Elon Musk’s second day of testimony in his lawsuit against OpenAI featured intense cross-examination over the lab’s transition to for-profit status, conflicts of interest, and AI safety concerns.
Anthropic has received multiple preemptive offers to raise approximately $50 billion at a valuation of $850-900 billion, potentially its final private round before an IPO.
During OpenAI lawsuit trial, Musk admits xAI used distillation techniques on OpenAI models to train Grok, shaking the AI industry.
OpenAI finds that its latest flagship model GPT-5 has abnormally increased mentions of goblins, gremlins and other mythical creatures in responses, with the word ‘goblin’ rising 175% since the GPT-5.1 launch. The company has explicitly instructed its AI assistants to avoid discussing these creatures.
Bloomberg reports that US tech giants’ AI-related spending is projected to exceed $700 billion in 2026, setting a new record as the global AI race continues to accelerate.
Netflix is testing a new TikTok-like vertical short video feature called ‘Clips,’ marking its official entry into the short-form video space.
Spotify launches a new verified artist badge system to help listeners distinguish real human artists from AI-generated music content, responding to the impact of AI music on the platform’s ecosystem.
Elon Musk’s X began rolling out a completely rebuilt AI-powered advertising platform on Thursday, aiming to attract advertisers back with more precise targeting and modernized retrieval and ranking systems.
Nvidia’s venture arm NVentures has invested in Swedish AI legal tech startup Legora, valuing the company at $5.6 billion — marking the chip giant’s first major move into the legal AI sector.
SoftBank Group announces a new robotics company focused on building and operating AI-dedicated data centers, targeting a potential $100 billion IPO.