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The use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect people’s lives, it touches on rights, opportunities, status and freedom"

—Pope Leo XIV

Zhipu AI Market Cap Tops HK$1 Trillion as Shares Soar 42%

Zhipu AI, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as Knowledge Atlas Technology, became the first Chinese AI company to go public in January 2026. (Image: Zhipu AI)

Zhipu AI, one of China’s six ‘AI Tiger’ companies, saw its total market capitalisation cross HK$1 trillion (US$128 billion) on Monday as its Hong Kong-listed shares soared as much as 42%, days after the open-source release of its GLM-5.2 model.

Florida Attorney General Sues OpenAI, Sam Altman Over ChatGPT Safety Claims

State of Florida has sued OpenAI and Sam Altman

The lawsuit has alleged ChatGPT’s involvement in incidents of harm to individuals (including shootings), self-harm, and excessive use among minors. 

Over a Third US Students Use Gen AI, 9.3% Admit Cheating: Study

A new SERU Consortium study of more than 95,000 US undergraduates finds that 37.1% use generative AI tools almost monthly, with a notable gender gap in frequency of use. (Representational image)

According to the study 37.1 percent of students reported using generative AI tools almost monthly while 9.3 percent admitted to using it for cheating.

OpenAI Launches New Tool to Verify AI Images Generated by ChatGPT

OpenAI has launched a new tool to verify ai generated images made from openai tools.

OpenAI has claimed that users can check for images generated by other AI tools as well but a confirmed assessment will only come for images generated by OpenAI tools.

OpenAI Launches Personal Finance Agents Within ChatGPT for U.S. Pro Subscribers

OpenAI has introduced personal finance AI agents within ChatGPT

The new AI tool, packaged as “your personal financial advisor” by OpenAI comes in the wake of its competition Anthropic AI launching a suite of pre-built AI agents for banks, insurers and asset managers in early May.

On a $2,500 grant, a Chandigarh researcher just cracked ICML

Kunvar Thaman, 26, an independent AI researcher from Chandigarh, became the third solo independent author to land a paper at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) since ChatGPT launched in 2022. His research, funded by a $2,500 grant from Indian non-profit Exception Raised, evaluated 13 frontier AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and DeepSeek for "reward hacking" — instances where AI models cheat to complete tasks instead of solving them honestly.

Kunvar Thaman’s research asks a question the AI industry would rather not answer: how often do frontier models cheat?

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.5; Claims Higher Efficiency, Lesser Tokens

OpenAI has released its latest AI model GPT-5.5 on Thursday, claiming it to be “smartest AI model” yet, adept at coding skills while consuming lesser tokens.

OpenAI Acquires Tech Talk Show TBPN for Narrative Dominance

OpenAI has acquired popular talk show TBPN.

OpenAI’s acquisition of tech talk show TBPN marks the AI giant’s first move into media but with the show reporting to chief political operative Chris Lehane, questions about true editorial independence are already mounting.

Russia Rolls Out AI Law Draft; Might Restrict Foreign AI Tools

Russia has proposed new rules for AI that might restrict use of foreign AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude

The new laws proposed by Ministry for Digital Development aims at promoting sovereign internet and restrict foreign AI tools in critical sectors.

Gaming CEO Uses ChatGPT To Dodge a $250M Payout. Judge Says No

Krafton CEO Changhan Kim used ChatGPT to plan a takeover of Unknown Worlds Entertainment to avoid a $250 million earnout payment, a Delaware court ruled against the strategy.

A Delaware judge has ordered Krafton to reinstate Unknown Worlds Entertainment’s CEO after the South Korean gaming giant used ChatGPT to plan a corporate takeover and dodge a $250 million contractual payout.