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Google plans to restrict access to several Gemini models for free users and subscribers to its AI Plus plan, beginning October 9. Abner Li reports for 9to5Google that people using the Gemini app without a paid Google AI plan will only be able to use Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite. They will lose access to Gemini 3.6 …
OpenAI says it will begin testing visual advertising in ChatGPT image generation later this month, starting with users in the United States. Mayank Parmar reports for BleepingComputer that the test will involve an initial group of advertisers and introduce ads built around images, products, and services. The company says the ads could show product inspiration, …
AMD has agreed to acquire World Labs, the artificial intelligence research company founded by Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock transaction valued at about $8.2 billion. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and standard closing conditions. World Labs develops AI models that can generate, reconstruct, and simulate …
Anthropic expects to commit at least $518 billion over the next decade to cloud services, computing capacity, and AI infrastructure, according to details from its confidential IPO prospectus reported by Reuters and the Financial Times. About 80% of that amount cannot be canceled or must be paid even if Anthropic does not use the contracted …
Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, bringing one of the most widely used platforms for sharing AI models, data sets, and developer tools under the chipmaker’s control. The transaction is Nvidia’s second-largest acquisition, after its $20 billion purchase of Groq assets last year. It also marks a major expansion beyond the …
The US Department of Justice has urged a federal court to treat the use of copyrighted text for training large language models as fair use, siding with OpenAI and Microsoft in their dispute with The New York Times. In a letter filed in the consolidated copyright case in Manhattan, the government argues that AI training …
The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a very large online search engine under the Digital Services Act, subjecting OpenAI to the EU’s strictest platform rules. The designation applies after ChatGPT surpassed 45 million average monthly users in the European Union. Reddit and Roblox received similar designations as very large online platforms. The three companies …
Instagram will reduce the reach of accounts built around AI generated people if they do not identify themselves with a new “AI-generated profile” label. The rule targets profiles that can appear to feature a real person but actually use a synthetic persona. Karissa Bell reports for Engadget that creators who believe Instagram has penalized them …
South Korea plans to offer its entire population free access to premium generative AI services through a new government initiative called “AI for All.” Jiyoung Sohn reports for The Wall Street Journal that the program is designed to treat AI more like a public utility while strengthening the country’s technological independence. The government has selected …
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have sued Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei, and cofounder Benjamin Mann, alleging that Claude was built and operated using tens of thousands of copyrighted songs without permission. Tim Ingham reports for Music Business Worldwide that the case was filed in federal court in Northern California. It adds Sony and …