July 14, 2026 July 14, 2026OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can moveThe AI company is said to be building a home companion device with a personality, mechanical parts, and access to your emails
July 14, 2026 July 14, 2026OpenAI researcher Miles Wang is in talks to launch a $2 billion AI drug discovery startupWang is reportedly leaving OpenAI to build AI models for drug discovery, with Lightspeed in discussions to lead a $200 million funding round
July 14, 2026 July 14, 2026DeepSeek is reportedly seeking $1.5 billion ahead of a planned IPOThe Chinese AI startup is in talks to raise fresh capital at a $71 billion valuation, less than two months after its first outside funding round
July 14, 2026 July 14, 2026DeepMind CEO wants an independent body to regulate frontier AI modelsDemis Hassabis is pushing for a FINRA-style standards organization that would review powerful AI models before they reach the public
July 14, 2026 July 14, 2026Google hit with class action lawsuit over AI training on copyrighted booksMajor publishers and authors claim Google used their works to train Gemini without permission, and then tried to hide it
July 14, 2026 July 14, 2026Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets may need caps within two yearsThe Instagram chief sees token spend becoming as significant as salaries, and thinks limits will eventually be unavoidable
July 14, 2026 July 14, 2026ChatGPT is back on WhatsApp in Europe, and the EU forced Meta’s handAfter six months off the platform, OpenAI's chatbot returns to WhatsApp following a European Commission order against Meta
July 14, 2026 July 14, 2026Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes AI email replies feel worth itA smarter approach to drafting replies is winning over skeptics, but it still has some rough edges
July 14, 2026 July 14, 2026Spotify lets you talk to it now: what the new voice and chat feature actually doesPremium users can now type or speak to Spotify directly in the app to shape their listening experience
July 14, 2026 July 14, 2026Google brings Gemini to Chrome for UK usersThe 'Ask Gemini' button is rolling out to British browsers, with tab access, Gmail integration, and an image generator built in
July 13, 2026 July 13, 2026Nous Research in talks to raise $75M at $1.5B valuationThe maker of the open-source Hermes AI agent is closing a new round led by Robot Ventures, with USV also joining in
July 13, 2026 July 13, 2026PixVerse raises $439M at $2B+ valuation as AI video race heats upThe Singapore-based startup is betting that better data labeling, not more data, is the real edge in video generation
July 13, 2026 July 13, 2026Anthropic brings rupee pricing to India for Claude, its second-biggest marketLocal pricing is now live for some users, but UPI support is still missing, putting Anthropic behind OpenAI in India's payment landscape
July 13, 2026 July 13, 2026Waze adds motorcycle mode, quieter navigation, and smarter Gemini searchThe latest Waze update brings AI-powered routing for riders, personalized routes, and conversational destination search to millions of users
July 12, 2026 July 12, 2026OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT grows upA new product hire and shifting user demographics signal that OpenAI is rethinking ChatGPT as a household tool, not just a personal one