OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on X that Peter Steinberger, the founder of the AI‑agent platform OpenClaw, is joining the company. Altman highlighted Steinberger’s vision for multi‑agent interaction, saying that collaborative agents will soon become central to OpenAI’s products. OpenClaw, previously known as Moltbot and Clawdbot, gained rapid attention earlier this year but faced challenges such as malicious skills on its ClawHub marketplace and a human‑infiltrated social network called MoltBook. Steinberger posted that the move lets him scale his ideas without the burdens of running a company, while OpenAI plans to keep OpenClaw open‑source under a new foundation. Read more →

Peak XV Partners has led a Series A investment in C2i Semiconductors, an Indian startup developing plug‑and‑play, system‑level power solutions for AI data centers. C2i aims to reduce the 15%‑20% energy loss that occurs when high‑voltage power is stepped down to GPUs, potentially cutting overall power consumption by about 10%. The company, founded by former Texas Instruments executives, is preparing its first silicon designs for validation with data‑center operators and hyperscalers. The investment reflects growing concern that power, rather than compute, is becoming the primary constraint on scaling AI infrastructure. Read more →

Peter Steinberger, the Austrian developer behind the viral AI personal assistant OpenClaw, has left his startup to join OpenAI. Steinberger said he prefers changing the world over building a large company, and sees OpenAI as the fastest path to broad impact. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that Steinberger will lead efforts on the next generation of personal agents, while OpenClaw will continue as an open‑source project supported by OpenAI. Read more →

The Pentagon is urging AI firms to permit the U.S. military to employ their technologies for all lawful purposes, but Anthropic has emerged as the most resistant. The department is reportedly threatening to end its $200 million contract with the company amid disagreements about how Claude models are used, including a reported deployment in an operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. While other firms have shown flexibility, Anthropic focuses on hard limits around fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. Read more →

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman announced that India now has 100 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, making the country the platform’s second‑largest market after the United States. The growth is driven largely by students, and OpenAI has tailored its pricing and launched a free‑for‑a‑year tier to suit India’s price‑sensitive environment. Altman highlighted the nation’s importance at an upcoming AI summit in New Delhi, where the company plans to deepen partnerships with the Indian government and expand AI access across the country. Read more →

Glean, originally built as an AI‑powered search tool for enterprise SaaS data, is shifting its focus to become the connective intelligence layer between large language models and corporate systems. By abstracting model access, integrating deeply with tools like Slack, Jira, Salesforce, and Google Drive, and providing a permissions‑aware governance and retrieval framework, Glean aims to deliver reliable, context‑rich AI assistants without locking customers into a single model or productivity suite. The company highlights model‑output verification, citation generation, and strict access controls as differentiators that could enable large‑scale AI deployments across organizations. Read more →

Pathologic 3 offers a uniquely human‑made experience that blends survival, medical detective work, and management simulation in a plague‑stricken town. Players control Doctor Daniil Dankovsky, known as Bachelor, as he navigates a lockdown, balances apathy and mania, and confronts cryptic townsfolk. The game’s time‑jump mechanic lets players redo days with new insight, while its writing, art direction, and genre‑shifting gameplay keep the experience fresh. In an industry increasingly experimenting with generative AI, Pathologic 3 demonstrates the lasting value of human creativity and complex storytelling. Read more →

Hollywood studios and unions are condemning ByteDance’s new AI video model, Seedance 2.0, labeling it a tool for widespread copyright infringement. The Motion Picture Association, Disney, Paramount, SAG‑AFTRA and other groups have demanded that ByteDance halt the service and have issued cease‑and‑desist letters, citing unauthorized use of copyrighted characters and the likeness of real people. Critics warn the technology, which creates short videos from text prompts, lacks adequate safeguards and threatens creators’ rights and American jobs. Read more →

Google's AI Overviews, which present synthesized answers to search queries, are being weaponized by scammers who embed fraudulent phone numbers in the data the AI pulls from the web. Victims who rely on these AI‑generated contact details may call numbers that route them to impostors seeking payment or personal information. Google says it is strengthening anti‑spam protections, but experts advise users to verify any phone numbers directly on official company sites. The issue highlights broader risks of AI‑driven search results presenting unchecked information as fact. Read more →

Former employees say safety is effectively dead at Elon Musk's xAI as the company pushes its Grok chatbot to become more unhinged. The wave of departures follows SpaceX's acquisition of xAI and reports that Grok was used to generate over a million sexualized images, including deepfakes of real women and minors. Workers cite a lack of direction and a perception that the firm is lagging behind rivals, while Musk is alleged to view safety measures as censorship. Read more →

Hollywood studios and unions have sharply criticized ByteDance's new AI video model, Seedance 2.0, accusing it of massive copyright violations. The tool, released through ByteDance's Jianying and soon CapCut apps, lets users generate short videos from text prompts, but has already produced content featuring copyrighted characters and likenesses of real actors. Industry groups, including the Motion Picture Association and SAG‑AFTRA, have called for an immediate halt to the service, labeling it an attack on creators and a breach of U.S. copyright law. Read more →

The Walt Disney Company has issued a cease‑and‑desist letter to ByteDance, alleging that the company’s new generative‑AI tool, Seedance 2.0, incorporates Disney’s copyrighted characters without permission. Disney claims the AI model was trained on a “pirated library” of its intellectual property, citing examples that feature characters such as Spider‑Man, Darth Vader, and Peter Griffin. The dispute adds to a growing series of legal confrontations between Hollywood studios and AI developers, following earlier actions against Character.AI and Google, while Disney maintains a licensing partnership with OpenAI for the use of its content. Read more →

OpenAI has turned off the GPT-4o model in ChatGPT, prompting a wave of disappointment and grief among users who valued its warmer, more emotional interactions. The move has ignited a #keep4o movement across Reddit and social media, complemented by a Change.org petition that has gathered nearly 21,000 signatures. Critics accuse OpenAI of hypocrisy for emphasizing user mental‑well‑being while removing a feature that many considered a therapeutic companion. The episode highlights growing concerns about AI‑driven emotional attachment and the responsibilities of AI providers. Read more →

OpenAI has officially retired its GPT-4o model, ending access to the conversational AI that was previously reinstated after user complaints. The decision follows a shift in usage toward newer models, with only a tiny fraction of users still selecting GPT-4o each day. The retirement comes amid ongoing wrongful death lawsuits that reference the model, and it marks the latest instance of OpenAI sunsetting a version of its ChatGPT technology. Read more →

Google has enhanced the Deep Think mode of its Gemini 3 model, enabling users to convert sketches, photos or rough concepts into ready‑to‑print 3D files. The upgrade adds procedural design tools, simulation, optimization and STL export, reducing the need for specialized CAD software and hardware. Gemini 3 Deep Think is now available to Google AI Ultra subscribers through the Gemini app and will be offered via API to companies and researchers, promising faster prototyping for hobbyists, engineers and material scientists alike. Read more →

Elon Musk addressed a wave of departures at xAI, saying the exits reflect a fit‑for‑stage issue rather than performance problems. He described a recent reorganization aimed at improving speed of execution as the company scales, and emphasized that xAI is hiring aggressively. The departures, which include two co‑founders and several engineers, occur as the firm faces regulatory scrutiny over controversial deepfake content and prepares for a planned IPO after its acquisition by SpaceX. Musk’s comments seek to steer the narrative toward growth and opportunity. Read more →

Nvidia announced that its GeForce Now streaming service is now available on three Amazon Fire TV Stick models, allowing users to play more than 2,000 games—including titles like Fortnite and Crysis—directly on their TVs. The service streams at up to 1080p and 60 fps, though HDR is not supported. This expansion adds to GeForce Now’s presence on Linux, Windows PCs, and Macs, offering a new, hardware‑light option for gamers facing high component costs. Read more →

India’s government has launched a partnership with Alibaba.com’s B2B platform to help startups and small firms reach overseas buyers. The initiative, part of the Startup India program, offers commissions and technical support to enable micro, small and medium enterprises to sell “Made in India” products globally. While India continues to ban several Chinese consumer apps, the collaboration reflects a selective approach that separates export‑focused services from consumer‑facing platforms. Read more →

Anthropic’s recent Super Bowl commercials, which feature darkly comedic scenarios of users seeking chatbot advice, have driven a sharp rise in the Claude AI app’s popularity. Within days of the ads, Claude jumped from No. 41 to No. 7 on the U.S. App Store, its highest ranking to date. Downloads surged to an estimated 148,000 between Sunday and Tuesday, a 32% increase over the prior three‑day period. The surge coincided with the release of Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 model and a contrast to competitor ChatGPT’s new ad rollout, highlighting Claude’s “no ads” positioning. Read more →

Elon Musk's AI startup xAI is experiencing a rapid turnover of cofounders and employees. Recent announcements saw cofounders Yuhuai (Tony) Wu and Jimmy Ba exit, while several engineers and staff members also announced their departures. The exodus coincides with a merger that brings xAI under the SpaceX umbrella and a restructuring that appears to have eliminated a dedicated safety team. Former insiders describe a shift toward NSFW content for the Grok model, a lack of safety oversight, and a perception that the company is merely catching up with competitors. The turmoil has prompted some former staff to launch new AI ventures. Read more →