SCRGoogle Photos now allows users in the US to transform still images into four-second videos for free. The Verge reports that the feature uses Google’s Veo 3 AI model and is accessible via the “Create” tab. Users can choose between “Subtle movements” or an “I’m feeling lucky” option to animate their pictures. According to Google …
AI web crawlers are overwhelming websites and disrupting the economic foundation of online publishing, according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. The cybersecurity company executive has launched a “pay-per-crawl” initiative to force AI companies to compensate content creators whose sites they harvest for training data. Prince argues that AI chatbots have fundamentally broken the traditional web …
The generative AI consumer app ecosystem is beginning to stabilize after years of rapid change, according to new data from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The firm’s fifth edition of its Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps ranking shows only 11 new entries on the web list, down from 17 newcomers in March 2025. Google …
Software company Atlassian has agreed to purchase The Browser Co., maker of AI-powered web browsers, for $610 million in cash. The deal is expected to close by December, according to a report by Jordan Novet for CNBC. The Browser Co., founded in 2019, developed two browsers competing against Google Chrome and Apple Safari. Its Arc …
AI company Anthropic will start using user chat transcripts and coding sessions to train its language models unless users actively opt out, The Verge reports. All users must make a decision by September 28th through a pop-up notification. Those who click “Accept” allow Anthropic to immediately begin training on their data and retain it for …
OpenAI has expanded its ChatGPT Projects feature to free users after previously restricting it to paid subscribers. The feature allows users to organize AI conversations around specific topics and set custom instructions for responses. Ian Carlos Campbell from Engadget reports that free users can now upload five files per project, while Plus subscribers get 25 …
Switzerland has entered the artificial intelligence race with Apertus, a new open-source Large Language Model developed by leading Swiss universities. The model aims to provide a transparent alternative to commercial AI systems like ChatGPT and Meta’s Llama. Apertus, meaning “open” in Latin, was created by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), ETH Zurich, …
Chinese tech giant Tencent has launched HunyuanWorld-Voyager, an AI model that transforms static images into navigable 3D-like video sequences. Benj Edwards reports about the announcement for Ars Technica. The system generates 49-frame video clips lasting roughly two seconds from a single photograph. Users can define camera movements such as forward, backward, and turning motions to …
Nous Research has quietly launched Hermes 4, a family of AI language models that the company claims matches leading commercial systems while removing most content restrictions. Michael Nuñez reports about the release for VentureBeat. Unlike ChatGPT or Claude, Hermes 4 responds to nearly any request without safety guardrails that have become standard in commercial AI …
Google DeepMind explains in a new post how to use the improved image generation in Gemini to its full potential. Product Manager Naina Raisinghani shared specific prompting strategies to achieve better results with the updated model. The company recommends including six key elements in prompts: subject, composition, action, location, style, and editing instructions. Users should …