VCs warn 2026 is when AI stops 'boosting productivity' and starts replacing roles—budgets shift from headcount to agents, and layoffs may get an AI label
Retro’s team launches Splat: an AI coloring-page maker that turns your own photos into kid-friendly line art, with anime-to-comic styles and print-ready output
OpenAI tightens ChatGPT's teen rules: stricter roleplay limits, body-image safeguards, and automated age prediction as lawmakers debate AI standards for minors
Google opens its deepest research agent to developers: Interactions API + DeepSearchQA, with Search/Finance/Gemini/NotebookLM integrations—timed to OpenAI's GPT-5.2