The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to restrict the release of its new GPT‑5.6 model to a small group of U.S. government‑approved companies, marking the first time a U.S. government has intervened in an AI company’s public launch.
OpenAI has integrated a new image generation engine directly into GPT‑4o, making visual creation a core feature of its flagship language model.
Tidal announced that from 29 June, wholly AI‑generated tracks will no longer earn royalties, marking a major policy shift in streaming monetisation for machine‑made music.
Lumina AI, a San Francisco‑based AI startup, unveiled a refreshed brand identity, including a new logo and brand guidelines, to reflect its expansion into healthcare analytics.
Meta’s CEO explained at a town‑hall that the pace of AI agent development has stalled, citing recent layoffs and a need for faster progress to stay competitive.
Google is testing a change in Chrome that uncouples its AI Mode shortcut from the default search engine, allowing users to keep the feature when switching to third‑party providers.
Coinbase announced a partnership with several global banks to provide a seamless crypto‑fiat bridge, enabling instant conversions and expanding institutional adoption.
A Sydney music venue faced criticism after booking an AI‑generated performer, sparking debate over the use of artificial intelligence in live music.
Together AI raised $800 million in a Series C round to fund its open‑source AI platform, aiming to make large‑scale model training and inference cheaper and more accessible.
The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a breach of its Homeland Security Information Network, which could risk national security and affect emergency coordination.
A Georgia Tech team demonstrated a Hadamard Random Forest method that reduces the number of measurement circuits needed to reconstruct quantum states from exponential to linear, validating the approach on IBM’s Heron r2 processor.
LumenPay, a new fintech venture, has rolled out a crypto‑payroll platform that enables businesses to pay employees in multiple cryptocurrencies with instant settlement, targeting the growing demand for digital‑asset payroll solutions.
Z.ai’s GLM‑5.2, launched last month, is closing the performance gap with Western AI leaders while offering a fraction of the cost, sparking a “mini DeepSeek moment” in Silicon Valley.
Microsoft Foundry has made Claude’s Sonnet 5 generally available on Azure, removing procurement hurdles and allowing enterprises to use Anthropic’s model under Azure’s billing and governance.
OpenAI’s latest model, built on a novel reasoning architecture, independently solved a long‑standing 80‑year‑old mathematical puzzle, showcasing advances in AI problem‑solving capabilities.
Microsoft revealed a new Copilot feature that lets users jump to specific sections, headings and pages in long documents, improving accuracy and citation quality.
Google Search’s AI Mode now puts recipe links front and center, making cooking queries easier to navigate while sparking debate among content creators.
Microsoft announced a new operating business, Microsoft Frontier Company, to deliver successful enterprise AI deployments backed by a $2.5 billion investment.
The US lifted export curbs on Anthropic’s Claude models, allowing global access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a security review.
A British AI security firm discovered how a slightly altered prompt could make ChatGPT generate graphic violent and sexual imagery, bypassing its safety filters.