Released World-R1 framework for text-to-video alignment with 3D physics using reinforcement learning.

Microsoft releases Playwright MCP server for AI web agent interaction using accessibility tree

Released TRELLIS.2, a 4B parameter open-source 3D generation model

xAI's Colossus 2 campus gas turbines could emit over 6.4 million tons of CO2 per year

xAI's Colossus 1 campus gas turbines could emit over 6.4 million tons of CO2 per year

Microsoft lays off 9,000 employees to fund AI compute and model development

Launched Fairwater AI data center ahead of schedule, expanding Azure AI compute capacity.

Launched Fairwater AI data center ahead of schedule to boost Azure GPU capacity for AI workloads.

Reported Grok 4.2 model uses 0.5 trillion parameters, and Colossus 2 project is training models up to 10 trillion parameters.

Implied need for chip supply for AI competition, connected to $20B fab announcement