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Google DeepMind is Alphabet's AI division, home of the Gemini model family, the Nobel-recognized AlphaFold and the Veo video generator. Through Google Search, Android and the cloud, its models reach billions of users. This page gathers all our coverage of Google and DeepMind: models, research and products.
Arm Releases Its First In-House Chip in 35 Years — in Partnership With Meta
For the first time in its 35-year history, Arm has developed its own processor jointly with Meta — and Meta itself became the first customer for the new chip.
Arm released its first in-house processor — Meta became its first customer
British company Arm is releasing its own chip for AI inference in data centers for the first time in decades — and has already found its first customer in Meta…
OpenAI shuts down video generator Sora and jeopardizes a billion-dollar deal with Disney
OpenAI announced the shutdown of video service Sora — the app and developer API will be discontinued, putting a billion-dollar agreement with Disney at risk.
OpenAI shuts down Sora and restructures for IPO: betting on a unified assistant
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez propose banning new data center construction in the US
Google unveils TurboQuant — an algorithm that compresses AI working memory sixfold
Deccan AI raises $25M in the data labeling market with a focus on specialists in India
OpenAI indefinitely postponed erotic mode for ChatGPT
The “adult mode” project was frozen after protests from employees and investors concerned about the harm sexualized AI could cause to society.
Cohere released an open-source transcription model — 2 billion parameters and 14 languages
Cohere released an open-source speech model for transcription: 2 billion parameters, support for 14 languages, and the ability to run on a standard consumer GPU.
ByteDance adds new Dreamina Seedance 2.0 video generation model to CapCut
Google expands Search Live, its voice AI search, to 200+ countries and dozens of languages
Apple to open Siri to Gemini and Claude: iOS 27 to add support for third-party AI chatbots
Google Gemini allows importing memory and chat history from other AI
Anthropic: paid Claude subscriptions doubled in early 2026
An Anthropic spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that the number of paid Claude subscriptions more than doubled in 2026, with the overall audience ranging from 18…
The last of xAI’s co-founders left the company — only Musk remains of the 11
Of xAI’s 11 co-founders, by spring 2026 no one remained alongside Elon Musk — the team that launched the startup in 2023 had completely disbanded.