Microsoft has discontinued its innovative Surface Laptop Studio 2 with no replacement planned, continuing a trend of streamlining its hardware and impacting options for creative professionals.

Anthropic has formally apologized after its Claude AI model fabricated a legal citation used by its lawyers in a copyright lawsuit, highlighting ongoing AI reliability issues in professional settings and the critical need for human oversight.

Meta Platforms delays its flagship "Behemoth" AI model to late 2025, citing internal development and performance issues, impacting its AI strategy and reflecting wider industry challenges.

OpenAI commits an additional $4 billion to CoreWeave for AI cloud infrastructure through 2029. This deal highlights soaring GPU demand and fuels CoreWeave's major expansion.

European privacy group noyb has issued Meta a cease & desist over EU AI data use, demanding GDPR opt-in consent and threatening significant legal action including multi-billion Euro fines.

Microsoft faces a major UK class-action lawsuit alleging it abused market dominance and overcharged for Office & Windows by restricting pre-owned license sales since 2015.

Former President Trump has told Apple CEO Tim Cook he disapproves of more India iPhone production, pushing for U.S. manufacturing amid trade debates and Apple's supply chain shifts.

Covered California faces a lawsuit & federal scrutiny after an investigation found the state health marketplace sent sensitive user data, like SSNs & pregnancy status, to LinkedIn via web trackers.

Meta enhances its Ray-Ban smart glasses with new AI-powered accessibility features, including more detailed environmental descriptions and an expanded "Call a Volunteer" service with Be My Eyes, significantly aiding blind and low-vision users globally.

Google now leads in U.S. patent applications for both generative and agentic AI, surpassing IBM, according to new IFI Claims data, signaling a significant shift in the AI innovation landscape and intense global research focus.

Meta's FAIR division has released open-source AI tools to speed up discovery in chemistry & neuroscience.

OpenAI has integrated its advanced GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini models into ChatGPT, offering enhanced coding, instruction following, and greater transparency on safety evaluations for all user tiers.

Stability AI & Arm have released Stable Audio Open Small, an on-device AI for smartphones which offers fast, royalty-free audio, tackling IP issues.

OpenAI has launched a beta feature for ChatGPT Deep Research, enabling Plus, Pro, and Team users to connect and analyze files directly from their Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint accounts.

Google DeepMind's new AlphaEvolve AI, powered by Gemini, discovers and optimizes algorithms, impacting Google's systems and advancing mathematics.

Microsoft has extended free security updates for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 until October 10, 2028, a significant reversal offering users three more years of support beyond the OS end-of-life.

AWS & Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN reveal a $5B+ AI Zone, boosting the Kingdom's AI prowess with NVIDIA & AMD deals amid new U.S. tech export policies.

AI 'answer engine' Perplexity AI is closing a $500M Accel-led round, targeting a $14B valuation to expand its Google-challenging product suite and scale operations.