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The head of Google DeepMind announced that pre-training of the flagship AI model Gemini 4 is complete and that it will be released before the end of the year.
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The head of Google DeepMind announced that pre-training of the flagship AI model Gemini 4 is complete and that it will be released before the end of the year.

The RSI Agent framework developed by Ether AI gives AI models lasting experience without weight updates through its Actor, Verifier, Memory and Curriculum layers.

Google has made the Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS models available in the API and AI Studio. With over 2,000 voices, voice cloning and scene direction, a new era in AI speech generation has begun.

According to OpenAI's leaked projections, the company will spend $856 billion on compute infrastructure by 2030. Even with revenue growing 10x, it forecasts $278 billion in negative cash flow and a risk of running out of capital in 2028.

Anthropic has quietly started testing the next-generation Claude Fable 5.2 and the flagship Claude Opus 5.5 ahead of an official announcement. An analysis of the claude-wafer-eap codename, the version skipping strategy, leaked token costs and new capabilities in autonomous software agents.

Taking a groundbreaking step against global semiconductor embargoes, DeepSeek announced it will train its 8 trillion parameter next-generation model on Huawei Ascend chips. CANN optimizations, DSpark speculative inference and an off-peak API rate mark the start of hardware independence in AI.

GitHub and Microsoft announced major updates that usher in the autonomous agent era across the Copilot ecosystem. Details on adaptive model orchestration in the terminal, a Jira integration brought straight into the coding environment, the move to GPT-5.6 and Gemini 3.8 Flash models and usage-based enterprise licensing.

Moonshot AI turned its terminal-based coding agent into a standalone desktop app called Kimi Code Desktop. A detailed look at its 1 million token active context window, isolated workspaces, Kimi K3 becoming available on Amazon Bedrock and the company's $1 billion ARR milestone.

Perplexity AI is accelerating its shift from a search engine to an autonomous agent ecosystem integrated into the operating system. Details on local PPLX 27B inference with Portable Computer for Windows, the Nvidia GB300-based Crusoe data center partnership and the retiring Sonar API.

Developed by TypeSafe AI, Jev offers a new AI architecture that makes micro-decisions instead of generating text. We examine how Jev works and its impact on the industry.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said society is right to worry about the risks of AI. While Altman argues for companies regulating themselves, the regulation debate in the industry is heating up.

OpenAI has started showing ads on ChatGPT to Free and Go users in Turkey. We look at advertiser budgets, contextual targeting and the impact on digital marketing.

Leaked OpenAI documents reveal that under 'Project Lily' hundreds of contractors review real ChatGPT conversations and that personal data can be seen by workers.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash was introduced with a 552-billion-parameter asymmetric MoE architecture, native image processing and an optimized KV cache that uses 75% less memory. We compiled the technical details and pricing advantages of the model that outperforms V4-Pro.

Anthropic and OpenAI proposed an industry-wide slowdown and a three-stage independent oversight plan against the risk of autonomous AI agents getting out of control.

Google has brought the Gemini experience to Windows 10 and 11 PCs. We review all the features of the native desktop app, which comes with a keyboard shortcut, Google services integration and a lightweight system architecture.

Google Cloud is doubling its closest rival in Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) sales and moving fast toward a $100 billion AI infrastructure target.

Microsoft's official VS Code documentary has been released. The full behind-the-scenes story, from the Monaco and Electron gamble to the Language Server Protocol and from the Copilot revolution to the Cursor and Antigravity forks.

Alongside ChatGPT Images 2.5, OpenAI announced the Sketch feature, which turns simple doodles into professional images, and two new API models for developers. Here are all the details.

France-based Mistral AI raised its valuation to 21 billion euros with a new 3 billion euro funding round led by Samsung, becoming a symbol of Europe's technological sovereignty.

OpenAI has made its groundbreaking GPT-6 Astra model available to ChatGPT Plus users. We look at computer use, autonomous web development, software testing and cybersecurity concerns.