AI News Brief | 2026-05-25

AI Industry Overview

• Gemini 3.5 Launches: Google has released its new Gemini 3.5 model, emphasizing "cutting-edge intelligence + action capability." The Gemini app has also been upgraded with more intelligent agent features, offering proactive assistance around the clock. Developers can now build managed agents via the Gemini API. Gemini 3.5 Release | Agentic App
• Claude Code Discovers AI Scaling Algorithm: Researchers enabled Claude Code to autonomously discover AI scaling algorithms that humans might not have designed, showcasing the potential of autonomous agents in scientific exploration. The Decoder
• AI Cost vs. Human Labor Cost: A Microsoft report indicates that in certain scenarios, AI usage costs have surpassed human wages, posing real economic challenges for enterprises. Fortune
• TrapDoor Supply Chain Attack: A coordinated attack targeting npm, PyPI, and Crates.io injected manipulated CLAUDE.md and .cursorrules files into open-source projects, causing AI assistants to unknowingly execute malicious commands—marking the first time AI assistants have become an attack vector. X/@kimmonismus
• Anthropic Raises Over $300 Billion: Reports suggest Anthropic will complete a funding round exceeding $300 billion as early as next week, achieving a valuation over $900 billion, surpassing OpenAI. Projected Q2 revenue is expected to reach $10.9 billion, potentially marking its first profitable quarter. IT之家
• AI Replacing Entry-Level Jobs: A study by Oliver Wyman shows 74% of CEOs have frozen or reduced hiring, with the tech sector hardest hit by AI-driven job displacement, especially in entry-level roles. IT之家
• Other Industry Updates: Fujitsu develops self-evolving multi-agent technology; Alibaba's AI model autonomously optimized chip code for 35 hours; DeepMind partners with Singapore to accelerate scientific discovery; Mistral AI acquires physics AI startup Emmi AI; NVIDIA launches Nemotron diffusion language model; ModelBest (MB) open-sources a 1.58-bit edge-side large model trained on Ascend; StepAudio 2.5 real-time speech model launched.

Tool-Specific Updates

ChatGPT

OpenAI brings ChatGPT to PowerPoint with a new Add-In, enabling voice interaction with slides. Yahoo Tech A changelog was also published, reflecting ongoing UX improvements.

Claude

Anthropic advises developers to shorten patch cycles due to a vulnerability in Claude Mythos. Microsoft begins restricting internal use of Claude Code due to soaring AI costs, highlighting real cost pressures in enterprise AI adoption. TechAU | Storyboard18

Claude Code

Claude Code 2.1.147 transforms agent workflows into infrastructure, enabling more efficient automation. MIT Technology Review comments: “Whether you like it or not, Claude Code reveals the future of programming.” JoinNextDev | MIT Tech Review

Cursor

Cursor launches Composer 2.5, optimized for long-running AI coding tasks at lower cost. It also introduces a Python SDK, turning agent programming into programmable infrastructure. Bloomberg reports SpaceX plans to acquire Cursor 30 days after its IPO. The Indian Express | Bloomberg

DeepSeek

DeepSeek makes its 75% discount on the flagship V4 Pro model permanent, with output token prices at least 34x lower than GPT-5.5. Rumors suggest an upcoming "DeepSeek Code" to compete directly with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. The Decoder | The Decoder - Code

Devin

Cognition adds Windows support, automated testing, and Incident Management auto-classification to the Devin AI platform, while expanding into Android app development. TipRanks

Doubao

ByteDance launches Doubao Large Model 2.5, supporting up to 10 million tokens context length and offered free of charge. Doubao also begins monetization and organizes its Agent ecosystem, moving toward an "action-oriented era." 36kr | bavschool

ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs partners with music creation platform Splice to develop "next-generation AI-powered creative tools," while Spotify uses it for its AI audiobook creation tool. MusicTech | skrew.ai

Flux

CRAISEE, the all-in-one AI creative platform developed by Flux AI Asia, launches globally, aiming to provide end-to-end AI creative solutions. Campaign Brief Asia

Gemini

In addition to launching Gemini 3.5, the Gemini app has been redesigned to be smarter and more agent-like. The Verge reports: “Gemini is getting a redesign and smarter new models.” The Verge

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot introduces automatic model selection in VS Code, routing tasks to the most suitable model. Gemini 3.5 Flash and GPT-5.3-Codex are now base models for the general and enterprise editions, respectively. GitHub Changelog | GitHub Changelog - Gemini

Kimi

Kimi releases WebBridge, an open-source tool allowing AI agents to control browsers while keeping data local—effectively becoming a local browser operator. Decrypt

Kling

Kling AI collaborates with directors from China, the U.S., and South Korea at Cannes, setting a global benchmark for AI-powered film industrialization. Kuaishou introduces an 800-million-yuan revenue-sharing and GMV co-sharing mechanism to reduce short-form drama production costs. Sina Finance | TMTPost

Metaso

36kr interviews Metaso Writing Cat, discussing how Grammarly is being replaced by ChatGPT and how Metaso has launched a Chinese-language version of ChatGPT called "Chat Writing Cat" based on its proprietary large model. 36kr

Midjourney

Midjourney releases its 15th newsletter, covering community updates and feature developments. Medium

Notion AI

Notion launches Developer Platform 3.5, transforming workspaces into AI agent hubs and providing administrators with custom agent control features. TechCrunch

Perplexity

Perplexity partners with EBSCO to ground AI answers in peer-reviewed research. It also updates the Comet AI browser and launches "Computer," bringing data science capabilities to every team. PRNewswire | Perplexity Blog

Pika

Pika integrates MCP, enabling video generation via Pika agents within Claude. Version 2.2 also adds Scene Director, sound design, and API updates. mcp.directory | Crazyrouter

Qwen

Alibaba’s Qwen app, PC client, and web version integrate the latest Qwen3.7-Max model, which leads in both agent and multimodal performance. TCTi | AIpuzi

Sora

OpenAI shuts down its AI video app Sora and cancels its $1 billion partnership with Disney. Detailed discontinuation information is available on the official help center. BBC News | OpenAI Help

v0 by Vercel

Vercel launches a new v0 with permission modes (auto, ask, full), and details how to turn v0 into an efficient coding agent. Vercel Blog

Windsurf

Cognition (Devin’s developer) acquires the Windsurf team and technology, while re-establishing ties with Anthropic. Windsurf also publishes its May update log. xix.ai

Aider

Aider rolls out automated accounting period-close functionality for all U.S. customers. Users report improved experiences switching from mandatory Claude usage to Aider. XDA Developers

ChatGLM

Zhipu AI initiates IPO preparations with a valuation exceeding $2 billion, becoming one of the first among China’s “six small tigers” large model startups to go public. Its GPT-4o-like product is already integrated into apps like Zuoyebang and Xiaohongshu. 36kr

Cline

Cline upgrades its SDK for enhanced agent runtime and rebuilds Cline based on it. CLI versions v3.0.11 and v3.0.13 are also released, improving performance and stability. Cline Ghost

Cody

Sourcegraph adds multiple new AI model options for Cody Enterprise. CodeWords raises $9 million to deploy proactive AI business agent Cody across European SMEs. Sourcegraph Changelog | The AI Insider

Consensus

Consensus launches Research Agent, leveraging GPT-5 and Responses API to reduce weeks of research to minutes. LinkedIn | OpenAI

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Articles discuss budget constraints behind Microsoft’s restriction on Claude Code, and note OpenAI Codex being named a leader in enterprise AI coding agents by Gartner. Startup Fortune