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Google's AI advancements are lagging behind competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic. The readiness of AI models is critical for maintaining a competitive edge in the tech industry. Google's flagship ... The post M.G. Siegler: Google is lagging behind OpenAI and Anthropic, the shift to standalone AI apps is challenging, and strategic missteps could be company-destroying | Big Technology appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Microsoft unveiled seven in-house AI models and claimed its flagship reasoning and image systems outperform rivals from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, 2026 — The Center for AI Safety (CAIS), a nonprofit focused on reducing societal-scale risks from artificial intelligence, today announced the appointment of Devin Kim as its […] The post Center for AI Safety Expands Leadership, Creates National Security-Focused AI Institute appeared first on AIwire.

The immense AI token consumption highlights escalating costs and resource demands, prompting urgent need for sustainable usage strategies. The post OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reveals top token user consumes 100B tokens monthly appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new "flagship" model: MAI-Thinking-1. It's an ambitious step into model development for Microsoft, which introduced its initial in-house models last year - before then, it had relied on OpenAI's models. The two companies recently renegotiated their deal to loosen ties. According to Microsoft, MAI-Thinking-1 is a "medium-sized model" that "matches leading models" on "key" software engineering benchmarks. Microsoft says the company "trained it from the ground up on clean data, without distillation from third-party models." As for other models announced today, t … Read the full story at The Verge.

OpenAI is getting serious about courting enterprise users. On Tuesday, the AI lab released a new set of capabilities for Codex, meant to expand the agentic tool’s uses in the workplace. Together with the new tools, the company released an internal report on how Codex is being used for knowledge work, finding its uses go […]

Opal, the company famous for making a fancy webcam, has pivoted to making other consumer electronics. Fueled by big investments from OpenAI and Samsung, it’s working on an audio gadget first.

Stock market filing illustrates AI company’s meteoric rise, while California’s tech billionaires pour cash into elections Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian. This week in tech, we’re discussing Anthropic’s meteoric rise, both theological and financial, and California’s unprecedented infusion of political cash from Silicon Valley. ‘Like a billionaire on acid’: Star Wars director Gareth Edwards comes out in favour of AI To YouTube and beyond: how online gen Z directors stormed Hollywood Continue reading...