Luma AI secures $900 million in funding at a $4 billion valuation, with CEO Amit Jain claiming their Ray3 reasoning model outperforms OpenAI's Sora as the visual content generation startup plans to build a massive 2-gigawatt compute cluster and expand aggressively into India and emerging markets.
Microsoft rolls out new AI agents and Copilot features for Windows including voice activation and smart writing tools, but users revolt demanding the tech giant fix existing bugs and system reliability issues instead of expanding AI capabilities.
Google unveils Antigravity, a revolutionary AI development platform featuring autonomous agents that simultaneously write code, control browsers, and execute complex software tasks, now available in public preview for free across all major operating systems.
ByteDance launches Depth Anything 3, a groundbreaking AI model that transforms any visual input into accurate 3D geometry using a single transformer backbone, dramatically outperforming previous models across depth estimation and 3D generation tasks while offering open-source access with multiple variants and interactive tools.
Baidu unveils ERNIE 5.0 multimodal AI model claiming to outperform GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro in visual tasks while pricing competitively at $0.85-$3.40 per million tokens as the Chinese tech giant expands globally with AI tools that already power 83% of livestreamers during major shopping events.
Google DeepMind releases SIMA 2, a Gemini-powered AI agent that learns to navigate 3D video games like No Man's Sky through trial and error, potentially paving the way for real-world robotics applications despite current limitations with complex tasks and memory.
Google DeepMind unveils SIMA 2, a groundbreaking AI gaming companion powered by Gemini that evolves from following simple instructions to reasoning, conversing, and self-improving through trial-and-error in 3D virtual worlds, demonstrating unprecedented adaptability across unseen games while understanding sketches, emojis, and multiple languages.
Scientists develop world's first microwave-powered computer chip that processes over 20 billion operations per second using analog microwaves instead of digital circuits, consuming less than 200 milliwatts while achieving 88% accuracy in pattern recognition tasks for AI and wearable applications.
World Labs unveils Marble AI, a groundbreaking commercial platform that transforms simple text prompts and photos into complete, downloadable 3D virtual worlds, with pricing starting free and reaching $95 monthly for premium features.
Google Photos introduces revolutionary AI-powered editing features using Nano Banana technology, allowing users to transform photos with simple voice commands like making people smile or creating artistic styles while preserving realistic facial features.