Google launches a native Gemini AI app for Mac, offering instant desktop access via Option + Space, real-time screen sharing, file assistance, and image and video generation capabilities for all users on macOS 15 or later.
At CinemaCon in Las Vegas, MPA Chairman Charles Rivkin champions AI as a storytelling tool rather than a human replacement, while Cinema United's Michael O'Leary warns that the looming Warner Bros. and Paramount merger could shrink theatrical film output and damage the entire entertainment ecosystem.
Mark Zuckerberg is building an AI clone of himself trained on his voice, image, and mannerisms so employees can interact with him directly, while Meta eyes expanding the technology to creators looking to engage their followers at scale.
OpenAI faces a leadership shakeup as product chief Fidji Simo takes medical leave due to a serious neuroimmune condition, while marketing chief Kate Rouch steps down to battle late-stage breast cancer, prompting major internal restructuring with President Greg Brockman and COO Brad Lightcap absorbing key responsibilities.
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.
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.
Meta's Oversight Board warns that Community Notes cannot replace professional fact-checkers, citing severe human rights risks in repressive regimes and conflict zones, structural flaws favoring dominant groups, and a stark efficiency gap — just 900 notes published in six months versus 35 million fact-checker labels in the EU.
AI photo 'restoration' tools are fabricating history by inventing details that never existed, and experts warn that no workflow refinement can justify altering the visual identity of real people — true conservation means preserving what exists, not generating fiction.