Forbes says many enterprise AI pilots fail to reach production because data, process, and ownership foundations are weak.

WIRED reports that some asexual people are using AI companions to explore intimacy, role-play, and relationships without sex.

Meta is preparing layoffs while shifting more engineers into generative AI teams, according to reporting on internal morale and restructuring.

Amazon introduced an AI-powered shopping feature that generates conversational audio answers to product questions.

The Academy clarified that acting and writing must be performed by humans to qualify for Oscars, excluding AI-generated performances and scripts.

Spotify is rolling out Verified by Spotify badges as AI-generated artists and tracks flood streaming platforms.

A new AI film festival at Cannes sparks debate as the main competition bans AI-generated films, highlighting tensions between tradition and technology in filmmaking.

ComfyUI raised $30M at a $500M valuation, reflecting surging demand for tools that give creators fine-grained control over AI image, video, and audio output.

Anthropic released Claude Design, a new product enabling users to quickly create visual content directly within the Claude AI platform.

Google has unveiled new generative AI features for Google Maps and its geospatial apps, targeting enterprise users with enhanced mapping capabilities.

Meta is deploying tracking software on U.S. employee computers to collect mouse clicks, keystrokes, and screen activity to train its AI models.

OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0 supports multilingual text, infographics, and web-informed image generation, marking a major leap in AI image capabilities.

Epic Games has opened its new 'conversations' AI tool to Fortnite creators, enabling them to build interactive AI-powered characters that players can talk to in-game.

New data from Appfigures shows a significant wave of AI-driven app launches in 2026, suggesting generative AI is fueling a mobile software renaissance.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is developing an AI assistant trained to handle select CEO responsibilities, signaling a new era of AI-augmented executive leadership.

Anthropic launched Claude Design, an AI tool that converts text prompts into interactive prototypes, challenging Figma alongside its most powerful public model, Claude Opus 4.7.

AI coding startup Factory has hit a $1.5 billion valuation as enterprise demand for AI-assisted software development continues to surge in 2026.

Canva AI 2.0 transforms the design tool into a conversational, agentic platform with persistent memory, natural language editing, and third-party integrations.

Anthropic publicly releases Claude Opus 4.7, its strongest generally available model, while keeping the even more powerful Mythos Preview restricted.

Adobe's new Firefly AI Assistant lets users control Creative Cloud apps like Photoshop, Premiere, and Illustrator via natural language prompts.