A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.

Gemini’s surge underscores a shifting power balance in generative A.I. as regulators move to scrutinize Google’s tactics.

And then there’s this from Paresh Dave and Arielle Pardes at Wired: in a survey called “Inside Google’s Two-Year Frenzy to Catch Up with OpenAI,” the duo go over way stations on the way to Google’s current seemingly advantageous position.

For new users in India, Google is offering an AI Plus subscription for ₹199 ($2.21) for the first six months, after which you'll have to pay ₹399 ($4.44).

ChatGPT adult mode is expected in Q1 2026 as OpenAI improves its AI age prediction system to avoid the issues seen with Google’s approach.

OpenAI said Thursday it reached a licensing deal with the Walt Disney Co. to use more than 200 popular Disney characters including Mickey Mouse, characters from "Frozen" and Yoda from "Star Wars" in OpenAI's text to video tool Sora.