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Anthropic launched Claude Science, a workbench connecting to more than 60 scientific databases, signaling a strategic shift toward vertical, workflow-level AI products rather than just raw models.
Proton launched Lumo 2.0, an AI chatbot featuring image capabilities and persistent memory, claiming up to 76% faster response times while maintaining strict privacy protections.
A new report from Ramp and Revelio Labs suggests high-intensity AI adopters are increasing headcount, countering fears that AI will lead to broad, universal job losses.
Wix-owned Base44 has started rolling out its own AI model, Base1, seeking to optimize latency and costs as it competes in the market for natural language app creation.
Google is expanding its personalized AI image generation feature to all eligible U.S. users for free, as the Gemini platform continues to scale its user base.
California government agencies will access Anthropic’s Claude at half price, marking a state-level partnership that contrasts with the federal government’s recent "supply-chain risk" designation for the company.
AI leaderboard provider Arena has reached $100 million in annualized run-rate revenue, though the company clarifies this is consumption-based rather than recurring revenue.
Sakana AI and 360 have launched new AI models in Asia as US export controls restrict access to Anthropic's technology.
The Trump administration is partially lifting its ban on Anthropic’s Mythos 5, allowing more than 100 US organizations to redeploy the cybersecurity-oriented AI model.
OpenAI is limiting its new GPT-5.6 model family to a small group of partners after a request from the Trump administration, which also restricted two Anthropic models this month.
OpenAI has appointed former Uber executive Prabhjeet Singh as its first managing director for India, scaling its presence in its second-largest market.
OpenAI reportedly plans to restrict its new GPT 5.6 model to select partners following pressure from the Trump administration to limit public access.
Anthropic’s Claude is seeing significant growth in paid consumer adoption, with revenue up about 75% since January 2026, even as ChatGPT remains the market leader.
Unconventional AI, led by Naveen Rao, released its first image-generation model, Un-0, while claiming its oscillator-based architecture could eventually reduce AI power consumption by as much as 1,000 times.
Google is losing key AI researchers, including Nobel winner John Jumper, to rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI as those companies prepare to go public.
Anthropic is launching Claude Tag, an always-on AI teammate for Slack that provides persistent context and memory to help teams manage tasks and organizational knowledge.
OpenAI launched "Patch the Planet," an initiative partnering with Trail of Bits to secure open source projects, though its long-term scalability remains unclear.
Boris Cherny argues that agentic loops represent a significant evolution in AI development, though the approach may be a costly way to work due to high token consumption.
Google DeepMind is investing $75 million into indie studio A24 to co-develop AI tools for filmmaking, marking a significant collaboration between tech and creative industries.
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns that AI chatbots lack sentience and argues that tools like Microsoft Copilot could create privacy backdoors into personal user data.