MiniMax M2.5: China's Cheap AI Engineer Changes Everything
New model achieves 80.2% on SWE-Bench at one-tenth the cost of Claude Opus, forcing Western companies to rethink their AI pricing strategies
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Billionaire Bill Ackman Bets $2B on Meta's AI Future
Pershing Square puts 10% of its capital into Meta at a moment when Wall Street is spooked by the company's $135 billion AI spending plan. Here's Ackman's contrarian thesis.
Claude Opus 4.6 Dominates AI Prediction Markets
Prediction markets have made their call. The money says Claude leads the AI race—and the consensus is growing stronger.
This Week in AI: GPT-4o's Death, Worker Revolts, and
Five stories that defined the week—and what happens next.
OpenAI Just Made GPT-5 Free — Here's the Catch
The most powerful language model ever released is now available at no cost, but the business model behind it reveals where AI is really headed.
Google Open-Sources Gemma 3: What It Means for AI
The latest open-weight model from Google challenges Meta's Llama and raises the bar for what's freely available to developers.
The Hidden Cost of Free AI: You're Training the Next Model
Every prompt you send to a 'free' AI service becomes training data for the next version. Here's why that matters more than you think.
We Need to Talk About AI Slop — It's Ruining the Internet
AI-generated junk content now makes up an estimated 20% of new web pages. Here's why it matters and what we can do about it.
Llama 4 Beats GPT-5 on Coding and Math. Open-Source Just Won.
Meta's open-weights model outperforms OpenAI's flagship on HumanEval and MATH benchmarks. Anyone can run it locally.
Gemini 2's Agent Mode Can Now Manage Your Entire Google Workspace Autonomously
It reads emails, schedules meetings, writes documents, and handles calendar conflicts. Users say it's like having a competent assistant who never sleeps.
Apple's AI Runs Entirely On-Device. No Cloud, No Data Sharing, No Exceptions.
The new Apple Intelligence 2.0 processes everything locally. It's slower than competitors but truly private.
Top AI Startups to Watch in 2026: Robotics to Reasoning
These companies raised $18 billion combined. Here's what they're building and why investors are betting on them.
Gen Z Trusts AI More Than Human Experts for Medical, Financial, and Career Advice
A survey of 18-25 year olds shows 61% prefer AI advice. Older generations are horrified.
Teen Built AI Agent Earning 500K Monthly
Gen Z founders are shipping AI products while older founders are still writing business plans.
Retired Teacher Uses AI to Tutor 200 Rural Kids
Margaret Okonkwo brought a laptop and Starlink to her Nigerian village. The results have been extraordinary.
Anthropic's Super Bowl Ad: No Ads for Claude
Anthropic is spending millions to attack OpenAI's ad decision directly. Sam Altman is reportedly 'exceptionally testy' about it.
60% of Remote Workers Use AI Secretly at Work
A survey of 5,000 knowledge workers reveals the secret AI productivity boom — and the anxiety that comes with it.
First AI-Composed Symphony Performed at Carnegie Hall
AIVA's 'Symphony No. 1' received a standing ovation. But is it really music — or an elaborate party trick?
EU AI Act Fines American Company for First Time
The first enforcement action under the EU AI Act hit a US company for deploying 'high-risk' AI without proper documentation. The regulatory era is here.
Grok's Deepfake Crisis: One Sexualized Image Every Minute
UK opened a formal investigation. Malaysia and Indonesia blocked Grok entirely. France raided X's offices. Elon Musk's AI just became the biggest content moderation failure since ChatGPT launched.
AI Robot Dog Helps Autistic Children Make Friends
MiRo-E responds to emotions without judgment. For kids who struggle with human unpredictability, it's a breakthrough.
55,000 AI Layoffs: The Truth Behind the Hype
Companies are laying off workers based on AI's potential, not its performance. 55% of employers already regret it. Welcome to AI-washing.
Grammy-Nominated Producer: 'Every Hit Song This Year Used AI Somewhere'
From melody generation to mixing assistance, AI has become invisible infrastructure in professional music production.
Anthropic's CEO: 'Half of White-Collar Jobs Disappear in 5 Years'
Dario Amodei at Davos: AI replaces all software developers in 1 year, achieves Nobel-level research in 2. The most aggressive job displacement prediction from any major AI lab CEO.
The AI Law War: Trump's Executive Order vs 38 State Regulations
A December executive order targets state AI laws. DOJ is building a litigation task force. Commerce must identify 'burdensome' laws by March 11. The federal-state fight over AI governance is here.
AI Is Finding Your Ancestors Faster Than Any Human Genealogist
Machine learning models trained on billions of records are solving family mysteries in hours instead of years.
4 Million Kids Learned to Read This Year With AI Help
Google's Read Along app is quietly doing what expensive tutoring programs couldn't.
AI Baby Name Generators Are Predicting Which Names Will Be Popular in 18 Years
Algorithms analyze naming trends to suggest names that will feel fresh when your child is an adult.