Google launches a groundbreaking AI Search feature in the U.S. that lets users shop, design, and stream through connected apps like Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music — all without ever leaving their search results.
Roblox launches 'Build,' a mobile-first AI tab that lets anyone create fully functional games from simple text prompts, with a public alpha rolling out July 28 in New Zealand.
Spotify launches a new AI chat feature allowing eligible Premium users in the U.S., Ireland, and Sweden to control playback, discover music, and get real-time song information through typed or spoken conversation directly within the app.
AI-generated actor Tilly Norwood is set to star in her first feature film 'Misaligned,' a surreal coming-of-age story developed by U.K. studio Particle6, sparking fierce backlash from SAG-AFTRA, which accuses the technology of using stolen performances to displace human actors.
The US lifts export restrictions on Anthropic's Claude models, Google DeepMind partners with A24 in a landmark filmmaking-AI collaboration, and Tencent unleashes a massive 295-billion-parameter open-source model as US-China AI rivalry intensifies.
Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs — about 2.1% of its global workforce — hitting gaming and commercial divisions hardest, as the tech giant reshapes operations amid an AI-driven transformation that is fundamentally changing how work gets done.
Luma COO Caroline Ingeborn declares that true AGI demands omnimodal AI systems capable of processing text, video, images, and audio simultaneously, as the company sets its sights on revolutionizing creative industries while insisting the technology will empower — not replace — human creativity.
China's Kling AI, a Kuaishou spinoff valued at $15 billion, raises $2 billion in venture capital and reports explosive 300% year-over-year revenue growth, hitting $500 million in annual recurring revenue as the global AI video race intensifies.
Meta launches 'Arena,' a standalone AI-powered prediction market app using its Llama model to auto-generate questions and resolve bets in near real-time, entering a booming but legally contested industry alongside rivals like Kalshi, Polymarket, and DraftKings.
Google DeepMind invests $75 million in indie film studio A24 in a landmark partnership to develop AI filmmaking tools, as Hollywood's AI race intensifies with Netflix and Amazon also making major moves to integrate artificial intelligence into film production.