Mistral launched Voxtral, its first open-source AI audio models that offer production-ready speech understanding with multilingual support and advanced capabilities, positioning itself as an affordable alternative to expensive proprietary systems at less than half the price.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT agent, a unified AI system that can autonomously complete complex real-world tasks from start to finish using its own virtual computer, combining web browsing, research, and action capabilities while maintaining user control and safety safeguards.
A study by METR found that AI coding tools increased completion time by 19% for experienced developers working on complex, mature codebases, despite the developers predicting a 24% time reduction.
xAI has launched Grok 4, a model capable of impressive benchmark scores on recent tests, including Humanity's Last Exam and ARC-AGI-2. Grok 4 was launched alongside a $300 subscription tier, which will unlock early access to new features, including Grok 4 Heavy.
This weekend, shortly after the exclusivity for OpenAI's deal to purchase Windsurf expired, Google hired away CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and key talent, as well as licensed the company's technology. Windsurf was then acquired by Cognition, the company behind the AI coding agent Devin.
Moonvalley has launched its AI video generation platform "Marey" to the public, along a credits-based subscription system. The company is targeting filmmakers with ethically-trained models and advanced controls like free camera motion and physics-aware object manipulation.
Wimbledon's controversial switch to AI-powered line calling has faced criticism from players and coaches who claim the system is less accurate than human judges. The ELC system has also created unexpected accessibility challenges, and reports calculate it has failed to deliver any cost savings.
Cloudflare launched a "pay per crawl" feature that lets content creators charge AI crawlers for access to their websites using HTTP 402 Payment Required responses. With this feature, Cloudflare hopes to offer publishers a monetization alternative between blocking AI entirely or allowing free access.
Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can now transform photos into eight-second videos with sound through a new photo-to-video feature available on the Gemini app. According to Google, users have generated over 40M videos with Veo 3 since the model launched in May.
Campfire raised $35 million in Series A funding led by Accel to build an AI-native ERP platform that uses Anthropic's Claude models to help finance teams automate processes and disrupt legacy systems from Oracle, SAP, and NetSuite.
Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has raised $10 billion to expand infrastructure and develop its controversial Grok chatbot, amid fierce competition with OpenAI and Anthropic, and is set to unveil a major model upgrade despite recent backlash over offensive content.
Apple reportedly considering third-party AI technologies to power the new Siri; Clio acquired vLex; Tech companies score two victories in copyright infringement rulings; Synthflow AI's Series A; Abridge's Series E; Harvey's $300M Series E; and more.