Google Research's TimesFM 3.0 has claimed the #1 ranking across all three major forecasting benchmarks, introducing powerful multivariate capabilities and zero-shot generalization, though its latest pretrained weights come with a non-commercial license restricting production use.
OpenAI launches Astra, its most powerful AI model yet, boasting top-tier coding and cybersecurity capabilities, as president Greg Brockman claims it marks the arrival of AGI — but controversy erupts over its 'opaque recurrence' reasoning technique that limits researchers' ability to monitor AI decision-making.
Nvidia acquires Hugging Face for $13 billion in its largest-ever deal, gaining control of the open AI platform hosting 3 million models and serving over 200,000 companies, while pledging to keep it open for its 18 million developers.
OpenAI terminates its billion-dollar partnership with AI coding tool Cursor, citing distrust of Elon Musk following SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of the startup, signaling the company is willing to sacrifice massive revenue over concerns about Musk's control.
Los Angeles Unified School District bans student generative AI use on school devices, igniting a national debate as New York City follows suit with its own restrictions, while education experts warn that outright bans without addressing intentional tech use may fall short.
Meta's new AI agent compresses weeks of expert analysis into minutes by capturing specialist knowledge into a structured, auditable system that self-improves from feedback without retraining, with domain experts reporting it handles the vast majority of analytical work and slashes assessment time from days to minutes.
Cursor launches Self-Hosted Machines, enabling teams to run powerful cloud agents on their own infrastructure with auto-scaling worker pools, multi-provider sandbox support, and browser control capabilities — agents that already generate over 60% of Cursor's own merged pull requests.
Sonos launches AI-powered audio OS 'Sonos 27' alongside new flagship Beam Ultra and Ace Ultra speakers, letting users control their home audio through any AI assistant — including ChatGPT or Claude — while also previewing Custom Agents, a feature enabling up to 10 personalized AI personas per speaker.
OpenAI integrates ChatGPT Health into Epic's EHR system, granting clinicians read-only access to over 325 million patient records including lab results and medications, while simultaneously facing lawsuits alleging the AI provided dangerous medical advice that nearly killed users.
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash with enhanced reasoning and coding capabilities, alongside a specialized cybersecurity variant, pricing the model up to 5x cheaper than rivals while targeting enterprise customers demanding cost-efficient AI solutions.