Alibaba’s Qwen3.7-Max launched on May 20, 2026 at the Alibaba Cloud Summit in Hangzhou, and the numbers are loud. It scored 56.6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at launch (good for #5 that week, currently sitting top 10 of 151 measured models), the highest-ranked Chinese AI model on that leaderboard to date. It carries […]

Sam Altman is (1) the CEO of OpenAI, (2) the executive who steered the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, (3) the former president of startup accelerator Y Combinator, (4) a billionaire venture investor worth an estimated $2 to $3.3 billion as of May 2026, and (5) one of the most influential people in artificial […]

The smart glasses race just got real. Google and Samsung unveiled their Android XR glasses at Google I/O 2026 on May 19, with a confirmed Fall 2026 ship date, partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and Gemini AI built into every interaction. Apple’s answer, code-named N50, is still roughly a year away, with Bloomberg’s […]

Meta AI is now baked into four apps used by over 3 billion people: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. The assistant rolled out across 41 European countries on March 19, 2025, runs on Llama 4, and powers everything from search bars to the standalone Meta AI app launched April 29, 2025. There is no master […]

On May 6, 2026, Mindtrip launched the first all-in-one agentic AI flight booking experience, where you describe a trip in plain language, the AI compares fares across airlines, and you check out with PayPal inside the same chat. That single launch tells you everything about where travel apps went in 2026: away from form fields, […]

Google launched Gemini Spark on May 19, 2026 at I/O, and the press spent the next 24 hours calling it “Google’s answer to Claude Cowork.” That framing matters because Anthropic already shipped Cowork in general availability on April 9, 2026, which means Gemini Spark vs Claude Cowork is the only AI-agent comparison most knowledge workers […]

Three things make EcoGPT different from every other AI chatbot you have tried: it routes most queries through Groq’s LPU infrastructure (claimed up to 10× more energy-efficient than GPUs), it funds tree planting at a rate of 100 messages per tree, and it is built by a NYC-based Public Benefit Company rather than a Big […]

NotebookLM pricing in 2026 spans seven SKUs tied to Google AI subscriptions: Standard at $0/month, Plus at $7.99/month via Google AI Plus, Pro at $19.99/month via Google AI Pro, and Ultra at $99.99 or $200/month via the two new Google AI Ultra tiers, plus a student deal at $9.99/month, Workspace Business Standard at $14/user/month, and […]

Google now sells Gemini four different ways, and the price map just changed at Google I/O 2026. Google AI Ultra was cut from $249.99 to a new entry price of $99.99 per month, while Google AI Plus stays at $7.99 per month and Google AI Pro at $19.99 per month. On the API side, Google’s […]

Everyone in the tech world is asking the same question right now. You have likely seen social media posts or videos claiming the next big update is already here, but finding the actual model to use feels impossible. That is because the landscape of AI rumors is messy and often confusing. With the recent releases […]