OpenAI's Code Red, Anthropic Preps for IPO, and DeepSeek's New Open-Source Models

🔥 Story of the Week: OpenAI has declared a 'code red' as Google's Gemini gains 200 million users in three months, forcing OpenAI to delay other products.

⭐️ Must Reads: Anthropic prepares for an IPO, UN report warns AI could deepen global inequality, Accenture and OpenAI form a major enterprise partnership and new AI tool reduces political polarization.

🧰 Technology: DeepSeek releases open-source AI models that rival GPT-5, Mistral AI launches 10 new open-source models focused on edge computing and Google's Nano Banana sets new benchmark for AI image generation.

📊 Business and Economy: Apple names new AI chief amid struggles with AI strategy, Alibaba enters the smart glasses market with Quark AI glasses and Google's TPUs challenge Nvidia's AI chip dominance.

📝 Policy and Regulation: OpenAI faces backlash over potential ad suggestions, new report gives AI companies failing grades on superintelligence safety plans and Google's extensive user data collection for AI raises privacy concerns.

⚡ Startups and Investments: OpenAI acquires stake in Thrive Holdings and also AI model training firm Neptune and Anthropic acquires developer startup Bun.