SoftBank has finalized its $40 billion OpenAI investment, closing a $22.5 billion second round and emerging with roughly 11 percent ownership in the AI company.
The real danger of AI is not what it does, but what happens when Americans forget how to function without it.
Former Google and Yahoo executive Marissa Mayer is back with a new AI startup called Dazzle AI. The company just raised $8 million in seed funding and is betting that the future of artificial intelligence is not bigger models, but calmer, more intuitive applications that fit naturally into everyday life.
Google’s Gemini Live API is not just improving support. It is quietly dismantling the customer service industry and the jobs that came with it.
OpenAI has released GPT 5.1 with better instruction following, upgraded reasoning, and new tone controls that make ChatGPT easier to customize for everyday use.
Artificial intelligence is now part of the World Series broadcast and infrastructure, but not everyone’s sure baseball needs this much help from machines.
Yelp’s 2025 AI update introduces smart assistants, call automation, and a new Menu Vision feature that uses your phone camera to preview dishes before you order.
Google.org is investing $2 million in the National Applied AI Consortium, expanding AI education across 320 community colleges and training America’s next generation of tech talent.
Microsoft AI’s first in-house image generator, MAI-Image-1, is already a top-10 performer on LMArena. The model focuses on realism, speed, and practical use for creators.
A University of Phoenix white paper reveals why AI often fails to deliver and argues leaders must put people first to close the productivity gap.
OpenAI has filed a motion to dismiss Elon Musk’s xAI lawsuit, arguing that the case is built on speculation rather than facts.
OpenAI is making GPT-5 warmer and friendlier. I like AI that feels like a friend, but is it healthy to blur the line between tool and companion?