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OpenAI Poaches Top Engineers from Tesla, xAI, and Meta
OpenAI hires senior engineers from rivals Tesla, xAI, and Meta, a strategic counter-move in the escalating AI talent war over critical infrastructure talent.
Meta Invests $3.5 Billion in Ray-Ban Parent EssilorLuxottica to Fuel AI Glasses Push
Meta deepens its AI glasses push with a $3.5B investment in Ray-Ban's parent company, EssilorLuxottica, while poaching top talent from Apple and OpenAI.
Google Forces Gemini App Integration on Android, Sparking Widespread Privacy Fears
Google's new Android update enables Gemini AI to access third-party apps by default, overriding user settings and sparking widespread privacy concerns.
Replit Partners With Microsoft, Shifting AI Coding Alliances and Challenging Google Cloud
Replit partners with Microsoft, integrating with Azure and its Marketplace. The move challenges Replit's long-standing partner, Google Cloud.
Anthropic Proposes AI Transparency Framework to Tackle Industry-Wide Safety Crisis
Anthropic proposes a 'Secure Development Framework' for frontier AI, urging public safety disclosures to tackle the industry's growing trust and safety crisis.
Microsoft Teams Rolls Out Threaded Conversations and New Productivity Tools in Public Preview
Microsoft Teams launches a public preview with threaded conversations, multiple emoji reactions, and new productivity tools to streamline workflow and collaboration.
Apple Loses Top AI Executive to Meta in Ongoing Talent War
Apple's AI division suffers a major blow as top engineering manager Ruoming Pang defects to Meta, the latest move in an aggressive, high-stakes talent war.
OpenAI Fortifies Security Against Espionage, Citing DeepSeek’s Alleged IP Theft
OpenAI is implementing a major security overhaul with biometric access and offline systems, a response to allegations of IP theft and corporate espionage by Chinese rival DeepSeek.
OpenAI Ramps Up Stock Pay to to $4.4 billion to Combat Meta’s Costly Talent Raids
OpenAI is boosting its stock-based pay to over $4.4B to fend off Meta's aggressive talent raids, revealing the steep financial cost of the AI talent war.
Alibaba Releases WebSailor, an Open-Source AI Agent Aiming for ‘Superhuman’ Reasoning
Alibaba has released WebSailor, a new open-source AI web agent designed for complex reasoning, claiming state-of-the-art performance that closes the gap on proprietary models.
Apple Appeals €500M EU Fine, Escalating DMA Showdown Over App Store Rules
Apple has formally appealed the EU's €500M fine over App Store anti-steering rules, escalating its legal battle against the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
CoreWeave Acquires Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific for $9 Billion to Fuel AI Data Center Expansion
AI cloud provider CoreWeave acquires crypto-miner Core Scientific in a $9B all-stock deal, securing over 2.3 GW of power for its AI data center expansion.
Azure AI Foundry Agent Service Gains Model Context Protocol Support in Preview
Microsoft has added preview support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to its Azure AI Foundry Agent Service, aiming for universal AI agent interoperability amid rising security concerns.
Huawei Rejects Claims It Copied Alibaba’s Qwen AI Model for “Pangu Pro”
Huawei's AI lab denies claims from research group HonestAGI that its Pangu model is a copy of Alibaba's Qwen, based on a novel 'fingerprint' analysis.
The $4 Trillion Power Couple: Why Microsoft’s AI Future is Far Riskier Than Nvidia’s
Microsoft and Nvidia race to $4T, but Microsoft's AI strategy faces huge risks from its OpenAI feud, chip delays, and rising cloud competition. A deep dive.
Microsoft Open-Sources GitHub Copilot Chat to Build a Transparent AI Editor
Microsoft has open-sourced its popular GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code, a key step towards a transparent, community-driven AI editor.
Researchers Embed Hidden Prompts in Academic Papers to Manipulate AI Reviewers
Researchers from prominent universities worldwide are hiding secret commands in their academic papers to trick AI-powered review systems into giving positive feedback. An investigation first reported by Nikkei found at least 17 papers on the arXiv preprint server using...
Microsoft Sunsets Publisher: Here Are Your Best Alternatives
Microsoft is discontinuing its Publisher desktop publishing software in 2026. We explore the best replacement options, from professional tools like InDesign to free alternatives like Canva.