Meta returns to open-weight AI with Muse Glimmer and plans a Muse Spark release as Mark Zuckerberg criticizes tightly controlled frontier models.

ByteDance is reportedly training an AI model that could reach 10 trillion parameters as it ramps up efforts to compete at the frontier of AI.

Australian AI infrastructure firm Firmus raised US$2 billion at a valuation above US$10.5 billion to expand data centers across Asia-Pacific.

Google DeepMind says WeatherNext Cyclones improves storm track, intensity, and size forecasts by a day while using much coarser weather data.

Scientists used generative AI to design 16 functional bacteriophages, advancing synthetic biology while raising new questions about biosecurity.

Microsoft has opened its largest India cloud region in Hyderabad as it expands AI infrastructure and competes with Google and Amazon for enterprise demand.

Elon Musk says robots could build SpaceX factories on the Moon, but the ambitious lunar manufacturing plan has no disclosed budget or timeline.

DeepSeek invests $20.8 million in Unitree’s Shanghai IPO, deepening a partnership to develop AI models and applications for humanoid robots in China.

Google is expanding Gemini Spark to India and other markets, bringing background task automation and Chrome browsing to eligible Pro and Ultra subscribers.

The EU is seeking bids for seven AI gigafactories backed by €10 billion in public funding and at least €20 billion in private investment from consortia.

OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna API prices by 80% and Terra prices by 20% after model and inference gains lowered serving costs for high-volume AI work.

Microsoft is combining Copilot chat, coding tools and autonomous AI agents in one super app, raising new questions about usability and security.

ChatGPT Search and Roblox could face stricter EU oversight, audits, and transparency rules under the Digital Services Act.

Google briefly added Nano Banana 2 to Earth for generating imagined cities and historical scenes, then pulled it after users shared images that appeared to violate its policies.

Google has updated Gemini for macOS with system-wide voice dictation and screen-aware commands, bringing AI assistance directly into desktop workflows.

Amazon cut jobs in its AGI organization while continuing to invest heavily in AI infrastructure, Nova models, and customer-focused tools.

Florida pastor Scott Winters sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT medical advice delayed emergency care before a near-fatal pulmonary embolism.

Intel and AMD are reportedly negotiating long-term CPU supply agreements with Chinese customers as AI demand drives higher server processor prices and tighter supply.

Amazon now requires sellers to label photorealistic AI-generated people in product images to comply with New York's synthetic performer disclosure law.

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