Author: GW Alger

Claude Opus 4.5 just launched and it’s shocking the AI world. Anthropic says it beat every human on their hardest engineering test, set new SWE-bench records, handled complex multi-system bugs, and now runs stronger long-form agents with lower token costs. OpenAI released a new Shopping Research mode in ChatGPT with real-time prices and product data. Google is preparing a NotebookLM → Gemini import feature after code teardowns revealed a new NotebookLM button inside Gemini’s attachment menu.

As investors pour billions into artificial intelligence, warnings of a looming AI bubble are intensifying. Andrew Chang explains what’s fuelling those fears and breaks down key factors that could contribute to a burst bubble.

OpenAI has signed $1.4 trillion in infrastructure commitments, but how do they plan to pay for it? Are government subsidies and taxpayer-backed guarantees the next step? In this video, we dive into the financing gymnastics behind the AI revolution, the lobbying for federal support, and why tech firms are pitching AI as “too important to fail.”

CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa reports on news regarding Google.

Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google’s parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC.

Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment had been an “extraordinary moment”, there was some “irrationality” in the current AI boom.

It comes amid fears in Silicon Valley and beyond of a bubble as the value of AI tech companies has soared in recent months and companies spend big on the burgeoning industry.

Asked whether Google would be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting, Mr Pichai said the tech giant could weather that potential storm, but also issued a warning.

“I think no company is going to be immune, including us,” he said.

Nano Banana Pro is no incremental upgrade. From double exposures to almost (!) perfect infographics, comic strips, to pricing, benchmarks and more, I go through 10 facets of the new, model you won’t get just from reading the headlines. Definitely worth watching before you use it for work…

Gemini 3 Pro is out, and records fell like snowflakes in Svalbard.

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., joined ‘The Sunday Briefing’ to discuss the Trump admin’s crackdown on suspected drug boats near Venezuela, the first large-scale attack carried out by AI and more

I used this style ref a few times before. It’s such an interesting, warm look. Like a paintings that have come to life. It’s a new planet with living flora and gentle giants walking around. Images made using Midjourney and animated using VEO3, except for two images. VEO will not animate kids. So two of the images were animated using ‪HiggsfieldAI‬.

From an AI-fueled stock rally to record-high gold, the signs are stacking up that nearly every asset class is due for a reckoning.