🇨🇳 Chinese AI startup Kimi claims to beat OpenAI and Anthropic 🇨🇳 
China's open-source model challenges frontier performance at a fraction of the cost.

In a major leap for open-source AI, Moonshot AI has unveiled Kimi K2 Thinking, a trillion-parameter model that reportedly matches or surpasses GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 on key benchmarks. The model is said to be 10-20 times cheaper than its competitors, costing just $0.15 per 1 million input tokens. This release signals a significant narrowing of the AI capability gap between China and the US, democratizing access to state-of-the-art AI reasoning.

 🗺️ Google Maps becomes conversational with Gemini AI 🗺️  
Google revolutionizes navigation with conversational AI and camera-powered location insights.

Google Maps is getting a major upgrade with the integration of Gemini AI, introducing a suite of features to make navigation more intuitive. The update brings hands-free conversational driving, landmark-based directions, and proactive traffic alerts. A new camera-based feature allows users to get instant AI-powered insights about their surroundings. This is one of the most significant updates to Google Maps in years, blending conversational AI with practical location services.

 🚀 Anthropic projects $70B revenue by 2028 🚀 
Claude maker's revenue growth trajectory puts it ahead of the competition.

Anthropic is forecasting an impressive $70 billion in annual revenue by 2028, with projections of $3.8 billion this year—double OpenAI's current revenue. The company aims for $20-26 billion in annual recurring revenue by 2026 and expects to be cash flow positive by 2028. These ambitious projections position Anthropic as a formidable competitor in the rapidly growing AI market.

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🤝 OpenAI inks massive $38 billion compute deal with Amazon 🤝

The seven-year agreement allows OpenAI to run AI workloads on AWS infrastructure, joining similar arrangements with Microsoft, Oracle, and Google Cloud. The deal highlights OpenAI's growing infrastructure needs as the company scales its operations. This multi-cloud strategy helps diversify compute resources and meet increasing demand for AI services. The partnership represents one of the largest AI compute deals announced this year. 

🎭 OpenAI co-founder plotted Altman removal for year 🎭

Ilya Sutskever's court deposition reveals he conspired with Mira Murati for over a year to remove Sam Altman from OpenAI. The former chief scientist crafted a 52-page memo detailing Altman's alleged dishonesty and manipulation patterns, while also writing a separate document targeting Greg Brockman. The testimony emerged from Elon Musk's lawsuit and disclosed that Anthropic expressed interest in a merger during the November 2023 crisis, with Dario Amodei proposed to lead the combined entity.