
MIT Engineers Achieve 99% Accuracy With Heat-Powered Silicon Chips
MIT engineers developed porous silicon chips achieving 99% accuracy in heat-powered computing, using waste heat for matrix multiplication fundamental to machine learning.
Microsoft Loses $357 Billion in Market Value as AI Spending Spooks Investors
Microsoft lost $357 billion in market value Thursday, the second-largest single-day loss in U.S. history, as record AI spending and slowing Azure growth spooked investors.
Apple Acquires Israeli Audio AI Startup Q.ai in Second Deal With PrimeSense Founder
Apple acquires Israeli AI startup Q.ai for $2 billion, gaining silent speech technology that reads facial movements—founder's second sale to Apple.
US Commerce Dept Probes Meta Staff Access to WhatsApp Encrypted Messages
US Commerce Dept investigated claims Meta staff accessed WhatsApp messages despite encryption. Bureau denies probe despite documented case from July 2025.