Waymo unveils its World Model AI system that generates extreme driving simulations including elephants on roads and tornado scenarios to train robotaxis for rare situations, as the company faces safety scrutiny after a recent California incident involving a child.
Meta launches standalone Vibes app featuring exclusively AI-generated videos in TikTok-style format, directly challenging OpenAI's Sora while planning premium subscriptions for enhanced video creation capabilities.
Roblox launches revolutionary 4D generation technology that transforms text prompts into fully functional game objects like drivable cars, with early testing showing players created 160,000 objects and experienced 64% longer play sessions.
Apple releases Xcode 26.3 featuring revolutionary AI coding agents powered by OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude that assist developers throughout the entire development process, plus a groundbreaking Preview Screenshot tool that lets AI visually analyze app interfaces and new Model Context Protocol support for seamless AI tool integration.
OpenAI triggers senior staff exodus including VP of Research Jerry Tworek as the company slashes funding for Sora and DALL-E projects to prioritize ChatGPT, while burning through $17 billion annually despite $20 billion revenue and planning ads on free tiers.
Apple acquires Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion in its second-largest deal ever, gaining revolutionary technology that reads facial expressions and micro-movements to enable silent speech communication with Siri through future headphones and glasses.
OpenAI unveils an upgraded Codex app for macOS that revolutionizes coding by letting developers manage multiple AI agents simultaneously across parallel project threads, featuring custom Agent Skills, automated background tasks, and team-based delegation capabilities that surpass single-agent competitors like Claude Code.
Google releases Project Genie, an experimental AI prototype that transforms text and image prompts into interactive virtual worlds and game-like environments, featuring real-time exploration, world creation, and editing capabilities as the tech giant advances toward artificial general intelligence.
Google releases Project Genie AI world model to U.S. subscribers, enabling users to create interactive virtual environments through text and images, explore real-time generated worlds, and remix existing creations, though current limitations include 60-second generation caps and control issues.
OpenAI's Sora video app crashes with downloads plummeting 45% in January and consumer spending dropping 32% as copyright controversies and fierce competition from Google's Gemini and Meta AI send the once-promising platform tumbling from top charts to No. 101 on App Store.