Writer, a Competitor to ChatGPT, Secures $100 Million in Funding


A California man, Michael Lines, sues OpenAI and CEO Altman, alleging ChatGPT lacked safeguards for mental health patients, worsening his condition and leading to self-harm. Despite repeatedly disclosing his mental state to GPT-4o, the system did not intervene, sparking deep debate on generative AI safety boundaries.....
Google has significantly increased free quotas for its Gemini API, raising the per-minute token limit for Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite models to 1 million for some accounts. This move, already implemented, reduces developer costs and highlights ongoing compute competition.....
Amid the generative AI boom, computing power is a key resource. Google faced surging Gemini AI demand and doubled API calls, causing computing strain, so on May 17, 2026, it implemented computing quotas similar to data plans to ensure fair platform use.....
Manifold Space, founded by Wu Wei, a former executive from SenseTime, recently completed a funding round worth hundreds of millions of yuan. The investors include China National New Capital Fund, Yifeng Capital under Temasek, Beijing Automotive Industrial Investment, and Xineng Venture Capital. Existing shareholders also made additional investments. The company has completed six funding rounds within just one year of its establishment, with a total amount of nearly 1 billion yuan, rapidly rising to the forefront of the industry.
Manifold AI, a one-year-old world-model startup, has secured hundreds of millions of yuan in funding from new investors including China Reform Fund, InnoVen Capital, BAIC Capital, and Core Energy Venture Capital, while four existing shareholders oversubscribed. Its rapid growth in the AI race has earned strong capital recognition.....