Tencent reports early AI monetization progress in Q1
Tencent says new AI products are gaining traction and cloud productivity-agent revenue is growing, while consumer monetization remains early.
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Alibaba connects Qwen and Taobao for agentic shopping
Users can compare and buy Taobao products inside Qwen, while Taobao adds AI try-on, discount calculation and automated low-price purchasing.
Doubao tests three paid subscription tiers
Doubao tests RMB 68, RMB 200 and RMB 500 subscription tiers in the App Store, while saying the plans are experimental and the free version will remain.
Coinbase cuts about 14% of staff in AI-era restructuring
Coinbase says it will cut about 700 roles, or 14% of its workforce, as it responds to market conditions, controls costs and reorganizes for the AI era.
China launches four-month AI application enforcement campaign
China's cyberspace regulator begins a four-month campaign covering AI application safety, data pollution, content labeling and open-model governance.
OpenAI announces paid-plan Codex reset during launch week
OpenAI announces a Codex limit reset for all paid plans after a strong product-launch week, though some users later report unchanged weekly windows.
China orders cancellation of foreign acquisition of Manus project
China's foreign-investment security review office orders the parties to cancel a proposed foreign acquisition of the Manus project.
GitHub Copilot moves to token-based AI Credits
GitHub says every Copilot plan will adopt AI Credits on June 1, charging usage against input, output and cached tokens.
OpenAI shuts down Sora web and mobile apps
OpenAI ends the Sora web and mobile services on April 26, with the API scheduled to close on September 24.
DeepSeek launches V4-Pro and V4-Flash
DeepSeek launches V4-Pro and V4-Flash in its API and begins replacing the older chat and reasoner model names.
Xiaomi releases MiMo V2.5 multimodal agent model
Xiaomi releases MiMo V2.5 for native text, image, video and audio understanding; model weights follow under the MIT license on June 29.
Xiaomi releases MiMo V2.5 Pro with 1M-token context
Xiaomi releases MiMo V2.5 Pro for complex agent and coding tasks, with a 1M-token context window and MIT-licensed weights from June 29.
OpenAI resets Codex limits at 4 million active users
After Codex reaches 4 million active users, OpenAI follows through on its pledge to reset usage at each million-user milestone.
OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0
OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.0 and made the GPT Image 2 generation-and-editing model available in its official model documentation.
Anthropic adds identity checks for selected Claude use cases
Claude asks some users in fraud, abuse or capability-sensitive scenarios to submit ID and a selfie video through Persona.
China publishes interim rules for anthropomorphic AI services
Chinese regulators publish interim rules for anthropomorphic AI interaction services, scheduled to take effect on July 15, 2026.
OpenAI issues another Codex reset after 3M milestone and plan launch
OpenAI gives Codex users another usage reset after the 3 million-user milestone and launch of a new $100 subscription tier.
OpenAI adds a $100 monthly ChatGPT Pro tier
OpenAI adds a $100 Pro tier between $20 Plus and $200 Pro, with GPT-5.4 Pro access and revised Codex usage allowances.
OpenAI resets Codex limits at 3 million weekly users
After Codex reaches 3 million weekly active users, OpenAI resets limits and pledges another reset for each additional million through 10 million.
Anthropic opens Claude Mythos Preview to Project Glasswing partners
Anthropic opened Claude Mythos Preview to a screened set of Project Glasswing partners for finding and fixing critical software vulnerabilities.