BMW announced plans to incorporate artificial intelligence developed by Chinese startup DeepSeek into its new vehicle models in China starting later in 2025. This was confirmed by CEO Oliver Zipse during the Shanghai Auto Show. Emphasizing the importance of China's advancements in AI technology, Zipse highlighted BMW's strengthened partnership with Chinese firms as part of its strategy to enhance vehicle intelligence and maintain competitiveness in the fast-evolving automotive market.
Nari Labs has launched Dia, an open-source text-to-speech model that offers advanced features like emotional tone control, speaker tagging, and nonverbal audio cues. Running on PyTorch 2.0+ with CUDA 12.6, Dia outperforms competitors like ElevenLabs and Sesame in handling natural timing, emotional range, and nonverbal expressions. The Apache 2.0-licensed model requires 10GB VRAM and delivers 40 tokens per second on NVIDIA A4000 GPUs. Developed by a two-person team with support from Google TPU Research Cloud and Hugging Face, Dia is available via GitHub and Hugging Face, with a consumer version in development.
A federal appeals court has upheld Trump-era tariffs affecting small U.S. importers, rejecting claims that the duties were improperly expanded beyond their original scope. The court maintained that the U.S. Trade Representative acted within its authority to modify the tariffs. Despite arguments from affected businesses about economic hardship, the ruling preserves the controversial trade measures that have significantly impacted various sectors of the American economy and international trade relations.
SK Hynix has overtaken Samsung Electronics as the global DRAM market leader, capturing 36% market share in Q1 2025 compared to Samsung's 34%, according to Counterpoint Research. The milestone ends Samsung's 30-year dominance in DRAM manufacturing, driven by SK Hynix's strong position in high-bandwidth memory chips for AI applications, where it holds 70% market share. Analysts project SK Hynix to report a 38% quarterly sales increase and 129% surge in operating profit for Q1, highlighting the company's strategic advantage in the AI chip sector.
Ericsson announces plans to establish passive antenna manufacturing operations in India through a partnership with VVDN Technologies, aiming for 100% localized production by June 2025. The facility joins existing plants in Mexico, Romania, and China, with India set to become an export hub. Mikael Eriksson, Head of Ericsson Antenna System, emphasizes antennas' critical role in network performance, while India MD Nitin Bansal highlights the expansion's alignment with India's industrial future. The company's 120-year presence in India began in 1903 with manual switches delivery.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pivoting from the struggling metaverse initiative to invest $62 billion in advanced artificial intelligence development, internally dubbed "The Goose." This strategic shift follows declining interest in Meta's virtual reality ecosystem and positions the company to compete directly with AI leaders like OpenAI and Google DeepMind. The massive investment will fund generative AI models, machine learning research centers, data processing facilities, and potential acquisitions of AI startups across Europe and Asia, marking Meta's most ambitious technological transformation to date.
The UAE is pioneering AI integration into legislation through its newly established Regulatory Intelligence Office. Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the initiative will track laws' daily impact on society and economy while creating a unified framework connecting federal and local laws with judicial rulings and public services. The AI system will analyze large-scale data to suggest legislative updates and monitor societal effects. Copenhagen Business School professor Rony Medaglia called the move "very bold," noting it positions AI as a potential co-legislator rather than just a tool.
OpenAI's ChatGPT chief Nick Turley expressed interest in acquiring Google's Chrome browser if mandated by federal court divestiture, testifying at a Justice Department trial addressing Google's search market monopoly. Turley highlighted the potential for enhanced user experience through deeper ChatGPT-Chrome integration, envisioning an "AI first experience." The testimony is part of a three-week trial where Judge Amit Mehta will determine Google's necessary business modifications by August, following last year's monopoly ruling. The Justice Department seeks Chrome's divestiture from Google's portfolio.
The Washington Post and OpenAI have partnered to make high-quality news more accessible in ChatGPT. The partnership will display summaries, quotes, and links to original reporting from The Post in response to relevant questions. ChatGPT will highlight The Post's journalism across politics, global affairs, business, and technology, always with clear attribution and direct links to full articles. OpenAI has already partnered with over 20 other news publishers.
xAI has launched Grok Vision, allowing users to point their smartphone cameras at objects and ask questions about them. The iOS-exclusive feature arrives alongside new multilingual audio and real-time search capabilities in Grok's voice mode. While iOS users can access all features, Android users require a $30 monthly SuperGrok subscription for the audio and search functions. The update follows recent additions like conversation memory and a canvas tool for document creation, positioning Grok to compete with visual AI features from Google's Gemini and ChatGPT.