Astronomers at the University of Warwick used an AI pipeline called RAVEN to validate 118 exoplanets from over 2.2 million stars observed by NASA's TESS satellite, including 31 newly discovered worlds, while flagging over 2,000 additional high-quality candidates in findings published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Micron Technology has commenced high-volume production of HBM4 memory chips for NVIDIA's next-generation Vera Rubin GPU, positioning the company at the center of an AI-driven memory shortage that analysts project could last until 2030, while Micron's revenue nearly tripled year-over-year.
Microsoft has stepped in to take over a large-scale AI data center expansion in Texas that OpenAI had originally planned to lead under the Stargate initiative, signaling a strategic shift in how the two companies are dividing infrastructure responsibilities for the AI buildout.
Apple is planning to allow Siri to route queries to any AI chatbot available on the App Store in iOS 27, moving beyond its exclusive partnership with ChatGPT and enabling users to choose from competing AI assistants including Google Gemini and others.
Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, its highest-quality real-time audio and voice model to date, featuring reduced latency, improved emotional tone recognition, and mandatory SynthID watermarking on all AI-generated audio. Search Live simultaneously expands to 200+ countries.
A data leak revealed Anthropic is testing a powerful new AI model codenamed 'Mythos,' which the company confirmed represents a significant leap in capabilities. Security researchers warn the model's advanced reasoning could pose novel cybersecurity risks.
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin issued a preliminary injunction halting the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk, ruling the move was likely unlawful retaliation for the company's refusal to remove AI safety guardrails for military use.
Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude chatbot, is reportedly in early discussions with Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley for an IPO as soon as October 2026 that could raise over $60 billion, making it one of the largest tech listings in history.
