Pony.ai becomes the first company to receive a citywide robotaxi permit for all of Shenzhen, China, ending pilot zone restrictions as it plans to deploy over 1,000 cost-efficient seventh-generation autonomous vehicles in partnership with local taxi firm Xihu Group.
A new macOS menu bar app called Usage4Claude now tracks your Claude AI usage quota in real-time across all platforms with color-coded indicators, multilingual support, and secure local data storage.
AI performer Xania Monet breaks music industry barriers by becoming the first artificial intelligence artist to debut on Billboard airplay charts and securing a multimillion-dollar record deal amid growing controversy over AI replacing human musicians.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman declares consciousness impossible in machines, arguing AI only simulates emotions without truly experiencing them, while announcing the company will ban erotic chatbots and focus on clearly artificial AI services.
Google pulls its Gemma AI model from AI Studio after Senator Marsha Blackburn accuses the system of fabricating false sexual misconduct allegations against her from a 1987 campaign incident.
OpenAI recruits over 100 former Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan bankers at $150/hour for Project Mercury, training AI models to automate entry-level investment banking tasks like cash-flow analysis and pitchbook creation, potentially revolutionizing Wall Street's traditional apprenticeship system.
Google dramatically expands NotebookLM AI assistant with massive 1 million token context window, 6x longer conversational memory, 50% better response quality, and customizable personas that can act as specialized roles like PhD advisor or marketing strategist.
Anthropic integrates Claude AI directly into Microsoft Excel with a sidebar interface that reads, modifies, and creates spreadsheets, delivering 5x faster business reviews and 90% data accuracy for major financial institutions during beta testing.
Chinese researchers at Peking University develop groundbreaking analog chip using resistive memory that delivers 1,000x faster performance than top Nvidia and AMD GPUs while consuming 100x less energy, solving precision issues that have plagued analog computing for decades.
Large reasoning models now demonstrate genuine human-like thinking abilities through chain-of-thought reasoning, using pattern matching, working memory, and backtracking search to outperform average humans on logic tests, proving AI has evolved beyond simple pattern matching to possess real problem-solving capabilities.