Epic Battles Apple iOS Developer Fees to Expand Own Mobile Game Store
Epic Games has expanded its mobile store in the EU, offering free games and covering Apple’s Core Technology Fee to support developers.
Meta Expands Threads Features with Custom Post Scheduling
Meta recently improved Threads with features like post scheduling, custom feeds, and creative markup tools, boosting its appeal to creators.
China’s DeepSeek R1 Reasoning Model and OpenAI o1 Contender is Heavily Censored
DeepSeek R1, a free AI model from China that outperforms OpenAI’s o1 in some reasoning tasks, uses built-in censorship to comply with government demands.
Trump Dismisses Musk’s Criticism Of Stargate AI Infrastructure Plan: “He Hates One Of The...
President Trump has defended the Stargate AI initiative after Elon Musk publicly criticized its funding claims, highlighting tensions with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Perplexity Launches Multimodal AI Assistant for Android, Challenging Google and OpenAI
Perplexity’s Android assistant helps with daily tasks using multimodal AI, offering users manage schedules, book rides, and much more.
Hugging Face Launches Small SmolVLM AI Models for PCs With Less Than 1GB of RAM
Hugging Face's SmolVLM models outperform larger counterparts on benchmarks, offering developers affordable and efficient AI solutions.
OpenAI Introduces Operator, an AI Agent for Online Task Management
OpenAI’s Operator AI agent simplifies repetitive online tasks, offering enhanced automation and productivity features for ChatGPT Pro subscribers.
Microsoft to Keep Accounts Logged In Starting February, Raising Security Concerns
Microsoft has overhauled its sign-in behavior to keep users logged in automatically, leaving public device users with added responsibility for security.
OpenAI Faces Global Outage with ChatGPT Down Across The World
A widespread outage has disrupted OpenAI's services worldwide, leaving ChatGPT and API users unable to access the popular AI systems.
Stargate Project: Satya Nadella Defends Microsoft’s Position Amid Redefined AI Partnership with OpenAI
Satya Nadella has reinforced Microsoft's commitment to OpenAI as the Stargate Project has shifted the dynamics of their collaboration.
Mistral AI Confirms IPO Plans While Expanding to Asia-Pacific
Mistral AI has announced plans for an IPO and to expand its operations to Asia-Pacific with a new office in Singapore, reinforcing its global growth strategy
LinkedIn Accused of AI Training With Private InMail Messages in Lawsuit
LinkedIn is facing a class-action lawsuit accusing it of sharing Premium users’ private messages and data to train AI models without consent, sparking privacy concerns.
Perplexity Introduces Customizable Real-time AI Search Via Sonar API
Perplexity has launched the Sonar API, offering customizable real-time AI search tools with citation-backed answers for developers and enterprises.
Stargate Project: What Trump’s AI Backing Means for the Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership
The $500 billion Stargate Project initiative creates political, economic, and strategic implications for OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft and U.S. AI leadership.
Microsoft Joins European Cloud Provider Coalition CISPE Following Licensing Dispute Settlement
Microsoft joins CISPE, a coalition of European cloud service providers, aligning on EU cloud migration initiatives.
OpenAI To Release o3-Mini Reasoning Model in Weeks
Sam Altman has announced the upcoming release of o3-Mini, a reasoning-focused AI model that emphasizes speed and affordability for diverse applications.
Microsoft’s AI Search Arrives for Windows 11 Insiders on Copilot+ PCs
Windows 11 insiders now get access to Microsoft’s new AI search feature, enabling smarter local file searches on Copilot+ PCs with NPU support.
Meta Restricts Fact-Checking Overhaul to U.S., Citing Trial Phase – EU And Other Regions...
Meta trials its new moderation approach in the U.S., while global fact-checking partnerships remain active to comply with regulations.
