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Musk Testifies Altman 'Stole a Charity' in OpenAI Trial
Elon Musk testified in his lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Greg Brockman, telling jurors "it is not okay to steal a charity" and claiming the company betrayed its founding mission as a nonprof
Docs: OpenAI projected at the start of this year that $8/month ChatGPT Go subs will grow ~36x to 112M in 2026, while $20/month Plus subs will fall 80% to ~9M (Sri Muppidi/The Information)
OpenAI’s internal shift shows a bold pivot toward low‑cost, high‑volume subscriptions. The company now expects its $8‑a‑month ChatGPT Go to explode to 112 million users by 2026, while the $20 Plus tie
OpenAI, Anthropic Brief House Panel on Cyber AI
OpenAI and Anthropic briefed House Homeland Security Committee staff in two classified sessions on their cyber-capable AI models, while a separate jailbreaking demonstration showed members how easily
Taylor Swift Trademarks Voice Phrases to Fight AI Copies
Taylor Swift's team filed trademark applications for two spoken phrases and a stage photo, attempting to add a new legal weapon against AI-generated copycats that exploit voices copyright law does not
OpenAI Launches Bedrock Agents on AWS
OpenAI and AWS have launched Bedrock Managed Agents, powered by OpenAI, following an amendment to Microsoft's exclusive cloud deal that now lets OpenAI distribute across any hyperscaler while Azure re
NVIDIA Adds 12GB RTX 5070 Laptop GPU Variant
NVIDIA is launching a 12GB VRAM variant of its GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU, using a different memory supply chain to address constrained VRAM availability, with partner laptops expected to ship in Jun
Cyber Command Builds Model-Agnostic AI Playbook
U.S. Cyber Command is building model-agnostic AI infrastructure to test and deploy the strongest cyber models from any vendor or country of origin, sidestepping the Pentagon's standoff with Anthropic
Nvidia Is Finally Doing Something About the RAM Apocalypse - Gizmodo
Nvidia is tackling the so‑called RAM apocalypse by launching a 12 GB RTX 5070 laptop GPU built on new 3 GB GDDR7 memory that delivers roughly a 50 % performance jump while easing supply bottlenecks. T
Anthropic Adds Claude Connectors for Photoshop Blender
Anthropic expanded Claude into the creative suite, adding native connectors for Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton, while pledging €240 k annually to keep Blender open‑source. The move, building on its r
Neurable to License Mind‑Reading Tech to Wearables
Neurable, a non‑invasive BCI startup, just secured $35 M in Series A funding and is now opening its AI‑powered brain‑sensing platform to consumer wearable makers. By licensing its EEG‑based mind‑readi
Sources and memos: Tencent employees used Claude Code to assist them with evaluating and fine-tuning the company's new Hy3 model to improve its performance (Juro Osawa/The Information)
Tencent’s AI team tapped Anthropic’s Claude Code to evaluate and fine‑tune its new Hy3 model, accelerating improvements that have already earned developer praise. Internal memos reveal the cross‑compa
Anthropic's Claude Mythos fuels AI script‑kiddie surge
AI‑driven bug‑finders have moved from research labs to the hands of hobbyist hackers, as Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and DARPA’s AIxCC showcase unprecedented vulnerability detection. The surge in automa
Musk v Altman: Why the tech billionaires and former friends are now facing off in court
Elon Musk has taken his feud with OpenAI’s Sam Altman to a federal courtroom, suing for billions and demanding a reshuffle of the AI lab’s leadership. The trial arrives as OpenAI consolidates talent,
OpenAI free to sell models on AWS, Google Cloud
OpenAI's revised deal with Microsoft dissolves its effective cloud exclusivity, letting it distribute AI models through AWS, Google Cloud, and other providers while reshaping the financial and IP term
YouTube Tests 'Ask YouTube' AI Search
YouTube launched "Ask YouTube," an experimental conversational AI search feature that returns mixed video-and-text answers with follow-up support, available to Premium US subscribers 18 and older thro
OpenAI Misses 1B User Target, Revenue Goals
OpenAI missed its internal goal of 1 billion weekly active ChatGPT users by the end of 2025 and fell short on multiple monthly revenue targets in 2026, the Wall Street Journal reports, rattling AI-lin
VandeHei's 5 Prompting Tricks for AI's Top 10%
Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei published a four-day Finish Line series aimed at helping readers get dramatically better results from AI, starting with five prompting techniques he says can put anyone i
Google Tests 'Ask YouTube' AI Search for Premium Users
Google is testing 'Ask YouTube,' an AI Mode-like conversational search for US YouTube Premium subscribers aged 18 and older, generating text summaries alongside video and Shorts results in a single pa
Qualcomm Stock Up 7% on OpenAI AI Chip Deal
Qualcomm’s shares jumped 7% after a report that the chipmaker is teaming with OpenAI to embed a custom AI chip in smartphones, but the rally later eased as analysts flagged the next catalyst. At the s
ChatGPT Images 2.0 Beats Nano Banana 97-85
ZDNET tested ChatGPT Images 2.0 against Google Gemini's Nano Banana across nine image-generation prompts, and ChatGPT won decisively — scoring 97% to Nano Banana's 85% and reversing the results from a
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