xAI has released Grok 4.7, its most capable model yet. But on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, it scores just 46 points, landing mid-pack and…
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ByteDance launches Dramagic, a full-pipeline AI platform for producing short dramas from script to screen
Bytedance launched Dramagic, an AI platform that handles the entire short drama production pipeline, from script to video preview. Demand for these videos…
SoftBank to borrow over $11 billion in risky bonds for OpenAI stake
SoftBank plans to borrow more than $11 billion from investors through risky bonds to fund another payment for its stake in OpenAI. The article SoftBank to…
Bristol researchers say medicine already knows how to handle black boxes and AI could learn from it
Researchers at the University of Bristol want to make medical AI systems safer by borrowing from how drugs get approved. Their “Learning Ensemble”…
Amazon blocks Meta’s AI agent Muse from online shopping
Amazon has blocked Meta’s new AI agent Muse from shopping on Amazon.com. The article Amazon blocks Meta’s AI agent Muse from online shopping appeared…
US and China agree on AI dialogue with security mechanism ahead of Trump-Xi summit
The US and China have agreed to an official AI dialogue. US Treasury Secretary Bessent also proposed a notification mechanism for AI incidents at the…
Alibaba’s open-weight Qwen-Image-2.1 claims to beat closed models in image generation with just 7 billion parameters
Alibaba’s Qwen team has released Qwen-Image-2.1, an open-weight model that generates and edits images on powerful consumer GPUs, with support for…
Tencent’s Gander aims to keep talking while it works in the background
Tencent’s Gander processes speech, images, and text while handling tasks in the background. A “cerebellum” keeps the conversation going, while a swappable…
Runway wants to turn AI video generation into a live stream you control in real time
Runway wants to stream AI video as users prompt it, rather than make them wait for finished clips. The approach builds on GWM-1, its world model that…
Daily AI usage in the U.S. has more than doubled in just six months
Surveys by Epoch AI and Ipsos suggest AI is becoming part of everyday life for more Americans. The share of US adults using AI almost daily more than…