Google’s Gemini AI could seriously threaten OpenAI’s API and ChatGPT subscription business if it overtakes in performance or is offered for free, a former OpenAI researcher has warned.

2025 has seen some rapid advances in AI image generation models, with Google's nano banana pro going viral last month. But OpenAI is hoping to have the last word: On Tuesday the company announced the newest version of ChatGPT Images, an AI image model with improvements that should help it follow instructions and create more detailed images.

OpenAI, Google and Perplexity have begun an unprecedented fight for artificial intelligence users in India, rolling out freebies in a strategy seen as a way to harvest troves of multilingual training data in the world's most populous nation.

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.

The new chatbot model, called GPT-5.2, has improved from previous versions in building spreadsheets and presentations, coding, “perceiving images,” processing longer contexts and “handling complex, multistep projects,” OpenAI said.

Amazon is in talks to invest in OpenAI in a potential deal that could value the ChatGPT-parent at over $500 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. The potential deal underscores the AI industry's insatiable need for computing power as firms race to develop systems that match or surpass human intelligence.

Launched amid fierce competition from Google's new agent, this update aims to make AI more useful, reliable, and impactful for everyday users, developers, and enterprises alike.

The threat of legal action from Disney against Google comes as the company announces a partnership with OpenAI.

OpenAI on Monday confirmed that it has appointed Albert Lee, senior director of corporate development at Google, as its vice president of corporate development.