The New York Times sues AI startup Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging unauthorized use of its content to power AI search tools.

Gemini gains on ChatGPT in downloads, active users, and engagement, driven by new features like Nano Banana; ChatGPT growth slows amid rising competition.

Meta acquires AI startup Limitless, discontinues its pendant hardware but supports users for one year.

Google updates Gemini web with dark mode, "My Content" folder, and enhanced AI image features.

OpenAI clarifies no ads in ChatGPT, halts promotional messages after user backlash, and plans better controls.

NVIDIA launched Alpamayo-R1, an open-source Vision-Language-Action model for autonomous driving, featuring chain-of-thought reasoning to enhance Level 4 autonomy.

Anthropic deepens enterprise focus with $200M Snowflake deal to embed Claude AI in Snowflake’s platform for scalable, context-aware enterprise solutions.

OpenAI to acquire Neptune Labs to enhance AI model observability and internal tooling.

Meta launches global AI-powered support hub for Facebook and Instagram, aiming to improve account recovery and security despite user complaints over AI-driven errors and lack of human oversight.

Meta reportedly plans up to 30% budget cuts in its metaverse division, including workforce reductions, amid waning interest in Horizon Worlds and VR hardware.

Intel reverses plan to sell NEX networking chip unit, citing strategic value in AI and data center integration.

Google tests AI that rewrites news headlines, often inaccurately, contradicting its anti-clickbait guidelines and raising concerns over editorial control.

Amazon launches AI-powered Fire TV feature letting users jump to movie scenes via Alexa Plus by describing moments, characters, or quotes.

Healthify launches Ria Voice, an AI-powered real-time health coach using OpenAI’s Realtime API for natural, multimodal voice interactions across 60+ languages.

Anthropic eyes 2026 IPO, surging past OpenAI in enterprise AI adoption with $300B+ valuation and strong Microsoft/NVIDIA backing.

Microsoft integrates Mesh’s immersive 3D meetings into Teams, retiring standalone Mesh as of Dec 1, 2025.

French AI firm Mistral launches new open-weight models, including 675B-parameter Large 3 and lightweight Ministral variants, targeting efficiency, multilingual support, and enterprise use under Apache 2.0 license.

Apple's UI design head Alan Dye joins Meta to boost AI in hardware; Steve Lemay succeeds him at Apple.

Google launches Workspace Studio, enabling non-technical users to build AI agents that automate tasks across Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and more using natural language—powered by Gemini 3.

Anthropic acquires Bun, a high-performance JavaScript/TypeScript toolkit startup, to enhance its AI coding assistant Claude Code.