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AI boom reportedly made tech billionaires like Elon Musk even richer in 2025

Key Highlights: The artificial intelligence boom is helping billionaires get even richer, and 2025 has been one if the most profitable years for most of them. According to latest market data, America’s richest tech figures have added more than half a trillion dollars to the combined wealth, thanks to ever-soaring AI-related stick prices. The Guardian, citing Bloomberg figures, reports that the top 10 U.S. tech founders and executives now control close to $2.5 trillion in wealth. Previous year, around same time, that figure stood at around $1.9 trillion. The jump is enough to tell just how aggressively investors are betting […]

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Report says ChatGPT loses web traffic as Google Gemini gains

Key Highlights: AI assistants have become a staple of many these days; be it taking help for summarizing emails, to streamlining workflow, to getting recommendations  on TVs, there are a lot AI assistants can do right now. And, when we talk of AI assistants, ChatGPT comes to everyone’s mind without any doubt, and rightly so. OpenAI’s AI assistant currently has 700 million weekly active users. ChatGPT’s grip in the market is slipping away; Gemini is the one benefitting However, it seems ChatGPT’s grip on the generative AI market is no longer as it used to be. That’s according to the […]

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Samsung to Unveil Updated Bespoke AI Kitchen Appliances at the CES 2026 Event

Key Highlights AI has slipped into our workspace and living room for a long time now, but Samsung is making sure that the technology sits right inside the kitchen. CES 2026 is just around the corner and Samsung has announced to showcase some of the best kitchen appliances under its refreshed Bespoke AI lineup. The upcoming lineup focuses on smarter automation, cleaner design, and more personalized everyday use.  Bespoke AI refrigerators are one of the highlights In the announcement post, Samsung has confirmed that it will unveil the updated Bespoke AI refrigerators, over-the-range (OTR) microwave, and slide-in range at the […]

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Italy Orders Meta to Suspend WhatsApp Policy Blocking Third-party AI Chatbots

Key Highlights: Europe is one of the markets across the globe where tech giants find themselves under heavy scrutiny from the European Commission. Meta, this time, has found itself in a spot of bother after introducing a WhatsApp policy that blocks third-party AI providers.  Italy’s antitrust regulator asks Meta to suspend its WhatsApp policy that blocks third-party AI providers Earlier this month, the European Commission launched a separate investigation into this matter. At the time, the regulator announced that the probe will cover the entire EEA, except one country, Italy. That’s because Italy’s competition watchdog, theItalian Competition Authority (AGCM), launched […]

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Waymo could soon integrate Gemini into its robotaxis for smarter ride

Key Highlights: Google has been making massive strides to turn Gemini into a useful AI assistant that not only helps us with summarizing emails, generating images, and much more. Thanks to the growing list of features now associated with Gemini, Waymo appears to be exploring a new frontier for its robotaxis. Formerly the Google self-driving car project, Waymo is now looking to integrate Gemini AI chatbot as an in-car assistant. In a blog post, tech blogger and app researcher Jane Manchun Wong mentioned that while examining Waymo’s mobile app code, she uncovered the complete system prompt for its unreleased Gemini […]

Google Fully Rolls Out Customizable Video Overviews in NotebookLM

Google reportedly working on new ‘Lecture’ mode for NotebookLM

Key Highlights: If you use NotebookLM, this might be the news you wanted to hear for a long time now. NotebookLM is unarguably one of the best AI tools to exist at this point, but Google isn’t done with pushing even more upgrades. The company is reportedly working on another notable upgrade related to long-form audio learning behind the scenes. NotebookLM’s Lecture mode focuses on long-form explanations The news comes via Testing Catalog, which reported that Google is working on a new “Lecture” format for Audio Overviews that can provide AI-generated audio of up to 30 minutes long. To catch […]

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OpenAI Launches “Your Year with ChatGPT”: Here’s How to Check Yours

Key Highlights: As 2025 is coming to an end, more and more online platforms have released their specific year-in-review. Here I’m talking about Spotify Wrapped, Google’s Year in Search, Snapchat Recap, and more. OpenAI, meanwhile, is an AI company, but it isn’t shying away from joining the bandwagon and has released its own version called “Your Year with ChatGPT.” ChatGPT users can get personalized year in review, but it’s limited to select regions now As the name suggests, ChatGPT users can have a personalized look back at how they used the chatbot over the past year. The new feature is […]

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OpenAI Rolls Out Security Update for ChatGPT Atlas to Block Prompt Injection Attacks

Key Highlights: It’s not hidden anymore that AI browsers are slowly making their way into the market. Earlier this year, AI companies like Perplexity and OpenAI launched Comet AI browser and ChatGPT Atlas, respectively. The idea behind AI browser is quite fascinating but is it reliable enough to make users transition to these options for everyday web browsing is still a big question. Here’s how OpenAI is blocking prompt injection attacks in ChatGPT Atlas That’s especially true when the browser market is alone dominated by Google Chrome, which is already making strides by adding AI features. But, for AI-powered browsers […]

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UAE Leaders Meet Elon Musk in Abu Dhabi to Discuss AI and Technology

Key Highlights: Countries in the Middle East are increasingly working to bolster plans for future innovations in advanced technology, AI, and other areas. One such example is the UAE. The country is partnering with some of the top tech giants from the U.S., like Microsoft and OpenAI, to make it more efficient in the AI sector. More recently, Microsoft announced $15.2 billion investment in the UAE to expand its AI footprint in the country. That’s not all; the company is also aiming to build trust and make people aware of AI and turn the UAE into an AI-ready nation. Speaking […]

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AMD Eyes Major China Breakthrough as Alibaba Weighs MI308 AI Chip Order

2025 has anything but quiet for the AI and semiconductor industry. While AI giants are making progress in their respective expertise, major semiconductor companies NVIDIA and AMD have been in the spotlight for backing such companies with their best AI chips. Alibaba reportedly looking to buy AMD’s MI308 AI chip Now, AMD has entered the scene after securing export license for the MI308, and agreeing to pay a 15% fee to the U.S. government on approved sales to Chinese customers. For those unaware, the MI308 AI chip is a trimmed down version of AMD’s premium offering. However, the good news […]