Italy's antitrust authority (AGCM) has mandated Meta to permit rival AI-driven chatbots on WhatsApp. According to a statement from the AGCM, this decision comes after a continuing investigation into Meta's incorporation of its own AI features into WhatsApp. The regulator thinks the company's move to eliminate third-party chatbots may negatively impact competition, as reported by The Wall Street...

Chinese company ByteDance, which owns the widely used video platform TikTok, is set to invest 160 billion yuan, about $23 billion, in artificial intelligence technologies next year, according to a report by the Financial Times, which cited sources. This year, the company's investment in AI amounted to 150 billion yuan. The same sources mentioned that ByteDance also plans to allocate 85 billion...

Chinese GPU manufacturer Moore Threads Technology launched its Huashan AI chip during its inaugural developer conference in Beijing, according to Caixin Global. The chip is intended for training and executing AI models, and in critical performance metrics such as floating-point performance and memory bandwidth, it is positioned between two processors from the American firm Nvidia Corp.—the newest...

Bloomberg reports that Meta may unveil a "closed" AI model in the spring of 2026. Its codename is Avocado, and the firm intends to sell access to this model, as per sources familiar with the situation. The report indicates that this action will align Meta more with the strategies of rivals Google and OpenAI, marking the company's biggest shift from the open-source approach it has advocated for a...

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has made a deal with OpenAI to include the company's financial data and analytical tools in ChatGPT. Users who have subscribed to LSEG services like Workspace and Financial Analytics will now be able to view market data and news content directly inside the ChatGPT application. This will allow them to perform more detailed and quicker market analysis,...

The New Glenn rocket successfully launched two NASA satellites into orbit as part of the EscaPADE mission. These satellites will travel to Mars to study the planet's surrounding space and investigate how Mars lost its atmosphere and water. Blue Origin, the company that developed the launch vehicle, announced this event. The rocket launched from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Air Force...

Japanese Sony has introduced a more affordable version of the PlayStation 5 gaming console, which is expected to be roughly a quarter less expensive than the current model. The company stated that sales of the new console will start on November 21st, with a suggested price of around 55,000 yen ($355). The new console has almost the same technical features as the existing PS5 model, except it does...

International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A., known as IAG, which operates British Airways and Iberia, has made a deal with Starlink, a satellite internet service owned by SpaceX. This agreement will offer in-flight Wi-Fi on flights from all the airlines that are part of IAG. Starlink will be available on over 500 Boeing and Airbus planes, which fly both long and short journeys. The...

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng has introduced a humanoid robot named Iron, as reported by CNBC. The company plans to start mass production of the robots in 2026. They will be built using XPeng's own chips, similar to its robotaxis, which are also scheduled for release next year. They will also incorporate solid-state batteries, and the company intends to provide customization options...