What: OpenAI acquired Statig and hired founder Vijay Raji.
Why it matters: Raji’s AB-testing and rapid-iteration experience signals OpenAI will accelerate weekly improvements to ChatGPT and CodeX.

What: New mobile create tools that animate photos into short, natural-looking clips (US rollout noted).
Why it matters: Widens adoption of lightweight video creation across 1.5B monthly users.

What: A coding model optimized for agentic workflows running at blistering throughput.
Why it matters: Significant speed advantages for developer tooling and agentic automation; offered free briefly to encourage uptake.

What: Major funding round and valuation increase.
Why it matters: Positions Anthropic as a top-tier industry competitor with substantial capital for R&D and scaling.

What: Lawsuit claims Midjourney generated content of copyrighted characters after removing guardrails.
Why it matters: Reinforces legal pressure on generative platforms and could shape training/data practices.

What: Single-photo avatars with multilingual support and real-time facial motion.
Why it matters: Simplifies personalized video creation at scale.