The Gemini app unveils a groundbreaking feature that generates personalized, illustrated storybooks with read-aloud narration, allowing users to create customized stories using prompts and personal photos in various art styles and over 45 languages.
The U.S. toy industry sees a 6% sales increase in the first half of 2025, with licensed toys up 18% driven by video games and movies, while adult toy sales surge 18%, offsetting declines in the 3-5 age group.
In a surprising move, Elon Musk unearths a massive archive of lost Vine videos, restoring the archives and planning to revive the popular short-form video platform with an AI-powered 'Grok Imagine' feature.
Elon Musk's AI firm xAI unveils Grok Imagine, an image and video generator with a 'spicy mode' allowing users to create NSFW content like partial nudity, while having limitations on generating certain explicit images.
In a nostalgic move, Elon Musk revives the Vine video archive, allowing users to relive and share viral moments from the once-popular short-form video platform, although the ability to create new Vines remains unavailable.
Character.AI unveils a groundbreaking social feed, empowering users to share captivating AI-generated visuals, videos, and chatbots, fostering a vibrant community of creative expression fueled by cutting-edge technology like AvatarFX for generating video clips from text prompts.
Meta's Reality Labs division posts a $4.53 billion operating loss in Q2 despite $370 million in sales, while EssilorLuxottica reports Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses sales more than tripled year-over-year in the first half of 2025.
An AI-powered team enhances visuals and expands footage for an immersive 'The Wizard of Oz' screening on Las Vegas' massive 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen, creating richly detailed shots and new performances while preserving the original film's integrity.
In a groundbreaking move, Imax embraces AI-generated films, inking a deal with Runway AI to screen ten AI-created short films from the 2025 AI Film Festival across its US theaters, signaling AI's potential integration into the theatrical exhibition industry.
In a groundbreaking move, Hallwood Media inks record deal with AI music sensation Imoliver, the 'top-streaming music designer' on Suno platform, marking first time a Suno creator signs with label; Imoliver's hit 'Stone' with over 3 million Suno plays to hit streaming platforms on August 8.