Microsoft and the GSA have partnered to offer federal agencies free access to Microsoft 365 Copilot and other AI tools for one year, helping them adopt secure, compliant AI solutions.

Anthropic raised $13 billion in a Series F round led by ICONIQ, valuing the company at $183 billion. The funding included participation from Fidelity and Lightspeed.

ChatGPT is improving its ability to recognize and respond to signs of mental and emotional distress, with a focus on strengthening protections for teens. This includes routing sensitive conversations to reasoning models and rolling out Parental Controls within the next month.

Tencent has released its Hunyuan-MT translation model series as open-source software. The move aims to support broader AI development and collaboration.

People are forming emotional bonds with AI, treating chatbots as friends or even romantic partners.

A tiny camera placed in heart arteries can accurately predict a person's risk of having another heart attack.

Google and Samsung are quietly developing AI glasses, which may be unveiled on September 29 as a potential rival to Meta's Ray-Bans.

Apple has released FastVLM, an AI that processes images instantly, though it comes with some limitations.

Runway is expanding its robotics team and adapting its AI models for use in robotics and self-driving vehicles.