Google's Circle to Search and Lens now use a powerful 'fan-out' technique driven by Gemini AI to simultaneously identify and search multiple objects in a single image, delivering one cohesive response in seconds for complex visual queries about outfits, rooms, and more.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4, its most powerful frontier model yet, boasting 1 million token context, enhanced reasoning, and cutting-edge computer-use capabilities, as rival Anthropic closes the revenue gap with $19 billion ARR versus OpenAI's $25 billion.
At MWC's 4YFN showcase, AI startups are proving real-world impact beyond frontier models, with Ultralytics hitting 2.5 billion inferences, Biorce raising $52 million for clinical trials, and NeuralTrust securing EU backing to protect enterprise AI systems from cyber threats.
Arm's technology, found in 99% of smartphones worldwide, is revolutionizing on-device AI by bringing real-time generative features like creative style transfer at 30 frames per second to mid-range and entry-level devices, with a TECNO collaboration and KleidiAI optimizations delivering 30% faster AI compute across all price ranges.
Microsoft's new 15-billion-parameter AI model, Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B, matches and even outperforms much larger rivals while using only one-fifth the training data, thanks to a 'mixed reasoning' design that intelligently switches between deep analytical thinking and fast direct responses depending on task complexity.
Ai2 releases Molmo2, a cutting-edge open-source vision-language model capable of video understanding, object tracking, and pointing across single-image, multi-image, and video tasks, with model sizes ranging from 4B to 8B parameters and fast inference support via Hugging Face Transformers and vLLM.
Alibaba debuts two AI smartglasses at MWC — the Qwen Glasses S1 and G1 — boasting a Snapdragon AR1 chip, 12MP camera, real-time translation, and a swappable dual-battery system, though the monochromatic green HUD display raises questions about whether the hardware can keep pace with full-color competitors.
Alibaba launches the Qwen3.5 Small Model Series, a lineup of efficient AI models ranging from 0.8B to 9B parameters built for edge and on-device deployment, with the 9B flagship using Scaled Reinforcement Learning to rival models up to 10x its size and a native multimodal 4B model delivering strong visual …
Google is unveiling AI-powered smart glasses at MWC 2026, featuring an in-lens display with real-time Gemini AI, navigation, and image capture, developed with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to challenge Meta's Ray-Bans in the growing smart glasses market.
Google's Android XR glasses are taking on Meta Ray-Bans with in-lens displays showing real-time translations and navigation, superior Gemini AI capabilities, and a surprisingly lighter design built for all-day comfort.