Tencent launches HY-World 2.0, a groundbreaking multi-modal AI model that generates game-ready 3D assets — including meshes and point clouds — directly from text, images, or video, with native support for Unity, Unreal Engine, and Isaac Sim, now available as open-source with 1.2 billion parameters.
OpenAI rolls out its ChatGPT Windows desktop app with screen awareness and quick-access shortcuts, but only paid subscribers can use it now — free users must wait until later this year for full access.
Google launches a free native Gemini app for macOS 15 and above, letting users share their screen for instant AI-powered insights and access the assistant from anywhere with a quick Option + Space keyboard shortcut.
Google DeepMind launches Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, a major upgrade featuring enhanced spatial reasoning, multi-view understanding, and a new industrial gauge-reading capability built with Boston Dynamics — now available to developers via the Gemini API.
Google launches AI Edge Gallery for iPhone, bringing fully offline Gemma 4 AI with multimodal image analysis, real-time audio transcription, and step-by-step reasoning directly to Apple devices — no internet required.
Snap's eyewear subsidiary, Specs, partners with Qualcomm to power future AR glasses with Snapdragon technology, promising true spatial AR capabilities that accurately overlay digital content onto the real world — setting it apart from Meta and Google's competing devices ahead of a consumer launch later this year.
A San Francisco startup is growing AI chips from living human brain cells that train models 3x faster while using 66% less energy, backed by $25 million in seed funding and already in talks with major AI labs.
Snap's fifth-generation AR Spectacles impress with crisp visuals, gesture controls, and real-time multi-user AR experiences powered by four cameras and dual Snapdragon processors, but a bulky design and $99/month developer-only price tag stand between these glasses and mainstream adoption.
Google's Gemini can now generate interactive 3D simulations and models directly inside chat, allowing users to manipulate real-time variables like gravity and velocity to explore complex concepts hands-on — rolling out globally via gemini.google.com using the Pro model.
X is rolling out Grok-powered auto-translation globally and an AI photo editor on iOS with natural language editing capabilities, but consent concerns loom as it remains unclear whether safeguards will prevent sexualized edits of others' images.