Year: 2026
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Tops Science Benchmarks as AI Hardware Breakthroughs Promise 246x Energy Gains
Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro beats GPT-5.5 on science benchmarks.
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Google Gemini 2.5 Pro Leads a Week of AI Breakthroughs — From Brain-Computer Interfaces to Photonic Computing
Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro tops science benchmarks, showcasing AI advancements.
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Google Opens Veo 3 to All Vertex AI Users as AI Infrastructure Demand Hits New Heights
Google’s Veo 3 is now available on Vertex AI for all users. Plus: a $1B chip deal, China’s AI regulations, and New York’s data center ban.
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Google Opens Veo 3 to All Vertex AI Users as AI Industry Faces Regulation and Infrastructure Pressure
Google’s Veo 3 video AI hits Vertex AI for all users. Plus: China’s companion AI rules, a $1B compute deal, and New York’s data center ban.
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AI Models Hit New Benchmarks, Optical Computing Emerges, and New York Pumps the Brakes on Data Centers
This week in AI: Google leads with Gemini 2.5 Pro, optical computing emerges, and New York halts data center growth.
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GPT-Live, Apple’s Lawsuit, and Grok 4.5: The AI Developments Reshaping the Industry This Week
OpenAI launches GPT-Live voice AI, faces Apple lawsuit, and adds Word/Excel creation. Plus Grok 4.5 arrives. Here’s what it means for AI practitioners.
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AI’s Big Week: Real-Time Voice Models, Benchmark Wars, and the Infrastructure Powering It All
Major AI developments this week from OpenAI, Google, Meta, and TSMC.
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GPT-Live, $5.7B Intel Investment, and Meta’s 5GW Data Center: AI Infrastructure Hits a New Scale
OpenAI launches GPT-Live real-time voice AI, Intel commits $5.7B to Europe, and Meta scales to 5GW compute. Here’s what it means for the industry.
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AI Model Wars, Light-Speed Computing, and a 5GW Data Center: The Week That Redefined the AI Stack
This week saw major advancements in AI with new models from OpenAI and Google, plus a breakthrough in light-matter AI chips.
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GPT-Live Arrives: OpenAI’s Real-Time Voice AI and the Infrastructure Race Reshaping Conversational Tech
OpenAI launches GPT-Live with simultaneous listen-and-speak capability. Plus: Meta’s 5GW data center and Intel’s €5B European AI expansion.