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OpenAI Enhances ChatGPT Safety Features Following Teen Suicide Lawsuit

OpenAI announced Tuesday it will strengthen safety measures in ChatGPT to better detect and respond to users experiencing mental health crises, following a lawsuit filed by parents whose teenage son died by suicide after extensive interactions with the AI chatbot.

Musk’s xAI Sues Apple, Openai Over Antitrust Claims Tied to AI Integration, App Store Rankings

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has sued Apple and OpenAI in a U.S. federal court in Texas, alleging that they conspired to stifle competition in the fast-growing AI sector.

Anthropic Launches Claude for Chrome in Limited Beta, Security Risks Flagged

Anthropic has begun testing a Chrome browser extension that enables its Claude AI assistant to perform tasks directly within users' web browsers.

Google's Gemini AI Advances Image Generation with Multi-Modal Capabilities

Google today introduced Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, marking a significant advancement in artificial intelligence systems that can understand and manipulate visual content through natural language processing.

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Study Finds AI Tools Boost Developer Productivity, But Benefits Vary by Task Complexity

A study of more than 500 developers found that 75% regularly utilize AI tools in their work, with 90% of users reporting an increase in productivity. The research, conducted by Microsoft researchers and the MIT Sloan School of Management, examined AI's impact across multiple productivity dimensions, including coding speed, beyond its impact on coding speed.

Cohere Hires Former Meta AI Research Head as Chief AI OfficerCohere Hires Former Meta AI Research Head as Chief AI Officer

Canadian AI startup Cohere has appointed Joelle Pineau, former head of Meta's AI research division, as its first chief AI officer, the company announced this week alongside a $500 million funding round that values the firm at $6.8 billion.

U.S. NIST Proposes New Cybersecurity Guidelines for AI Systems

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled plans to issue a new set of cybersecurity guidelines aimed at safeguarding artificial intelligence (AI) systems, citing rising concerns over risks tied to generative models, predictive analytics, and autonomous agents.

AI Startup Perplexity Bids $34.5 Billion for Google Chrome Amid Antitrust Case

Artificial intelligence search company Perplexity has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion offer to acquire Google's Chrome browser, positioning itself as a potential solution to ongoing antitrust concerns surrounding the search giant's market dominance.

Anthropic Offers Government AI Services for $1, Escalating Competition with OpenAI

Anthropic said Tuesday it will offer its Claude AI services to all three branches of the U.S. government for $1 per agency for one year, escalating a pricing war with rival OpenAI for lucrative government contracts.

Anthropic expands Claude's Memory Fivefold as Coding Competition Intensifies

Anthropic expanded the context window of its Claude Sonnet 4 AI model to 1 million tokens on Tuesday, a fivefold increase that allows the system to process entire software codebases or dozens of research papers in a single request.

Microsoft Rolls Out GPT-5 Across Entire Copilot Suite, Promising Smarter and Faster AI Responses

Microsoft has integrated OpenAI’s newly unveiled GPT-5 into its full spectrum of AI-driven tools, from Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot to Microsoft Copilot for consumers and Azure AI Foundry.

GPT-5 is here, but the AI revolution will have to wait a bit longer

OpenAI released GPT-5 on Thursday with the kind of fanfare that has become standard for the company's major model releases. CEO Sam Altman called it "a significant step along the path to AGI" and claimed it feels like "talking to a PhD-level expert." The reality, as usual with AI announcements, is more nuanced than the marketing suggests.

GPT-5 is Coming with Unified AI System and Deeper Reasoning

OpenAI has launched GPT-5, its most advanced AI model yet, now rolling out to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team users. GPT-5 unifies previous models into a single, auto-switching system with a deeper reasoning mode for complex tasks.

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