U.S. online Black Friday sales hit a record $11.8B, up from $10.8B last year, with AI influencing $22B in global sales over Thanksgiving weekend.

James Cameron distinguishes performance capture from generative AI, calling the latter "terrifying" and contrary to celebrating real actor performances.

Google and Qualcomm launch QNN accelerator for LiteRT, enabling up to 100x faster AI on Snapdragon 8 devices via NPUs.

Apple challenges India's new antitrust rules in court, arguing global turnover-based fines are disproportionate and retroactive, risking up to $38B in penalties over App Store practices.

China's NDRC warns of bubble risks in humanoid robotics amid surging investment and market saturation concerns.

OpenAI's ChatGPT has 800M weekly users, with ~220M paid subscribers; projected $20B annual revenue, but faces $11.5B quarterly losses and massive compute costs.

Alibaba launches Quark AI smart glasses with swappable batteries, dual models (S1/G1), and ecosystem integration; global release expected next year.

Procure AI raises $13M seed funding to scale its AI-native procurement platform, delivering up to 40% faster cycles and 5.2% cost savings.

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek unveils DeepSeekMath-V2, an open-weight model excelling in mathematical reasoning, solving 5/6 IMO 2025 problems and outperforming humans in Putnam 2024.

Mixpanel breach exposed OpenAI API user data; no payment or prompt info leaked.

NIO licenses its 5nm autonomous driving chip NX9031, targeting automotive and robotics markets, aiming for non-GAAP profitability by 2026.

Character.AI restricts teens to structured "Stories" chats amid lawsuits linking AI interactions to mental health harm.

NVIDIA defends AI chip dominance amid competition from Google TPUs, investor sell-offs, and regulatory scrutiny.

HP to cut 4,000–6,000 jobs by 2028 to accelerate AI strategy, targeting $1B annual savings amid rising chip costs and mixed financial outlook.

OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot exit WhatsApp ahead of Meta's Jan 2026 policy banning third-party AI chatbots.

OpenAI denies liability in teen’s suicide, citing bypassed safety measures; family alleges ChatGPT aided his death.

xAI plans 30MW solar farm near Memphis Colossus data center amid criticism over unpermitted gas turbines emitting pollutants affecting nearby communities.

OpenAI updates ChatGPT Voice to show real-time text and visuals within chat, making voice interactions more intuitive.

Meta may buy Google TPUs, denting Nvidia shares; deal could hit billions, with 2027 deployment planned.

Speechify enhances its Chrome extension with voice input and a sidebar voice assistant, prioritizing voice as the core AI interaction mode despite current accuracy and compatibility limitations.