Mayank Kumar

Mayank Kumar has been a gamer since 2006, starting with the Game Boy and Nintendo DS. That early passion evolved into tournament play, streaming, and deep ties to the global gaming community — experience he now channels into his coverage of gaming and AI at Times of AI.

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Ai Song Streaming Fraud

AI News

Man Sentenced After Using AI Songs and 10,000 Bots in $8 Million Streaming Fraud

Key Takeaways A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after using thousands of automated accounts...

By Mayank Kumar

October 8, 2026

Meta AI Agents

AI News

Meta And Partners Develop Standard For How AI Agents Interact With Businesses

Key Takeaways Meta and AI company Sierra are working with several companies on a proposed standard for how personal AI...

By Mayank Kumar

October 7, 2026

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 With Lower Costs And New Safeguards

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Claude Opus 5.5 Launches At $4 Per Million Tokens With Cyber Routing

Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in its Claude 5.5 family, with the company positioning the release...

By Mayank Kumar

September 23, 2026

Meta One

AI News

Meta One Launches Globally With Plans From $2.99 to $499 a Month

Meta launched Meta One globally on September 15, bringing paid subscription plans with additional features and higher AI usage across...

By Mayank Kumar

September 16, 2026

Meta Muse Runs on Its Own Cloud Machine. Meta Could Still Look In

AI News

Meta’s Muse Can Book Travel and Send Emails. Here’s the Catch

Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent designed to carry out tasks for users rather than simply respond to...

By Mayank Kumar

September 9, 2026

Meta Says Muse Spark 1.3 Beats GPT-5.6 Sol at Coding

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Meta Says Muse Spark 1.3 Beats GPT-5.6 Sol at Coding

Meta released Muse Spark 1.3 on September 2, and AI chief Alexandr Wang said it is competitive with Claude Fable...

By Mayank Kumar

September 3, 2026

AI Agents Reached Hugging Face Systems

AI News

OpenAI Investigation Reveals How AI Agents Breached Hugging Face Systems

OpenAI’s investigation into a July security incident has provided new details about how AI agents bypassed network controls, accessed external...

By Mayank Kumar

August 31, 2026

Anthropic Adds a Built-In Browser to Claude Cowork

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Anthropic Adds Built-In Browser To Claude Cowork For Web-Based Tasks

Anthropic has added a built-in browser to Claude Cowork, giving the AI assistant a separate environment for navigating websites and...

By Mayank Kumar

August 27, 2026

Gemini Student Offer Gives Free AI Pro in US, AI Plus Elsewhere

AI News

Google Promotes Gemini As A Study Tool With AI-Powered Exam Prep And Interactive Features

Google is promoting Gemini to college students as a tool for exam preparation, writing and other coursework, with a back-to-school...

By Mayank Kumar

August 20, 2026

OpenAI Opens 1M-Token Context for GPT-5.6 Sol in Codex

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OpenAI Opens 1M-Token Context for GPT-5.6 Sol in Codex

OpenAI has expanded access to the 1-million-token context window for GPT-5.6 Sol in Codex to users with ChatGPT accounts, according...

By Mayank Kumar

August 17, 2026