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Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, a new version of its most advanced publicly available AI model. The update arrives just 41 days after its predecessor, Opus 4.7, and brings measurable improvements in coding performance, agentic tasks, and — notably — honesty. The model is available immediately at the same price as before. Standard pricing …
ElevenLabs has launched Music v2, a new version of its AI music-generation model that can switch between genres within a single track. Ivan Mehta reports for TechCrunch that the model is built to handle complex vocals and compositions, arriving nearly ten months after the company released its first music-generation model. According to ElevenLabs, the model …
A new startup called Trajectory is building a platform that helps AI products improve continuously by learning from real user interactions. Maxwell Zeff reports for WIRED that the company was founded by researchers who previously worked at Google DeepMind, Apple, and OpenAI, and has raised a $15 million seed round at a $115 million valuation. …
Spotify has struck a deal with Universal Music Group that allows subscribers to create AI-generated covers and remixes of songs from participating artists. Anna Nicolaou reports for the Financial Times. The agreement makes Spotify the first major streaming platform to launch a commercial AI music product with backing from a major record label. Spotify co-chief …
Researchers have developed a lightweight memory module for AI agents that retains information across long interactions without expanding the context window or relying on external retrieval systems. Called delta-mem, the system adds just 0.12% of additional parameters to a base language model while outperforming much larger alternatives on memory-intensive tasks, Ben Dickson reports for VentureBeat. …
Runway, the AI video startup behind tools used in Hollywood productions, is betting that the future of artificial intelligence lies not in language but in video and so-called world models. Rebecca Bellan reports for TechCrunch that the company, now valued at $5.3 billion, is pushing into territory that puts it in direct competition with Google …
Alibaba has released Qwen3.7-Max, a proprietary AI model built specifically for autonomous, long-running tasks. The model is available exclusively through Alibaba Cloud’s paid API and is not open source, marking a significant shift from the company’s previous approach. The Qwen Team, Alibaba’s AI research group, says the model completed a continuous 35-hour engineering task entirely …
Spotify has announced two new AI-powered tools aimed at audio creation: a desktop app for generating personal podcasts and an audiobook creation tool built in partnership with voice AI company ElevenLabs. The new desktop app, called Studio by Spotify Labs, lets users generate podcasts based on personal data such as emails, calendar entries, and travel …
Google has launched a new image creation and editing tool called Google Pics. The app is built on Google’s Nano Banana AI model and combines generative AI with detailed editing controls. The tool allows users to create images from scratch or edit existing photos. Key features include: Google says the app is designed to give …
Google has announced a series of updates to its AI-powered creative platforms, Google Flow and Google Flow Music. The changes were revealed at Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference, and include a new AI model, an agentic assistant, custom tool-building and mobile applications. Google Flow is an AI creative studio that lets users generate, …