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Google has quietly launched an experimental Android app called AI Edge Gallery that allows users to run artificial intelligence models directly on their smartphones without an internet connection. The app is available through GitHub and will come to iOS devices later. Users can download and run AI models from the Hugging Face platform to perform … Read more
Black Forest Labs has released FLUX.1 Kontext, a new family of AI models that can both generate and edit images. The German startup announced the launch on Thursday, introducing technology that accepts both text prompts and reference images as input. The company offers two main versions of the model. FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] allows users to … Read more
An upcoming Mac application called Sky promises to revolutionize desktop automation by combining artificial intelligence with natural language processing. The app, developed by the creators of Apple’s Shortcuts app, allows users to control their Mac and perform complex tasks simply by typing commands in everyday language. Federico Viticci from MacStories reports that Sky can understand … Read more
AI search company Perplexity announced the launch of Perplexity Labs, a new feature that transforms user ideas into complete projects including reports, spreadsheets, and web applications. The tool is available exclusively to Pro subscribers and represents an expansion beyond the company’s existing search and research capabilities. Labs performs automated work sessions lasting 10 minutes or … Read more
New York startup Hume has launched EVI 3, an advanced conversational AI model that lets users create custom synthetic voices through voice-to-voice interaction. The technology targets applications from customer support to virtual companionship, according to reporting by Carl Franzen for VentureBeat. Users can specify personality traits, vocal qualities, and emotional tones to generate voices ranging … Read more
Boston-based Mystic Moose has unveiled MovieFlo.AI, an artificial intelligence platform that enables users to create animated films and videos from story concepts. The tool targets anime creators, filmmakers, and content creators who lack traditional production resources. Dean Takahashi reports the launch for VentureBeat. The platform offers an integrated workflow from script development to final video … Read more
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has released a significant update to its open-source reasoning model, bringing it closer to competing with paid services from OpenAI and Google. The new DeepSeek-R1-0528 model shows substantial improvements in complex reasoning tasks across mathematics, science, and programming. VentureBeat’s Carl Franzen reports that the updated model achieved 87.5% accuracy on the … Read more
Palo Alto startup Akool has unveiled Live Camera, an AI tool that generates photorealistic avatars and translates speech in real time during video calls. The technology, reported by Dean Takahashi for GamesBeat, allows users to appear as digital avatars while maintaining natural expressions and gestures with sub-100-millisecond latency. “We want to make it so you … Read more
Anthropic has launched a voice mode for its Claude chatbot on mobile devices. The feature allows users to have spoken conversations with Claude in English, with a rollout planned over the next few weeks. The voice mode runs on Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 model and offers five voice options called “Buttery, Airy, Mellow, Glassy and … Read more
Google unveiled Gemini Diffusion at its I/O developer conference, marking a significant shift in how AI models generate text. The experimental model uses diffusion technology instead of the traditional transformer approach that powers ChatGPT and similar systems. The key advantage is speed. Gemini Diffusion generates text at 857 to 2,000 tokens per second, which is … Read more