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Google Appoints Amin Vahdat as Chief Technologist for AI Infrastructure

Google has elevated longtime AI infrastructure architect Amin Vahdat to the newly created role of chief technologist for AI infrastructure, reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai. The move underscores the importance of AI compute as Alphabet plans to spend up to $93 billion on capital expenditures through 2025. Vahdat, a former professor with a PhD from UC Berkeley, has driven key projects such as the seventh‑generation TPU "Ironwood," the high‑speed Jupiter network, the Borg cluster manager, and the Axion Arm‑based CPUs. His promotion signals Google’s commitment to maintaining a competitive edge in the fast‑evolving AI hardware landscape.

State Attorneys General Demand Safeguards from Major AI Companies to Prevent Harmful Outputs

A coalition of state attorneys general, represented by the National Association of Attorneys General, sent a letter to leading artificial‑intelligence firms—including Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and dozens of others—calling for new internal safeguards to stop psychologically harmful chatbot responses. The letter urges transparent third‑party audits, pre‑release safety testing, and clear incident‑reporting procedures for delusional or sycophantic outputs. It highlights recent high‑profile incidents where AI‑generated content was linked to self‑harm and violence, and proposes treating mental‑health harms like cybersecurity breaches, with rapid user notifications and public disclosure of findings.

Meta Develops New AI Model 'Avocado' as It Moves Toward Closed‑Source Strategy

Meta is reportedly working on a new large‑language model internally called “Avocado.” The project signals a shift away from the company’s earlier open‑source stance on AI, with the model expected to be proprietary. Avocado is being developed by a small team within Meta’s AI Superintelligence Labs, led by Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang. The move follows internal turmoil, including layoffs at the FAIR unit and the departure of Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun. Industry observers note that the change reflects Meta’s desire to keep pace with rivals such as OpenAI and Google.

Mistral AI Launches Devstral 2 Coding Model and Mistral Vibe CLI

French AI startup Mistral AI introduced Devstral 2, a 123 billion‑parameter open‑weights coding model that achieved a 72.2 percent score on the SWE‑bench Verified benchmark. Alongside the model, Mistral released the Mistral Vibe command‑line interface, enabling developers to interact with Devstral models directly in their terminal, manage project context, and execute autonomous code changes. A smaller 24 billion‑parameter version, Devstral Small 2, scored 68 percent on the same benchmark and can run locally on consumer hardware. Both models support a 256,000‑token context window and are released under permissive open‑source licenses.

Slack CEO Denise Dresser Moves to OpenAI as Chief Revenue Officer

Denise Dresser, formerly CEO of Slack, is joining OpenAI as its new chief revenue officer. The move follows more than a decade at Slack’s parent company, Salesforce, where she helped launch AI features. At OpenAI, Dresser will lead revenue strategy for enterprise customers and oversee customer success. OpenAI’s applications chief, Fidji Simo, highlighted Dresser’s experience in scaling AI tools for businesses. The transition also triggers leadership changes at Slack, with chief product officer Rob Seaman set to serve as interim CEO.

Google Pilots AI-Generated Article Summaries on Google News

Google has launched a pilot program that adds AI‑generated overviews to articles from participating news publishers on their Google News pages. The initiative, aimed at delivering more context to readers, includes a roster of international outlets and offers direct payments to publishers for their involvement. While the summaries appear only within the Google News environment, the move builds on earlier AI experiments in Discover and signals broader efforts such as audio briefings and the expansion of Google’s Preferred Sources feature.