2026

Indian startup C2i optimizes power supply for AI data centers
C2i has raised $15 million to develop a technology for directly delivering power from the grid to GPUs to minimize losses in infrastructure.

OpenClaw Founder Joins OpenAI to Work on Multi-Agent Systems
Sam Altman announced the hiring of OpenClaw's creator. Peter Steinberger will help OpenAI build a future in which AI agents interact effecti

Anthropic and the Pentagon dispute the ethics of using the Claude AI model
The conflict between the developer and the military stems from concerns about mass surveillance and the creation of autonomous weapons syste

India joins the race for leadership in frontier AI models
Prime Minister Narendra Modi opens the largest AI summit, aimed at turning India into a key player in advanced technologies and in shaping t

Blackstone to lead $600 million investment in Neysa AI cloud
Blackstone will lead a $600 million investment round for Indian cloud startup Neysa, which specializes in infrastructure for AI.

OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator to develop AI agents
Peter Steinberger, developer of a popular open-source project, is joining OpenAI. His experience will help create new features for ChatGPT.

The era of solo models is over: University of Washington unveils MoCo to unite AI models
The new open-source framework allows several language models to work as a team, solving tasks beyond the reach of even the most powerful sta

OpenClaw project creator joins OpenAI: Sam Altman hires talent
OpenAI is strengthening its engineering team: Sam Altman has hired the creator of OpenClaw. The new addition to the team underscores the com

Chinese AI stocks rise despite Hang Seng decline
While China's biggest tech giants are losing value at the Hong Kong open, specialized AI developers are posting sharp double-digit gains.

Praktika uses GPT-5 to create personalized AI tutors
Startup Praktika uses the latest language models to teach foreign languages through live conversation and deep lesson personalization for ea

Spotify launches AI playlist creation from text prompts
The streaming giant is expanding access to the Prompted Playlists feature, allowing users to create music selections with simple text comman

Anthropic keeps making tests harder because of cheating with Claude
An ironic twist in the industry: Anthropic developers have to regularly rewrite candidate assignments because their own AI solves them too w

Adobe builds 'safe' AI for Hollywood: new Firefly Foundry models
Adobe unveiled Firefly Foundry, multimodal AI models designed specifically for film studios with a focus on intellectual property protection

India became the global leader in the number of active ChatGPT users
Sam Altman confirmed that 100 million people in India use the service every week, while the country leads in the number of students within i

The battle for enterprise AI: Glean builds the foundation for business applications
Startup Glean is transforming from a search engine into a connective layer for enterprise AI. The company's CEO spoke about the future of th

50 neural networks built a "digital organism" and invented "cancer"
An experiment with 50 tiny LLMs showed how a complex structure and self-organization can emerge from autonomous agents.

Advertising in ChatGPT and Gemini’s breakthrough: the week’s top developments in AI
OpenAI is bringing advertising to ChatGPT, Google is expanding Gemini’s capabilities, and Z.AI has released an ultralight model for coding.

Google brings personal AI to Search for Gmail and Google Photos
Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers can now connect personal data to Search. The AI can now find important information directly in Gmail

From "invisibility cloaks" to AI: Neurophos creates ultra-efficient optical chips
Startup Neurophos has raised $110 million to develop processors that use light instead of electricity to accelerate neural networks.

Microsoft rolls out Claude Code: why Anthropic's AI is beating GitHub Copilot
Microsoft employees are switching to Claude Code in large numbers. Even non-technical staff are being advised to use Anthropic's tool instea

Hollywood vs. Seedance 2.0: a new round in the copyright battle
Hollywood studios accuse the developers of the new Seedance 2.0 AI model of egregious copyright infringement and demand protection for intel

Humans& rethinks AI: from simple chatbots to coordination models
OpenAI and DeepMind alumni founded Humans& to build AI systems capable of deep interaction and teamwork instead of ordinary dialogues.

Google DeepMind chief surprised by OpenAI's plans to introduce ads in ChatGPT
Demis Hassabis said Google is not pressuring him to monetize chatbots through ads, unlike OpenAI's strategy. The decision underscores the co

AI agents failed competency tests for office tasks
A new study tested the capabilities of AI models in consulting, law, and finance. The results were disappointing for most existing systems.

Why AI Still Can't Create High-Quality Game Worlds
We examine why generative models lag behind classical procedural generation and why human game design remains indispensable to the industry.

LiveKit became a "unicorn" thanks to its partnership with OpenAI
The developer of infrastructure for ChatGPT's voice mode raised $100 million in funding. LiveKit's valuation officially reached $1 billion.

OpenAI targets the enterprise market in 2026
The company appointed Barrett Zoph to lead the new division

Sam Altman to visit India for the country’s largest AI summit
The OpenAI CEO will join leaders from Google, Meta, and Anthropic at a major technology conference in New Delhi. It will be Altman’s first v

Gemini 3 Deep Think now creates ready-to-print 3D models
Google’s new neural network has learned to generate STL files. Now a text description is enough to create a physical object without complex

Vulnerability in Google AI Overviews: How AI Answers Become a Tool for Scammers
Google's AI search summaries have started serving harmful advice. Learn how attackers manipulate the algorithms and how to protect your data

Ads come to ChatGPT: OpenAI begins large-scale monetization testing
OpenAI is launching tests of ad units below the chat window. The company expects advertising to become an important, but not primary, source

Roland Busch's mission: how Siemens is automating the real world with AI
Siemens’ CEO discussed the industrial giant’s transformation, the rollout of AI agents, and why conventional neural networks are not suited

Anthropic Targets $20 Billion Round to Compete with OpenAI
Just five months after raising $13 billion, Anthropic is seeking new investment. Huge compute costs and intense competition are forcing the

Microsoft and the AI trust crisis: why its earnings report caused market panic
Microsoft's earnings report triggered a record sell-off in its shares. Investors are beginning to doubt the return on billions invested in A

OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT to support the free version
OpenAI is introducing ad units into the chatbot interface. Developers say they will preserve data privacy and the objectivity of the AI mode

AI giants compared: who won the real-world stress test?
Forget the benchmarks. We tested ChatGPT 5.2, Gemini 3 Pro and Claude Opus 4.6 across five rounds of tough trials, from complex logic to bui

OpenAI begins introducing ads into ChatGPT responses
The popular ChatGPT chatbot is no longer set to remain completely ad-free. OpenAI is launching tests of sponsored links for users on free an

OpenAI integrates ChatGPT into the secure network of the U.S. Department of Defense
OpenAI announced the deployment of a specialized version of ChatGPT on the GenAI.mil platform. This will provide secure access to AI for U.S

Computer Science crisis: why students are switching to AI en masse
Students are losing interest in traditional programming, opting for highly specialized AI courses instead. This is changing the landscape of

OpenAI drops the “io” brand for its future AI device
OpenAI has dropped the name “io” for its first hardware device. The decision was driven by a legal dispute, and the device is not expected t

Brand reputation management in the age of AI: new challenges for PR
Traditional PR is facing a serious threat: modern AI algorithms do not distinguish organic content from advertising. Learn how to protect a

Nine Robotics Trends: How the Industry Is Moving from Hype to Real Deployments
An in-depth analysis of the robotics market identified the key development vectors: why demo videos no longer work and how AI is already cha

Google introduced WebMCP: a new standard for AI agents interacting with the web
Google introduced the WebMCP protocol, which will allow AI agents to interact with websites directly through the code structure, bypassing s

Digital revenge: AI agent harassed developer after its code was rejected
Engineer Scott Shambaugh encountered the first-ever "cancellation" by a neural network. The OpenClaw AI agent wrote an accusatory article af

Elon Musk Brings the Future Closer: Optimus Will Change the World by 2027
The Tesla chief revised ARK Invest’s forecasts, promising large-scale deployment of humanoid robots in manufacturing and daily life a year e

Memory architecture: how to teach AI agents to remember what matters and reason logically
An analysis of a new memory concept for neural networks: the shift from simply storing dialogue history to structured knowledge bases for de

xAI security under scrutiny: Elon Musk makes Grok bolder
A former xAI employee claims Elon Musk is deliberately weakening Grok's safety filters. The goal is to make the AI more provocative and free

AI rivals join forces to launch startup accelerator in Paris
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have set aside competition for the new F/ai project. The industry's biggest players are joining forces in Pari

Former Founders Fund partner takes on Salesforce with new AI startup
Sam Blond unveiled Monaco, a next-generation CRM system built on AI. The project has already won backing from the founders of Stripe and the

Hollywood vs. AI: new video generator Seedance 2.0 accused of copyright infringement
Hollywood organizations have voiced opposition to the new Seedance 2.0 model. In their view, the tool has become a platform for mass copyrig

Mass exodus from xAI: co-founders and key engineers leave the company
The xAI startup is facing a serious staffing crisis. Over the course of a week, at least nine specialists, including two co-founders, left t

The Age of Agents: How Codex Is Changing the Architecture of Software Development
The shift to autonomous agents requires new architectural approaches. We examine how Codex is becoming the core of systems capable of writin

Threads launches "Dear Algo": a new way to control the feed through AI
Threads users can now directly tell the algorithms what content they want to see. The new "Dear Algo" feature promises to make the feed trul

India invests $1.1 billion in a fund for deep-tech startups
The Indian government is launching a large fund of funds to support deep technologies and manufacturing through private venture capital.

Pentagon deployed Claude AI during a military raid in Venezuela
The Wall Street Journal revealed details of the use of Anthropic's Claude model in a US special operation. This is a direct violation of the

AI security: why prompt injections are only a symptom of deeper problems
Companies are deploying AI agents and copilots but overlooking real threats. We explain why protection against jailbreaks will not save your

Isaac 0: the $8,000 home robot that folds your laundry for you
Startup Weave unveiled Isaac 0, a stationary robot for the home. Priced at nearly $8,000, the device promises to free owners from routine ch

Yttri: An all-in-one productivity tool with local AI
A developer has introduced Yttri, a powerful Rust-based tool for project and knowledge management. No cloud, just local AI and full privacy.

Gemini 3 Deep Think: a new level of reasoning for science and engineering
Google introduced a major update to Gemini 3 Deep Think. The specialized reasoning mode now handles complex scientific and engineering tasks

OpenAI introduced GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark: instant code generation and 128k context
The new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark model promises to change how developers work. Code generation is now 15 times faster, and the context window has