Despite X's January pledge to stop, Grok AI continues generating sexualized deepfakes of real women as users exploit loopholes, with dozens of explicit images surfacing publicly on X, eight global government agencies actively investigating, multiple lawsuits filed, and a Dutch court already ordering Grok to cease producing undressing images of …
Google's Gemini can now generate interactive 3D simulations and models directly inside chat, allowing users to manipulate real-time variables like gravity and velocity to explore complex concepts hands-on — rolling out globally via gemini.google.com using the Pro model.
X is rolling out Grok-powered auto-translation globally and an AI photo editor on iOS with natural language editing capabilities, but consent concerns loom as it remains unclear whether safeguards will prevent sexualized edits of others' images.
HeyGen's new Avatar V AI system outperforms all tested rivals in lip-sync accuracy and realism, using a Diffusion Transformer and novel Sparse Reference Attention to capture identity and dynamic behaviors, achieving win rates between 68.9% and 85.7% in human evaluations.
Google launches free AI avatars, Veo 3.1 video generation, and AI music tools in Google Vids just as OpenAI shuts down Sora, positioning itself as the dominant force in AI video creation for both consumers and enterprise users.
Microsoft launches three in-house AI models — MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 — claiming best-in-class performance across speech and image generation while undercutting rivals like OpenAI and Google on price, built by teams of fewer than 10 engineers using half the GPUs of competitors.
Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite at just 5 cents per second, dramatically undercutting competitors in the AI video market as OpenAI simultaneously retreats by scrapping its Sora model and abandoning a $1 billion Disney deal.
Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, its most affordable AI video generation model yet, offering developers Text-to-Video and Image-to-Video capabilities at less than 50% of the cost of Veo 3.1 Fast, with support for 720p and 1080p resolutions and flexible durations, available now through the Gemini API.
OpenAI shuts down its Sora AI video app after just five months, triggering Disney to pull a $1 billion licensing deal as the entertainment giant's AI strategy hangs in uncertainty under new CEO Josh D'Amaro.
CapCut rolls out Dreamina Seedance 2.0 to paid users across seven markets, delivering AI-powered video generation with realistic motion, physics, and audio syncing for clips up to 15 seconds, backed by strict safety measures including real-face restrictions, invisible watermarking, and C2PA Content Credentials.