SpaceX has signed a compute deal giving Anthropic access to the full capacity of Colossus 1, a Memphis AI supercomputer with more than 300 megawatts of capacity and over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs.
Microsoft, Google DeepMind and xAI have agreed to give U.S. officials early access to new AI models for pre-release AI model testing focused on national security risks.
OpenAI is making GPT-5.5 Instant the default ChatGPT model, reporting fewer hallucinated claims, stronger benchmark results, low latency and new controls for personalized memory.
OpenAI is reportedly moving faster on its first ChatGPT phone, with Ming-Chi Kuo saying mass production could begin in early 2027.
Huawei is positioned to reshape China’s AI chip market in 2026, with Ascend 950PR demand rising as Nvidia’s China sales remain constrained.
IBM released Granite 4.1, its broadest Granite model family to date, with new language, speech, vision, embedding and Guardian models for enterprise AI workflows.
Elon Musk took the stand in Oakland as the OpenAI trial against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI and Microsoft began, with only two claims remaining: breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment.
Claude connectors are expanding Anthropic’s AI assistant into design, music, video, 3D modeling, live visuals and creative education workflows.
Microsoft and OpenAI have restructured their partnership, ending cloud exclusivity while keeping Azure as OpenAI’s primary cloud partner and removing AGI-linked deal terms.
