OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Health, a dedicated health‑focused tab within the ChatGPT app that offers users a safer way to ask medical questions, review lab results, and organize health information. The feature uses the same large language model as standard ChatGPT but adds stricter limits, physician‑reviewed responses, and extra encryption to protect sensitive data. It can sync with apps such as Apple Health and upload documents, yet it does not replace professional diagnosis or treatment. OpenAI stresses that the tool is for consumer wellness and is not HIPAA‑covered, while acknowledging ongoing risks like hallucinations and the need for user caution. Read more →

OpenAI announced a partnership with six public and private higher‑education institutions in India, aiming to provide campus‑wide access to its ChatGPT Edu tools, faculty training, and responsible‑use frameworks. The initiative targets more than 100,000 students, faculty, and staff and includes collaborations with Indian ed‑tech platforms to offer structured AI courses. By embedding AI into core academic workflows such as coding, research, and analytics, OpenAI seeks to accelerate AI skill development and shape how artificial intelligence is taught and governed within one of the world’s largest higher‑education systems. Read more →

Generative AI is producing a flood of low‑quality, repetitive content—dubbed “AI slop”—that now dominates social‑media feeds and academic publishing. Creators such as Rosanna Pansino are responding by recreating AI‑generated videos with real‑world skill, while platforms, researchers, and regulators explore labeling, watermarking, and new policies to curb the spread. The battle pits human creativity against automated content machines, highlighting concerns about misinformation, deepfakes, and the future of authentic online experiences. Read more →

Mistral AI chief executive Arthur Mensch says companies are "replatforming," moving from traditional software to AI-driven solutions. He warns that success depends on having the "right infrastructure"—including clean data, cloud and compute resources, security, and skilled staff. Mensch predicts that more than half of current enterprise SaaS applications could be replaced by AI tools, creating a gap between firms that adopt AI and those that do not. He sees the trend as a major growth opportunity for Mistral, noting that over 100 enterprise customers are already exploring the shift. Read more →

Google's NotebookLM tool now lets users revise individual slides with natural‑language prompts and export decks as PowerPoint‑ready PPTX files. The update aims to streamline the slide‑creation workflow by allowing targeted edits without regenerating whole decks, while also preparing for future Google Slides export support. Users are cautioned that extensive revisions may affect layout consistency, requiring manual cleanup. Read more →

Perplexity, an AI search startup, is phasing out advertising and focusing on paid subscriptions for business users and high‑end professionals. Executives say ads could erode user trust, so the company will prioritize accuracy and revenue from customers like finance experts, lawyers, doctors, and CEOs. While not ruling out future ads, Perplexity aligns itself with the anti‑ad camp in the generative‑AI industry, contrasting with rivals such as OpenAI, which is testing ads, and Anthropic, which remains ad‑free. Read more →

Cameo, the platform that lets celebrities sell short personalized videos, secured a preliminary victory in its trademark lawsuit against OpenAI. A California judge ruled that OpenAI’s Sora video‑generation feature cannot use the term “Cameo” or any confusingly similar variation. The decision includes a preliminary injunction that halts the use of the name, marking another notable intellectual‑property clash as AI companies expand video‑creation capabilities. Read more →

Anthropic announced the release of Claude Sonnet 4.6, an upgraded mid‑range AI model that can code at a level comparable to its larger Opus series and interact with computers much like a human user. The model demonstrated human‑baseline performance on the OSWorld benchmark, handling tasks such as form filling and tab switching without specialized connectors. Anthropic also highlighted improved resistance to prompt‑injection attacks and a beta‑tested 1 million‑token context window, signaling stronger safety and scalability. The launch coincides with a surge in Claude’s popularity and a high‑profile advertising campaign targeting rival OpenAI. Read more →

A federal district court in Northern California ruled in favor of the video‑message platform Cameo, ordering OpenAI to cease using the word “Cameo” for its AI‑powered video generation feature. The court found the name likely to cause user confusion and rejected OpenAI’s claim that the term was merely descriptive. OpenAI subsequently renamed the feature “Characters.” The decision marks a significant win for Cameo’s brand protection efforts amid a series of recent intellectual‑property disputes involving OpenAI. Read more →

OpenAI announced a partnership with Peter Steinberger, the founder of the open-source AI assistant OpenClaw. Steinberger will join OpenAI to help expand personal AI agents while transitioning OpenClaw to an independent foundation that preserves its open-source roots. The deal provides OpenAI with credibility in the developer community and access to a viral platform known for autonomous task execution across messaging apps. Both parties view the collaboration as a catalyst for making personal AI agents a mainstream tool. Read more →

Infosys announced a partnership with Anthropic to integrate the latter's Claude models into its Topaz AI platform, creating autonomous AI agents for complex enterprise workflows in sectors such as banking, telecoms and manufacturing. The deal was unveiled at India's AI Impact Summit in New Delhi amid concerns that large‑language‑model tools could disrupt the Indian IT services industry. Infosys will use Anthropic's Claude Code for software development tasks and has already begun internal deployments. The collaboration also offers Anthropic a pathway into regulated enterprise markets, leveraging Infosys' industry expertise. Read more →

Fear of missing out on artificial intelligence—AI FOMO—is shaping how companies invest in technology and how employees view their jobs. Research shows that many leaders adopt AI out of anxiety rather than strategic need, while workers worry about skill relevance and autonomy. Higher AI literacy reduces the fear, but the pressure to keep pace creates a feedback loop of rushed adoption and mixed results. The trend underscores the need for intentional, purpose‑driven AI implementation rather than reactionary moves driven by fear. Read more →

Apple Music is rolling out two major upgrades in its latest iOS update: a new AI‑driven playlist creator called Playlist Playground and a Live Events hub for upcoming gigs. Playlist Playground, currently in beta, lets users generate 25‑track playlists from text prompts or a selection of at least ten songs, and it works on devices without Apple Intelligence. The Live Events feature will surface local concerts within the app, resembling Spotify’s similar offering. Both updates aim to broaden music discovery and personalize the listening experience. Read more →

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has opened a large‑scale inquiry into X (formerly Twitter) concerning the AI tool Grok, which allegedly produced millions of sexualized images—including thousands depicting children—without consent. The investigation will assess X’s compliance with GDPR obligations and follows a prior European Commission probe under the Digital Services Act. The Center for Countering Digital Hate’s recent review highlighted the scale of the issue, and X’s own statements about restricting Grok’s capabilities have been called into question by on‑the‑ground testing. Read more →

Enterprise AI firm Cohere launched the Tiny Aya family of open-weight multilingual models, supporting over 70 languages and designed for on‑device use. The base model contains 3.35 billion parameters and runs on everyday hardware without internet connectivity. Regional variants target African, South Asian, and Asia‑Pacific/West‑Asia/European languages. Trained on a single cluster of 64 H100 GPUs, the models are available on HuggingFace, the Cohere platform, Kaggle and Ollama, with accompanying datasets and a forthcoming technical report. Cohere also highlighted strong financial performance and a pending public‑market plan. Read more →

Anthropic has introduced Sonnet 4.6, the latest iteration of its mid-size model, as part of its four‑month update rhythm. The new version improves coding, instruction‑following, and computer‑use capabilities and becomes the default for both Free and Pro plan users. A beta rollout offers a one‑million‑token context window—twice the size of the previous maximum—enabling handling of entire codebases, lengthy contracts, or dozens of research papers in a single request. The launch follows the Opus 4.6 release and is accompanied by strong benchmark results, including a 60.4% score on ARC‑AGI‑2, positioning Sonnet 4.6 above most comparable models. Read more →

OpenAI has launched Lockdown Mode, a high‑security setting for ChatGPT aimed at users with elevated digital risk such as journalists, activists, and professionals in sensitive environments. The feature narrows the model’s capabilities by restricting web browsing to cached content, disabling image generation in responses, and turning off advanced tools like Deep Research and Agent Mode. It also blocks network access for generated code and prevents automatic file downloads, while still allowing manual file uploads. Initially available to Enterprise, Education, Healthcare, and Teacher plans, the mode will later expand to consumer and team subscriptions, with admins able to assign it at the workspace level. Read more →

European regulators have launched a formal probe into Elon Musk's xAI under the Digital Services Act, focusing on the AI model Grok's creation of sexualized images of women and children. The investigation will also assess whether X, the parent platform, breached GDPR rules on personal data processing. The move follows raids on X's Paris offices, summons of Musk and former chief executive Linda Yaccarino, and a recent UK inquiry into Grok's data use. X has denied wrongdoing, labeling the raids as political theater, while it reports recent staff departures and internal restructuring. Read more →

A recent CNET‑commissioned survey of U.S. adults who use social media reveals that while 94% believe they encounter AI‑created or edited material online, only 44% feel confident they can tell real photos and videos from AI‑generated ones. Most respondents (72%) say they take steps to verify suspicious content, yet a sizable share does nothing, especially among older generations. Over half of those surveyed call for better labeling of AI‑generated media, and one‑fifth support an outright ban on such content on social platforms. The findings highlight a growing gap between the prevalence of AI‑driven media and public ability to discern it. Read more →

The cost of AI infrastructure is increasingly driven by memory expenses, with DRAM prices jumping roughly 7x in the past year. As hyperscalers expand data centers, managing prompt caching and memory orchestration is emerging as a key competitive factor. Companies that master cache optimization can reduce token usage and inference costs, opening new avenues for profitability in AI applications. Read more →