German AI image generation startup Black Forest Labs pursues $300 million funding round targeting a $4 billion valuation, quadrupling from its previous $1 billion worth as explosive demand for AI image-editing systems attracts massive investor interest.
Tencent launches HunyuanImage-3.0, the world's largest open-source AI image generator with 80 billion parameters and revolutionary autoregressive architecture, featuring 64 experts in a Mixture of Experts design that delivers superior text-to-image generation with advanced world-knowledge reasoning capabilities.
Hugging Face releases Smol2Operator, an open-source system that transforms a basic 2.2B vision model into a powerful GUI coding agent capable of understanding and interacting with mobile, desktop, and web interfaces through innovative two-phase training.
Meta launches Vibes, an AI-powered video platform within its Meta AI app that enables users to create, remix, and share short-form AI-generated videos with personalized recommendations and cross-posting capabilities to Instagram and Facebook.
Nvidia open-sources Audio2Face, a groundbreaking AI tool that automatically generates realistic facial animations and lip movements for 3D avatars using only voice audio input, giving developers free access to create lifelike digital characters for games, apps, and livestreams.
Google launches Search Live nationwide, enabling users to have voice conversations with AI while sharing real-time camera feeds for instant visual assistance with travel, hobbies, troubleshooting, education, and entertainment needs.
AI company Cohere raises additional $100 million funding, pushing its valuation to $7 billion while launching new Command A series enterprise models with vision, reasoning, and translation capabilities for secure deployment across global markets.
Google rolls out Search Live nationwide, allowing US users to have real-time AI conversations using voice commands and camera through a new 'Live' button in their mobile apps, instantly answering questions while providing relevant web links for tasks like cooking tutorials or device setup.
Microsoft launches Windows AI Labs, a new pilot program that rapidly tests experimental AI features across Windows applications starting with Microsoft Paint, aiming to validate innovative AI capabilities through direct user feedback on usability and market demand.
Google Labs launches Mixboard, an experimental AI-powered visual brainstorming tool in public beta across the U.S., enabling users to generate and edit images from text prompts using the new Nano Banana model for creative projects ranging from home decor to product development.