SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the second Colossus data centre will be reserved exclusively for xAI internal training workloads rather than external cloud customers.
Year: 2026
Smaller Specialised AI Models Continue Gaining Ground Against Frontier Model Giants in Enterprise Sector
Market data showed that smaller domain-specific AI models are increasingly displacing large frontier models in enterprise applications where cost efficiency and predictability matter more than raw capability.
Ferveret AI Startup Founded by MIT Researchers Cuts Energy and Water Needed to Cool AI Chips
MIT spinoff Ferveret raised new funding for its chip cooling technology that significantly reduces the energy and water consumed in cooling the GPU chips that power large AI data centres.
New AdTech Platform Combines AI Insights Campaign Intelligence and Automation for UGC Optimisation
A new advertising technology platform launched using AI-driven analysis combined with campaign intelligence tools to help brands optimise the performance of user-generated content across social media.
Trupeer AI Expands Enterprise Presence After Naming Former UiPath India APAC Executive as Commercial Head
Trupeer AI named a top former UiPath executive to lead its global enterprise expansion as the AI process automation startup seeks to capture large corporate clients across Asia-Pacific markets.
Google Maps Launches AI Conversational Search Feature Called Ask Maps for Natural Language Queries
Google Maps introduced a conversational AI search feature called Ask Maps allowing users to find restaurants activities and directions through natural language queries within the maps application.
AI Coding Market Share Cursor Drops from 41 Percent to 26 Percent in One Year Before SpaceX Deal
Data from corporate spending analytics firm Ramp showed Cursor’s share of the AI coding tool market declined from 41 percent in June 2025 to approximately 26 percent in May 2026.
MIT Robot Spatial Memory Architecture Enables Efficient Object Tracking in Unknown Environments
MIT’s new spatial memory system for robots efficiently encodes the location and properties of objects as robots explore unfamiliar spaces improving navigation and task completion performance.
MIT Study Shows Specific Algorithm Class Outperforms Benchmarks in Certain Strategy Games
MIT researchers demonstrated that a previously overlooked category of algorithms performs significantly better than expected in a defined class of games with implications for AI strategic reasoning.
Pinterest Launches Ask Pinterest AI Shopping App in Beta Testing Phase for Select Users
Pinterest launched a beta version of Ask Pinterest an AI-powered conversational shopping application that allows users to discover and purchase products through natural language queries.