Musk sued Apple and OpenAI claiming iPhone AI conspiracy, but his own Grok hit #1 in February. The case tests whether platform integration equals unfair advantage—a fight that could reshape how AI reaches users.
First survey of 283 AI benchmarks exposes systematic flaws undermining evaluation: data contamination inflating scores, cultural biases creating unfair assessments, missing process evaluation. The measurement crisis threatens deployment decisions.
Brave discovered Perplexity's AI browser executes hidden malicious commands from web pages, bypassing decades of security protections. As every major browser adds AI agents, enterprises rush to buy secure alternatives.
First survey of 283 AI benchmarks exposes systematic flaws undermining evaluation: data contamination inflating scores, cultural biases creating unfair assessments, missing process evaluation. The measurement crisis threatens deployment decisions.
Tech giants successfully pushed Trump's White House to restrict funding for states with "restrictive" AI rules, while 1,000+ state bills flood legislatures. Colorado's pioneering law faces major revisions. The battle over who controls AI regulation is heating up.
Google breaks AI energy silence with first granular data: 0.24 watt-hours per Gemini prompt. But critics challenge what's excluded from the math, setting up a new fight over measuring AI's true environmental cost.
Meta's fourth AI restructuring in six months reveals deeper problems than leadership changes suggest. Nine-figure compensation packages and internal cultural breakdown signal competitive weakness in the AI race, not strength.
Margaret Boden couldn't use computers but became a leading AI philosopher. Her 1998 prediction—that AI would excel at generating ideas but struggle with evaluation—now explains why ChatGPT creates convincing misinformation and legal systems cite fake cases.
Anthropic lets Claude Opus 4 end abusive chats—not to protect users, but potentially the AI itself. The company remains uncertain about AI consciousness but implements "model welfare" safeguards anyway. A precautionary ethics experiment.
OpenAI's upgrade to GPT-5 sparked its biggest user revolt ever—not over performance, but personality. Users mourned their "AI friend" so intensely the company restored the old model. The crisis reveals how emotional bonds now constrain AI product decisions at scale.
YouTube's new AI system scans every user's viewing history to flag teens, triggering ID verification appeals. A 50,000-signature petition calls it "surveillance dressed as child safety" as the rollout begins this week.
AI startup Perplexity bids $34.5B for Google's Chrome—nearly double its own valuation—as federal judge prepares antitrust ruling. The timing isn't coincidental. Browser control becomes the new battleground in AI search competition.
Beijing pressures Chinese tech giants to justify Nvidia chip orders just days after Trump approved sales for 15% revenue cut. The three-way dance between Washington's tollbooth and China's nudges creates a new template for tech competition.
OpenAI's forced GPT-5 migration sparked a three-day subscriber revolt that exposed cracks in the AI scaling story. Users demanded their old models back—and won. The rapid reversal signals shifting power between AI companies and the professionals who depend on reliable systems.
Jensen Huang's White House visit unlocked Nvidia's China chip licenses in 48 hours—while Beijing demanded proof the same hardware wasn't compromised. Both capitals are using semiconductors as leverage in a tech standoff neither side can win.
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