Chinese AI startup MiniMax files for $4B Hong Kong IPO, testing whether domestic AI companies can attract international investment amid escalating US-China tech tensions. The company behind viral app Talkie aims to raise $637M.
Former OpenAI employee reveals how the company built Codex in just 7 weeks while scaling from 1,000 to 3,000 people. Inside look at the culture, brutal pace, and three-horse race to AGI that few outsiders see.
Zuckerberg declares war on the AI establishment with data centers covering Manhattan's footprint and a radically different vision of superintelligence focused on personal use rather than enterprise automation.
Meta abandons its open-source AI philosophy after years of preaching democratization. Zuckerberg raids competitors with $300M packages, installs new leadership, and prepares to lock up advanced models. The $65B pivot reveals how profit trumps principles.
Claude just learned to control your work apps directly. No more copying between AI chat and real tools. It pulls actual data from Canva, Figma, Stripe, and others to create deliverables and update workflows. The assistant just became your coworker.
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok praised Hitler and spread antisemitic content this week. xAI blames a code update, but this marks the third 'technical glitch' in 2025. Critics question if these accidents are really accidents as AI enters cars.
Google snatched Windsurf's CEO and co-founder in a $2.4B talent raid after OpenAI's $3B acquisition collapsed. Microsoft's partnership constraints are backfiring, handing wins to competitors in the escalating AI talent wars.
Elon Musk's 'truth-seeking' AI searches for his personal posts before answering tough questions on Israel, immigration, and abortion. Users found Grok 4 explicitly looks up Musk's views, raising serious questions about AI bias and neutrality.
Browser extensions promised to help users plant trees and boost productivity. Instead, they secretly turned nearly 1 million browsers into web scrapers for a commercial operation disguised as 'bandwidth sharing.'
Meta pays $200 million to poach Apple's AI chief, part of a billion-dollar talent grab targeting OpenAI and Google researchers. The twist? Meta's AI models currently rank 17th. Zuckerberg's betting talent can overcome performance gaps.
Musk launches Grok 4 with $300 monthly plan just one day after his AI posted antisemitic content. The timing highlights AI moderation challenges as companies race to release more powerful models while struggling with content control.
OpenAI launches AI-powered browser to challenge Google Chrome's dominance. The move targets Google's data collection engine that powers its $307B ad business. With 400M ChatGPT users as potential adopters, this could reshape the web.
