March 31, 2026 In what would be its longest public-facing outage to date, China’s DeepSeek chatbot went offline for more than seven hours on Monday. The disruption comes as the company prepares its next-generation model and positions itself more...
March 31, 2026 OpenAI is shutting down its video-generation app Sora after operating costs reached about $1 million per day. The decision represents a shift in priorities as the company redirects limited compute resources toward core models and more...
March 31, 2026 France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces has awarded Mistral AI a three-year contract to deploy generative AI tools across its military and defence institutions. The deal gives French forces access to foundation models, AI assistants, more...
March 30, 2026 A major helium production facility in Qatar responsible for roughly one-third of global supply has been offline for nearly two weeks following damage during the US–Iran conflict. The disruption matters because helium is a critical, more...
March 27, 2026 OpenAI has introduced a new ChatGPT Library feature that automatically stores files uploaded to, or generated within, conversations in a single, centralised location. The update simplifies file retrieval across sessions, removing the need for users more...
March 27, 2026 Microsoft will remove Copilot Chat access from core Microsoft 365 apps for large enterprise customers starting April 15, reversing a rollout that had embedded the AI assistant directly into tools like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. more...
March 26, 2026 OpenAI has indefinitely paused plans to launch a sexualised “adult mode” for ChatGPT following internal and external concerns about potential societal harm. The decision is part of a shift to prioritise core products as competition more...
March 26, 2026 Wikipedia has banned the use of large language models to generate or rewrite article content on its English-language site. The move formalises how the platform will handle AI tools, limiting their role to tightly controlled more...
March 23, 2026 OpenAI is preparing to nearly double its workforce from about 4,500 to 8,000 employees by the end of the year, according to reports. The expansion, which would require hiring roughly 12 people per day, is more...
March 23, 2026 Nearly 200 protesters gathered in San Francisco to demand a pause on advanced AI development, marching under the banner “Stop the AI Race.” The group is calling on major AI companies to halt progress on more...
