Google Images is getting a major Pinterest-style overhaul, introducing a personalized 'For You' gallery, collections, and AI-powered image generation directly within Search, transforming the 25-year-old platform from a simple search tool into a full visual discovery and inspiration destination.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs the nation's first statewide data center moratorium, blocking new environmental permits for facilities over 50 megawatts for up to a year as regulators develop standards to address rising energy costs, water use, and air quality concerns amid a nationwide pushback against AI-driven data center …
Reflection AI, an $8 billion open-model startup, secures a massive $1 billion compute deal with Nebius, gaining access to cutting-edge Nvidia chips as AI companies intensify their race to lock down critical computing infrastructure.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is calling for a US-led, FINRA-style public-private AI safety body with mandatory pre-deployment testing for cybersecurity, biological, and national security risks, funded primarily by industry, with the power to slow frontier AI development if threats become too severe.
OpenAI fires back at Apple's trade-secret theft lawsuit, calling the claims baseless as the two tech giants clash in a rapidly escalating legal battle over stolen AI technology allegedly used to build a rival device ecosystem.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs the nation's first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, freezing state environmental permits for up to one year while a regulatory framework is developed to protect ratepayers, communities, and the environment — also targeting sales tax exemptions and requiring data centers to invest …
26 former Meta employees are suing the tech giant, claiming its AI tools — including 'Metamate' and keystroke-monitoring dashboards — unfairly targeted workers on medical, family, and disability leave during its 8,000-person layoff, with plaintiffs seeking an injunction, independent audit, and alleging violations of the ADA, FMLA, and Pregnancy Discrimination …
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 with three powerful variants, DeepSeek slashes prices 75% while exposing a costly token consumption crisis in agentic AI, and Hugging Face CEO warns that despite open source AI's rapid growth among Fortune 500 companies, the industry faces a dangerous monopolization risk as a handful of dominant players …
BlenderMCP is revolutionizing 3D design by connecting Blender directly to Claude AI, allowing users to control modeling, scene creation, and object manipulation through natural language via the open-source Model Context Protocol integration.
Open Interpreter is back as a fork of OpenAI's Codex, now boasting 64,900 GitHub stars, a lightweight Rust-based architecture, computer use capabilities, and support for top open models like DeepSeek and Kimi across macOS, Linux, and Windows.