Microsoft implements email filtering for terms like "Palestine" and "Gaza" following employee protests over Israeli contracts, sparking accusations of censorship and raising concerns about corporate speech policing.

Jony Ive joins OpenAI in a multi-billion dollar venture to design new AI-powered hardware, a move that presents both immense opportunity and significant risks for his celebrated design legacy.

OpenAI has enhanced its Responses API with new tools like image generation, Code Interpreter, and MCP server support, empowering developers to build more sophisticated and action-oriented AI agents for enterprise applications.

Signal's Windows desktop app now blocks Microsoft's Recall AI from screenshotting chats, citing major privacy concerns and inadequate developer controls from Microsoft.

OpenAI merges Jony Ive's 'io' in a $6.5B deal, launching a major AI hardware push to revolutionize user interaction with artificial intelligence and create next-generation devices.

Google is integrating advertisements into its new AI Mode and AI Overviews search features, initially in the U.S., a move set to reshape search monetization while raising publisher and user experience concerns.

A hack of the Signal app clone used by the Trump administration exposes messages and metadata for over 60 involved government officials..

Mistral AI has launched Devstral, a new 24-billion parameter open-source AI model designed for advanced software engineering, emphasizing local deployment and agentic coding to boost developer productivity in a competitive market.

LMArena, the startup developed from UC Berkeley's Chatbot Arena, secures $100 million in seed funding at a $600 million valuation to expand its AI model evaluation platform, amidst ongoing discussions on benchmarking ethics and methodology.

Google has unveiled SynthID Detector at I/O 2025, a tool to identify AI-generated media via digital watermarks, tackling deepfake and misinformation concerns

Google has launched NotebookLM mobile apps for Android and iOS, bringing its AI research assistant to smartphones and tablets, and announced upcoming Video Overviews to enhance multimedia understanding.

Microsoft publicly blames Apple's App Store policies and injunction handling for delaying its Xbox mobile store, filing an amicus brief supporting Epic Games and detailing significant developer hurdles.

Google Search AI Mode with Gemini 2.5 launches in the U.S., offering Deep Search, live camera interaction & agentic shopping from I/O 2025, as publisher concerns continue.

Google launches its Jules AI coding agent in public beta, accompanied by Firebase AI updates, boosting autonomous developer tools against OpenAI Codex & GitHub Copilot.

Google has unveiled Firebase AI Logic and the experimental Stitch UI generator at I/O 2025, aiming to simplify AI integration and accelerate app development with enhanced Gemini model access and AI-powered design tools.

Google Stitch, launched at I/O 2025 is an AI tool using Gemini to instantly generate app UI from prompts, streamlining app design and development.

Google introduces Gemini AI-powered real-time speech translation in Google Meet, preserving speaker tone and initially supporting English/Spanish, alongside other Workspace enhancements like personalized Gmail replies.

Google boosts its Gemini 2.5 AI with a 'Deep Think' option for Pro, and enhances its Gemini 2.5 Flash model.