Amazon Voice AI Amazon Unveils Nova Sonic, Its Most Humanlike Voice AI Yet By Chris McKay • Apr 8, 2025 Amazon has launched Nova Sonic, a unified voice model designed to power more human-like, real-time AI conversations, directly competing with OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini Live.
Google Google Opens AI Mode to More Users, Adds Visual Search Capabilities By Chris McKay • Apr 7, 2025 Google is expanding AI Mode access to millions more US-based Labs users while integrating multimodal Lens capabilities that allow users to search with images.
Meta Llama Meta Launches Llama 4: Multimodal, Massive, and Made for Everyone By Chris McKay • Apr 5, 2025 Meta has released Llama 4 Scout and Maverick, two open-weight AI models designed for multimodal reasoning, with Maverick outperforming GPT-4o and Scout offering a record-breaking 10M token context window.
OpenAI Musk v. OpenAI Legal Battle Pushed to 2026 By Chris McKay • Apr 4, 2025 Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit entity will go to trial in March 2026, potentially complicating the AI company's $40 billion fundraising efforts which require the conversion to be completed by year-end.
GitHub GitHub Unveils Copilot Pro+, Agent Mode, and Premium Model Access By Chris McKay • Apr 4, 2025 GitHub has launched Agent Mode with Model Context Protocol support for all Visual Studio Code users, introduced a new Pro+ plan, and expanded Copilot with premium access to top AI models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI.
OpenAI OpenAI Reshuffles Roadmap: Two New Models to Precede "Much Better" GPT-5 By Chris McKay • Apr 4, 2025
Amazon Ecommerce Amazon Tests AI Shopping Agent That Can Make Purchases from Other Retailers for You By Chris McKay • Apr 3, 2025
Venture Capital Startups Adaptive Security Raises $43M to Combat AI Cyber Threats By Chris McKay • Apr 3, 2025
Runway Media & Entertainment AI Media Startup Runway Secures $308M in Series D Funding By Chris McKay • Apr 3, 2025
OpenAI OpenAI Forms Expert Commission to Shape Its Nonprofit Future Amid For-Profit Transition By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025
Google Gemini Josh Woodward, Head of Google Labs, Takes Charge of Gemini App By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025
Anthropic Education Anthropic Launches Claude for Education with Learning Mode to Foster Critical Thinking in Universities By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025
Venture Capital Startups Actively AI Lands $22.5M to Build 'GTM Superintelligence' for Sales Teams By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025
OpenAI SoftBank Venture Capital OpenAI Secures Record $40 Billion in Funding, Reaching $300 Billion Valuation By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025
AI Policy Trump Administration Launches Accelerator for $1 Billion+ Deals By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025
Biotech & Health Google Venture Capital Isomorphic Labs Secures $600M to Accelerate AI-Powered Drug Discovery By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025
NVIDIA Robotics Omniverse Physical AI NVIDIA's Bold Bet on Physical AI Takes Shape By Chris McKay • Mar 27, 2025
OpenAI OpenAI’s GPT-4o Can Now Generate Images—and It’s Really Good at It By Chris McKay • Mar 25, 2025
AI Ethics Netflix's Reed Hastings Commits $50M to Bowdoin College for AI Ethics Initiative By Chris McKay • Mar 24, 2025
Meta EU Meta's AI Assistant Expands to 41 European Countries with Limited Capabilities By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025
