AI updates span ChatGPT, forecasting and open-source film

OpenAI removed message limits for free ChatGPT users, enabling unlimited text conversations and adding access to a new ‘Think’ button designed to improve reasoning. Google DeepMind developed an AI model that forecasts hurricane paths and intensity with greater precision, offering warnings a full day in advance compared with traditional methods.

Microsoft’s AI business remains closely tied to OpenAI, with recent company filings showing that approximately 70 percent of its total AI-related revenue comes from the ChatGPT creator. MIT also curated 13 foundational AI courses, with many modules available free to the public for students and professionals seeking skills in machine learning and computational techniques.

Several updates focused on access and interoperability. Five major rival companies joined forces on a universal AI plugin standard, Google ran its lightweight Gemma model on a Raspberry Pi for offline translation, WanGP made advanced video, image and audio generation more practical on modest GPUs, and Cloudflare introduced ‘Computer’ to give AI agents persistent Linux environments.

AI-generated media also moved toward transparency as the creators of ‘Hell Grind’, a $500,000 AI feature film, released core prompts and creative assets. The move gives filmmakers and AI enthusiasts a clearer view of the production pipeline behind professional-grade AI cinema.