Gemini 2.5 Native Audio brings improved voice interactions with live speech translation, enhanced conversation quality, and robust instruction following.

OpenAI extensively uses its Codex AI coding agent for self-improvement, code generation, and project management, enabling rapid software development and demonstrating its potential for agentic capabilities.

Google has removed AI-generated videos of Disney-owned characters from YouTube after a cease and desist letter from the studio.

Google Translate now uses Gemini for more natural and accurate translations, incorporating the nuance of tone and emphasis.

Opera's Neon AI browser is now available, offering AI-powered features and a premium price of $19.90/month, despite security concerns and a warning from Gartner.

Amazon added an AI-powered 'Ask this Book' feature to its Kindle iOS app, providing instant answers to readers' questions, but sparking concerns about authors' rights and consent.

ChatGPT has reached 800 million weekly active users, OpenAI introduces new updates and features, but also faces growing competition and regulatory scrutiny.

Over 150 parents urge New York governor Kathy Hochul to sign the RAISE Act without changes, citing concerns over AI safety.

US President Trump has lifted restrictions on selling highly advanced semiconductors to China, potentially giving China an AI advantage. This decision contradicts previous US policy aimed at preserving its lead in the AI race.

The Trump executive order directs federal agencies to challenge state AI laws, sparking concerns over prolonged uncertainty for startups.

Enterprise AI pilots underperform not due to the model, but context; context engineering is essential for AI to achieve autonomy.

Google's Translate app introduces real-time foreign language translation through Gemini, supporting over 70 languages, and will expand to iOS and more countries next year.

Rivian showcases its Large Driving Model, which enables hands-free driving on 3.5 million miles of roads in the US and Canada, and promises to expand to eyes-free driving by 2026.

The government of Maharashtra extends MahaCrimeOS AI platform to all 1,100 police stations across the state, enhancing cybercrime investigation capabilities.

Microsoft, OpenAI, and the Maharashtra Police collaborated on MahaCrimeOS AI, which supports victims of cybercrime and financial fraud.

AI songwriters in Nashville are using Suno tools to create country music demos, revolutionizing the music-making process. Not everyone is eager to talk about it, citing the soulless quality of AI-generated music.

Codex Mortis, a Vampire Survivors-esque game, claims to be the world's first fully playable game created 100% through AI. The game was 100% vibe-coded over three months using a mix of generative AI tools.

NVIDIA cuFFTMp demonstrates robust scaling performance on the NVIDIA Eos and Blackwell platforms, achieving up to 2.09x speedup and reaching 1.69 PFlop/s at 2048 GPUs.

Linux kernel developers are using AI to support project maintenance, including patch triage and security fixes, but copyright and open-source licensing concerns remain.

NVIDIA introduces a RAG Blueprint for enterprise environments and explains how to autoscale key microservices using Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) for a customer service chatbot use case.

Ai2 extended reinforcement learning training for its Olmo 3 models, resulting in improved performance on math, reasoning, and instruction-following benchmarks.

Google researchers developed a framework and techniques for AI agents to optimize tool and compute budgets, improving resource efficiency and reducing costs.

For the first time, a large language model has demonstrated human-level linguistic analysis capabilities, challenging the belief that AI systems lack the ability to reason about language.

NVIDIA NeMo Evaluator and Data Designer allow developers to create synthetic datasets and evaluate AI models without exposing real-world data. This enables the development of trustworthy AI systems in regulated domains.

Softbank's founder Masayoshi Son is eyeing potential acquisitions, including Switch Inc., to capitalize on the AI-driven boom in digital infrastructure.

Major startups in AI identity security, energy efficiency, geothermal power, and biotech raised substantial funding in the latest top 10 venture deals.

The 2025 seed funding environment broke records for large rounds and AI investments, with the US leading in geographic trends.

OpenAI flags high risk from cyber-capable AI models, invests in safeguards, and releases framework for threat modeling.

A recent survey found that half of Americans use AI chatbots like ChatGPT, and researchers have identified potential risks, including the use of personal information for model training and potential data misuse.

Claude Code is a coding assistant that can be installed and configured for use in a terminal application, offering a powerful tool for developers.

David Sacks, Trump's AI advisor, faces criticism over vast AI investments while shaping U.S. policy, raising conflict of interest concerns and ethics experts questioning his waivers.