Meta acquires AI voice cloning startup PlayAI, adding its team to Meta's efforts in developing superhuman artificial intelligence and AI products like AI Characters and wearables under Johan Schalkwyk.
In a major shakeup, Windsurf's CEO, co-founder, and top researchers defect to Google DeepMind after OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition falls through, with Google paying $2.4 billion to license Windsurf's technology and hire its key personnel.
Recruit Holdings, parent of Indeed and Glassdoor, cuts 1,300 jobs or 6% of its HR tech workforce, mainly in the U.S., pivoting towards AI integration as the CEO cites AI's transformative impact requiring adaptation.
A former Meta AI researcher reveals a toxic culture of fear, dysfunction, and confusion plaguing the tech giant, likening it to metastatic cancer spreading unchecked, with unclear goals, frequent layoffs, and plummeting employee morale.
Luma AI unveils Dream Lab LA, a groundbreaking facility designed to empower Hollywood filmmakers with AI video generation tools, fostering collaboration and innovation to enhance the quality and quantity of film productions.
AI companies race to build defensibilities like network effects, distribution channels, brand recognition, scale, and embedding as short-term strategies pave way for long-term moats amid rapid industry growth.
Microsoft cuts 9,000 jobs while AI tools save over $500 million in call center costs, signaling a major investment push into AI talent and infrastructure despite record profits.
OpenAI unveils an AI-powered web browser, integrating its Operator web-browsing agent, challenging Google Chrome's dominance and gaining direct access to user data.
Meta, Facebook's parent company, acquires a minority stake worth around $3.51 billion in EssilorLuxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, signaling its ambitions to expand into wearable technology and AI-powered devices, with shares of EssilorLuxottica surging 6%.
In a major AI talent move, Apple's AI chief Ruoming Pang, responsible for developing language models and features, departs for Meta's newly formed Superintelligence Labs, as the tech giants compete for top AI talent.