Xiaomi just released a free voice AI model that outperforms Google and OpenAI's paid systems. The open-source MiDashengLM-7B processes audio 20x faster than competitors and handles speech, music, and environmental sounds as one unified system.
Trump's AI Action Plan makes open-source a national priority as China dominates with models like DeepSeek-R1. America built the foundation but is now falling behind while Chinese researchers share everything. The roles have completely reversed.
Apple's scrambling to rebuild Siri by 2026 while a 30-person London startup already solved the productivity problem Cupertino is trying to crack. At $47.8M, Raycast costs Apple 4 hours of revenue—but Microsoft might grab it first.
Apple spent two years dismissing chatbots. Now it's building a ChatGPT rival through a secret 'Answers' team as the company scrambles to catch up in AI while bleeding talent to Meta and facing Siri delays until 2026.
Global AI governance takes center stage. Therapy meets ChatGPT. Data companies cash in. This week's biggest tech stories show the world grappling with artificial intelligence's rapid advance.
Singapore startup Manus challenges OpenAI and Google's single-agent 'Deep Research' by deploying 100+ AI agents simultaneously. Bold bet on parallel processing over sequential work, but zero evidence it actually works better.
OpenAI's Sam Altman admits he's "scared" of GPT-5, comparing its development to the Manhattan Project. The model launches this week, but internal testing reveals AI progress is slowing. Why is the CEO afraid of his own creation?
Anthropic cuts OpenAI's access to Claude models just weeks before GPT-5 launch, citing terms of service violations. OpenAI's engineers were using Claude Code internally to test their upcoming model. The timing raises questions about AI competition tactics.
Apple CEO Tim Cook rallied employees around AI in rare all-hands meeting, calling it "ours to grab" despite being late to the race. With iPhone revenue up 13% and major internal restructuring underway, Cook bets AI devices won't replace smartphones.
Google launches its most powerful AI yet, but at $250/month and with safety warnings about weapons knowledge, Deep Think raises questions about who gets access to advanced reasoning capabilities.
Apple reports best quarterly growth since 2021 but CEO Tim Cook spent the earnings call talking about something else: buying his way into the AI race. The iPhone maker acquired seven companies this year as it scrambles to catch up with competitors.
OpenAI killed a ChatGPT feature hours after launch when thousands of private conversations appeared in Google search results. The rapid reversal highlights a growing tension in AI development between useful features and user privacy.
