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OpenAI rebuilt its WebRTC stack for real-time voice AI
The company details its infrastructure overhaul to support low-latency conversational AI with proper turn-taking mechanics.
OpenAI partners with PwC to build AI agents for finance teams
The collaboration targets CFO workflows with automated forecasting and controls, but details on capabilities remain thin.
Gemini API adds webhooks to end polling for long-running jobs
Google's new event-driven webhooks push job completion notifications to developers instead of requiring continuous polling for batch operations.
Musk admits xAI distills OpenAI models during trial testimony
Elon Musk testified that his AI company distills OpenAI's models to train its own, while suing OpenAI for allegedly breaking its nonprofit mission.
AI agents will mediate voting and civic action within two years
Personal AI assistants will soon research candidates, draft communications, and lobby on users' behalf, fundamentally changing how citizens interact with democracy.
GameStop offers $56B for eBay without clear financing plan
The meme-stock retailer wants to buy a company four times its size, proposing to turn stores into authentication hubs and livestream studios.
OpenAI president's own journal entries bolster Musk's lawsuit
Greg Brockman's 2017 writings show internal debates about converting the nonprofit to for-profit status, potentially supporting Elon Musk's charity theft claims.
Google DeepMind staff vote to unionize over military AI contracts
London workers demand right to refuse projects violating ethical standards as Google expands Pentagon partnerships.
Meta scans photos for bone structure to block kids under 13
Facebook and Instagram deploy AI to analyze height and bone structure in user photos, expanding age detection beyond account data to visual cues.
Sierra raises $950M at $15B valuation for AI customer agents
Bret Taylor's startup claims 40% of Fortune 50 as customers while burning through enterprise AI budgets industrywide.
Musk expert witness warns AGI race threatens AI safety controls
Berkeley professor Stuart Russell testified that competition for artificial general intelligence creates tension between speed and safety measures.
Image AI models pull 6.5x more downloads than text updates
Appfigures data shows visual AI features drive downloads but most fail to convert that spike into subscription revenue.