OpenAI's enterprise AI sales head Barret Zoph is departing after just five months, dealing a blow to the company's critical revenue push ahead of its planned IPO — his return in January had already followed a controversial exit from a rival AI startup over alleged misconduct.
Anduril, the $61 billion defense startup founded by Palmer Luckey, is expanding into Israel, recruiting local talent, signing deals with Israeli defense firms, and eyeing investments and acquisitions within the country's booming military innovation ecosystem.
AI pioneer Yann LeCun declares Elon Musk's xAI a 'failure' and warns OpenAI and Anthropic are heading toward a 'big bubble explosion' as AI service costs far outpace user payments, while his own $3.5 billion startup bets on 'world models' as the future of AI.
OpenAI rolls out new credit analytics and spend controls for ChatGPT Enterprise, giving admins real-time visibility into usage across users and models, plus flexible tools to set workspace, group, and individual spending limits directly in the Global Admin Console.
Former White House AI adviser Dean Ball joins OpenAI to lead a new Strategic Futures team, bringing government expertise to shape the company's frontier AI policy and internal governance.
Amazon is entering the AI chip market as a seller, with its AI chief confirming talks to supply custom Trainium3 chips to outside companies, directly challenging Nvidia's dominance in the booming AI infrastructure space.
The Trump administration forces Anthropic's Claude offline after a trust-shattering dispute over the AI company allegedly sharing technology with a suspected China-linked firm, with sanctions and export controls having been under consideration for weeks prior.
Microsoft is overhauling Copilot's pricing to a usage-based model amid soaring costs from power users, while simultaneously exploring a fine-tuned, Azure-hosted version of DeepSeek V4 as a cheaper AI alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic, with a decision expected within weeks.
Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion to supercharge its Agentforce platform as the company battles a stock slump of over one-third in 2026 amid fears that emerging AI could disrupt its core business model.
Smart glasses sales explode 167% year-over-year in Q1 2026, with 2.25 million units shipped in a single quarter as Meta dominates with a 69.2% market share, while Google, Snap, and Chinese rivals intensify competition in a race toward mainstream adoption projected to hit 13.6 million units by year's end.