Anthropic launches a groundbreaking hardware protocol connecting AI to physical machines in hours, UK surgeons complete the first live AI-assisted brain surgery restoring a patient's vision, and voice-controlled AI agents hit the mainstream as Apple's iOS 27 ships an AI dictation keyboard enabling users to command multiple agents simultaneously at …
Anthropic launches the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a universal USB-C-like interface enabling AI agents to seamlessly operate physical machinery across industries like robotics and manufacturing, with plans to open-source the technology as competition with OpenAI and Amazon intensifies.
Google launches Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, a powerful generative video model giving developers 4K upscaling, 40-second scene extension, and 60% faster draft previews at one-third the cost, available now via Google AI Studio with early adopters like Adobe and Figma already on board.
The Trump administration's sweeping semiconductor tariffs threaten a $90 billion annual GDP hit, with tech leaders warning the plan is catastrophically misguided as domestic chip manufacturing capacity remains years away from offsetting the damage caused by taxing imported semiconductors.
Meta busts an Iran-linked influence operation using AI-generated content to spread anti-Republican messaging on Facebook and Instagram, where fake accounts posing as everyday Americans amass over 79,400 followers while targeting U.S. audiences on immigration and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Nvidia is optimizing its hardware for Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and Alibaba's Qwen while warning investors of major business risks if the Trump administration restricts support for Chinese open-source AI, as U.S. lawmakers raise alarms over China's growing global AI influence.
OpenAI launches commercial operations in São Paulo as Brazil emerges as one of ChatGPT's three largest global markets, with users sending 215 million daily messages and AI projected to add nearly R$1 trillion to Brazil's economy by 2030.
Nvidia is reportedly acquiring AI model hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a move that could give the chipmaker dominant control over the open-weight AI ecosystem while countering rivals OpenAI and Anthropic's push into custom hardware.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pauses approvals for large data centers drawing over 75 megawatts from the ERCOT grid, but critics warn the directive does little beyond existing plans, leaving hundreds of smaller projects untouched and community concerns over water, noise, and rising electricity costs largely unresolved.
Salesforce and Anthropic unveil 'Claudeforce,' a groundbreaking plugin embedding Salesforce data directly into Claude with 37 pre-built sales skills, marking the first time Salesforce has attached its iconic 'force' suffix to another company's product, sending Salesforce shares surging 12% in extended trading.