Latest Artificial Intelligence Updates and Stories
Broadcom announced it has shipped the industry's first 2nm custom compute System-on-Chip for AI workloads, built on its proprietary 3.5D Extreme Dimension System-in-Package platform, marking a major leap in AI chip density and performance.
Microsoft introduced Copilot Tasks, a new AI agent feature that runs autonomously on a cloud PC to complete multi-step tasks on behalf of users, transforming Microsoft Copilot from a conversational assistant into a proactive action-taker.
Figma announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI to natively embed support for Codex, OpenAI's AI coding agent, directly into the Figma design platform, enabling developers to generate and edit code from design files.
OpenAI announced plans to significantly expand its London office, making it the company's biggest research hub outside the US, signaling a major commitment to European AI talent and research capabilities.
Meta and AMD announced a major expansion of their strategic partnership, committing to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPU infrastructure for AI workloads, diversifying Meta's compute stack just days after pledging millions of Nvidia GPUs.
Google unveiled Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), its next-generation AI image model featuring up to 4K resolution, improved character consistency, and faster generation speeds, now set as the default across Gemini apps and Google Search.
Jack Dorsey announced Block, the fintech company behind Square and Cash App, is slashing its workforce by nearly half — from over 10,000 to under 6,000 employees — as AI tools enable a fundamentally new way of building and running companies.
Nvidia reported record Q4 FY2026 revenue of $68.1 billion, up 73% year-over-year, while announcing Vera Rubin AI GPU samples have been delivered to customers and Q1 guidance of $78 billion exceeded all expectations.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly rejected the Pentagon's last-and-final contract offer, refusing to allow Claude AI to be used for autonomous weapons or mass domestic surveillance despite threats of blacklisting and Defense Production Act enforcement.
