2026
46 篇文章用生成式 AI 重整支援營運:AWS 的實務架構
AWS 提出一套以 Amazon Bedrock 為核心的生成式 AI 方案,從影片自動產生 SOP、用 RAG 引導工單處理,到預測 SLA 風險,協助支援團隊突破知識碎片化與流程不透明的瓶頸。
閱讀文章 ↗Seedance 2.5 登場:30 秒一鏡到底,一次參考 30 張圖與 10 段音訊
ByteDance Seed 團隊 7 月 31 日發表影片生成模型 Seedance 2.5:單次生成 30 秒、可多輪延伸成多分鐘成片,一次可引用 30 張圖、10 段影片與 10 段音訊,已上架即夢與豆包。
閱讀文章 ↗FLUX 3 登場:影片、圖像、聲音一個骨幹全包
Black Forest Labs 發表多模態基礎模型 FLUX 3:最長 20 秒含原生音訊的影片生成、多語言文字渲染,並推出以 FLUX 3 為骨幹的機器人動作模型 FLUX-mimic。
閱讀文章 ↗ChatGPT 廣告開放自助投放:Ads Manager 進入 Beta 時代
OpenAI 的廣告入口在 7 月 21 日引發熱議:自助式 Ads Manager(Beta)開放廣告主自行建立活動,主打對話中的意圖時刻,Newegg、Best Buy、Lowe's 與 VistaPrint 成為首批展示的客戶故事,ChatGPT 廣告從試點走向平台。
閱讀文章 ↗Databricks 再融資:估值升至 1,880 億美元,Coatue 領投 AI 新局
2026 年 7 月中,Databricks 宣布與 Coatue 簽署條款書,以 1,880 億美元估值展開新一輪融資,距上一輪 1,340 億美元估值僅數月,資金將投向 Unity、Genie 與 Lakebase 等 AI 產品線與後續併購。
閱讀文章 ↗Character.AI 進軍微短劇:c.ai Series 原創劇集登場
Character.AI 推出 c.ai Series 自製微短劇格式,首波三齣劇集登場,18 歲以上觀眾能直接與劇中角色對話、改寫劇情,把核心聊天產品接進影集,成為微短劇市場最新的互動敘事玩家。
閱讀文章 ↗AI 法律新創 Norm 募得 1.2 億美元,躋身獨角獸
AI 法律新創 Norm 以 12 億美元估值完成 1.2 億美元 C 輪,Khosla Ventures 領投;旗下 AI 原生律師事務所 Norm Law 按結果計費,與 Harvey、Legora 同場競逐法律自動化商機。
閱讀文章 ↗Nano Banana 2 Lite 登場:4 秒生圖、單張 3.4 美分的高速影像路線
2026 年 6 月 30 日,Google 發表 Nano Banana 2 Lite:約 4 秒完成文字生圖、每張 0.034 美元,同場推出 Gemini Omni Flash 影片模型,用「快出圖、再動圖」的串接工作流把低成本高速生成推向主流。
閱讀文章 ↗Gemini Spark 登上 Mac:Google 代理助理接管你的桌面
Google 把 24/7 代理助理 Gemini Spark 帶上 Mac 桌面,對上 Claude Desktop、Copilot 與 OpenClaw,新增 Tasks、Keep 與五個第三方應用整合,並開放自訂 MCP 支持。
閱讀文章 ↗Turakhia 自資 3,000 萬美元打造 Neo,挑戰 Microsoft Office
印度連續創業家 Bhavin Turakhia 自掏 3,000 萬美元打造 AI 原生工作平台 Neo,整合專案管理、文件、檔案與代理,直接挑戰 Microsoft Office 與 Google Workspace。
閱讀文章 ↗Adobe 收購 Topaz Labs:裝置端 AI 影像增強補強 Firefly
Adobe 於 2026 年 6 月 25 日宣布收購影像增強公司 Topaz Labs,交易預計下半年完成。Topaz 的 Astra、Wonder 模型與 Neurostream 本地運算技術將整合進 Firefly 與創作套件,把大型視訊模型搬進消費級 GPU。
閱讀文章 ↗Adobe 把 Firefly AI 助手推進 Premiere、Illustrator 與 InDesign
2026 年 6 月 18 日,Adobe 將 Firefly AI 助手帶進 Premiere、Illustrator、InDesign 與 Frame.io:整理素材、批次改名、重排圖層、檢查字型;Firefly 應用同步推出 Elements 與 Projects 私人測試。
閱讀文章 ↗Meta Edits 加入 AI 助理並預告桌面版:把創作者留在自家生態
Meta 在 2026 年 6 月 11 日的創作者活動上,預覽 Edits 的 AI 助理與首款桌面版。助理以 Instagram 表現數據為基礎建議影片點子與熱門音效,同日推出 Beta 分頁與更細的觀眾指標,目標是讓創作者不再跳出 Meta 生態。
閱讀文章 ↗Decart Oasis 3 世界模型開放 API:即時生成三鏡頭駕駛世界
2026 年 6 月 10 日,Decart 推出首個以 API 開放的互動世界模型 Oasis 3:22 FPS 三鏡頭駕駛場景、每秒 0.02 美元,背後是 3 億美元新輪募資;實測仍見主題漂移與物理失真。
閱讀文章 ↗Google AI Plus 降到 4.99 美元:AI 訂閱價格戰從印度燒到美國
2026 年 6 月 8 日,Google 把美國 Google AI Plus 月費從 7.99 美元砍到 4.99 美元、儲存加倍到 400GB。本文解析這場從印度燒到美國的 AI 訂閱價格戰,與 Goodwater 判讀的商品化時代。
閱讀文章 ↗Apple 拒在歐盟推出 Siri AI:DMA 豁免遭駁回始末
Apple 宣布 Siri AI 不在歐盟推出,歸咎 DMA 要求「近乎無限的裝置存取」;執委會反擊「這是 Apple 自己的決定」,並證實 Apple 申請免除互操作性義務遭拒。iOS 27 今秋上路時,歐盟使用者將拿不到新版 Siri。
閱讀文章 ↗ElevenLabs Music v2 登場:單曲內從歌劇唱到重金屬的 AI 音樂模型
ElevenLabs 推出 Music v2 音樂生成模型:單曲內可從歌劇切到重金屬、逐段重新生成、嵌入音效,並以授權資料訓練、可直接商用。本文解析其能力、降價策略與 AI 音樂市場競爭。
閱讀文章 ↗Triomics 拿下 2,200 萬美元 B 輪:腫瘤科專用 AI 讀上千頁病歷
Triomics 獲 Battery Ventures 領投 2,200 萬美元 B 輪。其腫瘤科專用 AI 以 OncoLLM 讀取上千頁病歷,做試驗匹配、訪前整理與登記抽象,客戶含 MSKCC 與耶魯癌症中心,ARR 年增十倍。
閱讀文章 ↗Meta 推出三大 App 付費訂閱,Meta One AI 方案緊隨在後
2026 年 5 月 27 日,Meta 全球推出 Instagram Plus、Facebook Plus 與 WhatsApp Plus 月費方案,並將在新加坡等地測試 7.99 與 19.99 美元的 Meta One AI 付費方案,免費 Meta AI 同步設限,訂閱成為廣告之外的新營收曲線。
閱讀文章 ↗Stable Audio 3.0 發表:開放權重、6 分 20 秒完整作曲
2026 年 5 月 20 日 Stability AI 發表 Stable Audio 3.0 四模型家族:三款開放權重、最長 6 分 20 秒完整作曲,Small 可在手機端生成 2 分鐘音樂,全家族以完全授權資料訓練,正面挑戰纏訟中的 Suno 與 Udio。
閱讀文章 ↗Google 發表 Googlebook:為 Gemini 從零打造的 AI 原生筆電
2026 年 5 月 12 日,Google 在 Android Show 發表 Googlebook 筆電產品線,首度從底層圍繞 Gemini 設計,搭載 Magic Pointer 智慧游標,秋季由 Acer、Asus、Dell、HP、Lenovo 推出,實質接替上市 15 年的 Chromebook。
閱讀文章 ↗Google Health Coach 5 月 19 日登場:Gemini 教練與 Fitbit 品牌重生
Google 宣布 Gemini 驅動的 Health Coach 於 2026 年 5 月 19 日全球上線,Fitbit 應用同步更名 Google Health,Health Premium 每月 9.99 美元,AI Pro 與 Ultra 訂戶免費使用,無螢幕手環 Fitbit Air 同日開賣。
閱讀文章 ↗Spotify 推出「Verified by Spotify」徽章:在 AI 音浪中標出真人藝人
Spotify 宣布「Verified by Spotify」徽章,未來幾週陸續出現在藝人檔案與搜尋結果,以演唱會、周邊與社群活動等真人訊號區分人類藝人與 AI 內容。Deezer 數據顯示每日新上傳歌曲已有 44% 由 AI 生成。
閱讀文章 ↗Qwen3.5-Omni 登場:原生全模態、聽 113 種語言、說 36 種
阿里巴巴 Qwen 團隊推出原生全模態模型 Qwen3.5-Omni,單一管線處理文字、影像、音訊與視訊並即時說話,256K 上下文、可聽逾 10 小時音訊,Plus 版宣稱在一般音訊任務超越 Gemini 3.1 Pro。
閱讀文章 ↗Google Lyria 3 Pro 登場:AI 音樂生成從 30 秒片段走向三分鐘完整曲目
3 月 25 日 Google DeepMind 推出 Lyria 3 Pro,可生成長達 3 分鐘、含完整段落結構的曲目,較 Lyria 3 的 30 秒大幅躍進。本文看它進駐 Gemini、Vids、Vertex AI 與 ProducerAI 的布局、SynthID 浮水印與訓練資料立場。
閱讀文章 ↗小米 MiMo-V2 登場:兆級參數、百萬上下文與 87 億美元豪賭
小米 3 月 18 日發表 MiMo-V2-Pro(總參數逾 1 兆、啟動 42B、100 萬 token 上下文)、全模態 MiMo-V2-Omni 與 TTS 模型,隔日雷軍宣布三年至少投入 87 億美元。模型曾以 Hunter Alpha 匿名稱霸 OpenRouter。本文解析規格、開源策略與對開發者的影響。
閱讀文章 ↗MIT Wave-Former:用 Wi-Fi 訊號與生成式 AI 看穿牆壁重建 3D 物體
MIT Media Lab 團隊發表 Wave-Former,結合毫米波無線訊號與生成式補形,重建完全被遮蔽的日常物體 3D 形狀,準確度較現有最佳方法提升近 20%,論文將於 CVPR 2026 發表。本文解析其原理、訓練資料策略與機器人應用。
閱讀文章 ↗大英百科全書控告 OpenAI:近十萬篇文章的訓練與記憶化爭議
大英百科全書與韋氏詞典在曼哈頓聯邦法院控告 OpenAI,指控其未經授權複製近十萬篇文章訓練 GPT 模型,GPT-4 更能依要求輸出近乎逐字的原文。記憶化證據、流量蠶食與出版商訴訟潮,構成這場版權戰的三條戰線。
閱讀文章 ↗PixVerse 籌得 3 億美元 C 輪,成為亞洲 AI 影片獨角獸
2026 年 3 月 12 日,阿里巴巴支持的 AI 影片生成平台 PixVerse 完成 3 億美元 C 輪融資,估值突破 10 億美元,由 CDH Investments 領投,是亞洲 AI 影片類別最大一輪。本文解析其產品線、1.6 億月活背後的數據與新加坡全球佈局。
閱讀文章 ↗美國最高法院不受理 Thaler 案:純 AI 生成作品確定無版權
2026 年 3 月 2 日,美國最高法院拒絕受理 Thaler v. Perlmutter,維持下級法院見解:欠缺人類作者身分的 AI 生成圖像無法取得版權。本文回顧這場長達七年的訴訟,解析判決確立的原則、未解的灰色地帶,以及對內容開發者的實際影響。
閱讀文章 ↗Nano Banana 2 登場:Pro 級能力、Flash 級速度的圖像生成
2026 年 2 月 26 日,Google 推出 Nano Banana 2 圖像生成模型,主打 Pro 級能力、Flash 級速度,已在 Gemini API 開放預覽。同場還有 Lyria 3 音樂生成與 Ultra 用戶的 Deep Think。本文看這波二月更新的策略。
閱讀文章 ↗World Labs 募資 10 億美元:李飛飛的空間智慧賭注升級
2026 年 2 月 18 日,李飛飛創辦的 World Labs 宣布募資 10 億美元,NVIDIA、AMD、Autodesk、Fidelity 等參投,Reuters 報導估值約 50 億美元。資金將投入世界模型與 Marble 3D 生成產品,把「空間智慧」從研究概念推向可出貨的產品線。
閱讀文章 ↗WordPress.com 內建 AI 助手上線:自然語言改版面、媒體庫生成圖片
2026 年 2 月 17 日,Automattic 把 AI 助手直接內建進 WordPress.com:自然語言調整版面與樣式、改寫翻譯文案、在媒體庫生成與編輯圖片,Business 與 Commerce 方案不加價。本文解析功能邊界、背後模型與區塊主題限制。
閱讀文章 ↗UNESCO:生成式 AI 到 2028 年恐使音樂創作者收入下滑 24%
UNESCO《Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity》2026 年版報告估計,生成式 AI 到 2028 年將使音樂創作者全球營收減少 24%、影視創作者減少 21%。數位收入已佔創作者收入 35%,報告呼籲各國把文化政策視為戰略優先。
閱讀文章 ↗ByteDance Seedance 2.0 登場:音視訊統一生成,15 秒多鏡頭立體聲
2026 年 2 月 12 日,ByteDance Seed 團隊發布 Seedance 2.0,以統一多模態架構一次生成 15 秒多鏡頭影片與同步立體聲音軌,支援文字、圖片、音訊、影片四種輸入混合,先在中國上線,再經第三方平台走向海外。
閱讀文章 ↗Waymo World Model 登場:用 Genie 3 生成超擬真自駕模擬世界
2026 年 2 月 6 日,Waymo 發表建構在 Genie 3 之上的 World Model,同時生成相機影像與光達點雲,支援路線重模擬與罕見情境測試。本文解析三種控制機制、預訓練的槓桿,與對自駕安全驗證的意義。
閱讀文章 ↗ElevenLabs 募資 5 億美元、估值 110 億:語音 AI 轉向企業代理
2026 年 2 月 4 日,ElevenLabs 以 110 億美元估值完成 5 億美元 Series D,Sequoia 領投,2025 年底 ARR 破 3.3 億美元,並表態朝 IPO 邁進。本文解析語音 AI 從內容工具走向企業代理平台的資本邏輯。
閱讀文章 ↗Google Project Genie 上線:世界模型即時生成可玩世界,遊戲股應聲重挫
Google 於 1 月 29 日向 AI Ultra 訂閱者開放 Project Genie,首個基於 Genie 3 世界模型的公開產品,可從文字與圖片即時生成可互動 3D 世界。次日 Unity 一度暴跌近 24%,遊戲股全面下挫。
閱讀文章 ↗Cohere 與韓華海洋簽三方 MOU:生成式 AI 進軍造艦與潛艦設計
2026 年 1 月 26 日,韓華海洋、韓華系統與加拿大 Cohere 在多倫多簽署三方 MOU,要以企業級 LLM 與多模態模型投入潛艦設計、生產與作業,背後是加拿大巡邏潛艦標案。本文解析垂直 AI 落地造艦產業的合作細節。
閱讀文章 ↗Meta 財報數字:AI 影片生成工具 run-rate 破 100 億美元
2026 年 1 月 28 日,Meta 隨 Q4 2025 業績公布 AI 成效:影片生成工具營收 run-rate 達 100 億美元,季增速度近整體廣告收入三倍;GEM 排序模型帶來 3.5% 廣告點擊提升,WhatsApp 付費訊息跨越 20 億美元。
閱讀文章 ↗YouTube 執行長年度信:打擊 AI slop 與深偽列為 2026 首要任務
2026 年 1 月 21 日,YouTube 執行長 Neal Mohan 發表年度信,把打擊 AI slop 與深偽偵測列為年度優先,同時預告 AI 分身 Shorts 與文字生遊戲。一手緊縮、一手擴張的平台 AI 策略解析。
閱讀文章 ↗從 OpenAI 辦公室到禮來合約:Chai Discovery 的 AI 製藥突圍
2024 年成立、從 OpenAI 辦公室起家的 Chai Discovery,以 13 億美元估值完成 1.3 億美元 B 輪募資,並與禮來 TuneLab 及 argenx 展開抗體設計合作。本文拆解這家 AI 製藥新創的技術定位、資本路徑與臨床時程考驗。
閱讀文章 ↗Apple 與 Google 達成 Gemini 多年協議:把 Siri 的地基外包給對手
2026 年 1 月 12 日,Apple 與 Google 宣布多年合作:Apple Foundation Models 將建於 Gemini 與 Google 雲端技術之上,新 Siri 年內登場,傳每年授權費約 10 億美元。本文解析交易內容、隱私架構與平台競爭意義。
閱讀文章 ↗Meta Compute 登場:祖克柏的數十吉瓦級 AI 基礎設施計畫
2026 年 1 月 12 日,祖克柏在 Threads 宣布成立頂層計畫 Meta Compute,目標十年內建成數十吉瓦、長期數百吉瓦的 AI 基礎設施,由 Janardhan、Gross 與 Powell McCormick 三人領軍。本文解析其組織盤算與電力瓶頸。
閱讀文章 ↗智譜港股掛牌:中國首家純大模型公司上市,首日收漲 13.2%
2026 年 1 月 8 日,智譜(Zhipu AI,2513.HK)在港交所掛牌,成為中國首家上市的純大模型開發商。IPO 募資 43.5 億港元、估值近 510 億港元,首日收漲 13.2%,MiniMax 隔日跟進掛牌,中國 AI 上市潮正式啟動。
閱讀文章 ↗Samsung The First Look 2026:娛樂、家庭、照護三種 AI 同伴
CES 2026 開展前,Samsung 在 The First Look 發表「Your Companion to AI Living」:電視內建 Vision AI Companion、SmartThings 用戶突破 4.3 億、Family Hub 結合 Gemini,並把 AI 推向健康照護與保險。
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2025
9 篇文章法院首度認定:AI訓練書籍屬合理使用
2025年6月23日,聯邦法官阿爾蘇普在Bartz訴Anthropic案裁定:以合法取得的書籍訓練大型語言模型屬合理使用,是全美首例;但從盜版網站下載的數百萬本書不受保護,賠償金額將另案開庭認定。
閱讀文章 ↗iyO商標訴訟發酵,OpenAI撤下io宣傳素材
2025年6月22日,因新創iyO提出商標訴訟並獲法院命令,OpenAI撤下與強尼·艾夫合作的io裝置宣傳影片與文章,官網與YouTube同步移除,並強調近65億美元收購案不受影響。
閱讀文章 ↗Meta 傳洽購 Perplexity 與 SSI,轉向直接挖角
2025年6月20日,CNBC 與 The Verge 報導 Meta 在入股 Scale AI 之前曾洽購 AI 搜尋公司 Perplexity,也嘗試以320億美元估值收購 Safe Superintelligence 遭到拒絕,轉而談判網羅執行長 Daniel Gross 與前 GitHub 執行長 Nat Friedman,並計畫取得兩人創投機構 NFDG 的股權。
閱讀文章 ↗Midjourney V1 影片模型問世:圖生影片最長約 21 秒
2025 年 6 月 18 日,Midjourney 推出首款影片生成模型 V1,可將靜態圖片轉為 5 秒短片,最長延長至約 21 秒,定價約為圖片生成的 8 倍。本文整理功能、用量限制、定價,以及它在 Veo 3 與 Sora 之間的位置。
閱讀文章 ↗OpenAI 攜手美泰:芭比與風火輪推出 AI 產品
2025 年 6 月 12 日,OpenAI 與玩具大廠美泰宣布合作,將開發 AI 驅動的品牌應用與體驗,首款產品預計 2025 年內亮相,美泰員工也將使用 ChatGPT Enterprise;雙方強調安全與隱私,且美泰未授權自家 IP 給 OpenAI。
閱讀文章 ↗Meta 傳籌設超級智慧實驗室,Scale 執行長王將加入
2025 年 6 月 10 日紐約時報報導,Meta 計畫成立專攻超級智慧的新 AI 實驗室,Scale AI 創辦人暨執行長亞歷山大·王將加入協助領導;彭博指出祖克柏正親自招募約 50 名研究員,並向 OpenAI、Google 挖角,背景是 Llama 4 的失利與人才流失。
閱讀文章 ↗三大唱片與Suno、Udio洽談授權,音樂AI訴訟露曙光
2025年6月1日Bloomberg報導環球、華納、索尼三大唱片與AI音樂新創Suno、Udio進行授權談判,除權利金外並要求小額股權,任何協議可望為2024年中提起的著作權侵權訴訟鋪路和解。
閱讀文章 ↗Meta目標2026年底廣告端對端全自動,代理商股價急跌
2025年6月2日WSJ報導Meta計畫在2026年底前實現廣告全自動化:品牌只需提供產品圖與預算,AI即完成素材製作到投放的全部流程;廣告集團WPP、Publicis股價應聲下跌,本文整理關鍵數字與產業反應。
閱讀文章 ↗Veo 3開放Gemini Pro訂閱戶試用,AI Ultra推進73國
2025年5月30日Google擴大Veo 3供應範圍:Gemini應用程式的AI Pro訂閱戶可試用這款含音訊的影片生成模型,AI Ultra方案亦推進至73國;DeepMind執行長Hassabis稱上線數日已生成數百萬支影片。
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2026
47 ARTICLESModernizing Support Operations with Generative AI on AWS
A practical look at how AWS's generative AI solution turns training videos into SOPs, guides ticket resolution with RAG, and predicts SLA risk—while keeping humans in the loop.
READ POST ↗Seedance 2.5 Pushes AI Video to 30-Second One-Takes
ByteDance's Seed team launched Seedance 2.5: 30-second single-pass video, multi-round extension into minutes, and up to 30 images, 10 videos, and 10 audio clips as references per run.
READ POST ↗FLUX 3: One Backbone for Video, Images, Audio — and Robots
Black Forest Labs launched FLUX 3, a multimodal model with 20-second native-audio video, plus FLUX-mimic, a robot action model built on the same backbone.
READ POST ↗ChatGPT Ads Go Self-Serve: Inside OpenAI's Ads Manager
OpenAI's ChatGPT ads business went self-serve: an Ads Manager beta now open to all advertisers, pitching moments of real intent, with Newegg and Best Buy among early advertisers.
READ POST ↗Databricks Nears $188B Valuation in New Coatue-Led Round
Databricks signed a Coatue-led term sheet at a $188 billion valuation, with the raise reported near $3 billion. Funds go to Unity, Genie, Lakebase, and future AI acquisitions.
READ POST ↗Character.AI Enters Microdrama With c.ai Series Shows
Character.AI launches c.ai Series, three microdramas where viewers 18+ can chat with the characters and roleplay alternate storylines, wiring its core chat product into shows.
READ POST ↗AI Law Startup Norm Raises $120M, Joins the Unicorn Ranks
AI law startup Norm raised a $120M Series C at a $1.2B valuation led by Khosla Ventures; its AI-native law firm Norm Law bills by outcome and competes with Harvey and Legora.
READ POST ↗Google's Nano Banana 2 Lite: 4-Second, 3.4-Cent Images
On June 30, 2026, Google launched Nano Banana 2 Lite — images in about 4 seconds at $0.034 each — plus the Gemini Omni Flash video model, pairing fast stills with cheap video.
READ POST ↗Gemini Spark Comes to Mac: Google's Agent Takes the Desktop
Google's 24/7 agentic assistant Gemini Spark lands on the Mac in beta for AI Ultra subscribers, adding Tasks and Keep, five third-party apps, and custom MCP support.
READ POST ↗Neo Challenges Microsoft Office With $30M of Founder Money
Indian serial founder Bhavin Turakhia bets $30M of his own money on Neo, an AI-native work platform merging projects, docs, files, and agents to challenge Microsoft Office.
READ POST ↗Adobe Acquires Topaz Labs to Bring On-Device AI to Firefly
Adobe is acquiring Topaz Labs, whose Astra and Wonder models and Neurostream on-device tech will join Firefly and the creative apps; the deal closes in H2 2026.
READ POST ↗OpenRouter Unified Image API: Query Model Capabilities Before You Call
Learn how OpenRouter's new Unified Image API lets you query each model's capabilities, avoid 400 errors, and switch between 30+ image models with one interface.
READ POST ↗Adobe's Firefly AI Assistant Comes to Premiere, Illustrator
Adobe rolled its Firefly AI assistant into Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign, and Frame.io on June 18, 2026, plus Elements and Projects betas and AI brand kits in the Firefly app.
READ POST ↗Meta Edits Gets an AI Assistant and a Desktop Version
Meta previewed an AI assistant and a first desktop version for its Edits video app at a June 11 creator event in L.A., turning Instagram performance data into content advice.
READ POST ↗Decart Oasis 3: An API-Served World Model for AV Training
Decart ships Oasis 3, the first world model callable by API: 22 FPS three-camera driving scenes at $0.02/sec, a $300M raise behind it, and real caveats in hands-on testing.
READ POST ↗Google Cuts AI Plus to $4.99 as the Price War Hits the US
Google cut U.S. AI Plus from $7.99 to $4.99 with doubled storage on June 8, 2026 — the India-born AI subscription price war has finally reached American consumers.
READ POST ↗Apple Withholds Siri AI From EU After DMA Exemption Denied
Apple says Siri AI won't ship in the EU because the DMA demands near-unlimited device access; the Commission replied the choice is Apple's alone. EU users miss Siri AI this fall.
READ POST ↗ElevenLabs Music v2: AI Tracks That Switch Genres Mid-Song
ElevenLabs launched Music v2: one track can swing from opera to heavy metal, sections regenerate via inpainting, and licensed training data clears it for commercial use.
READ POST ↗Triomics Raises $22M Series B for Oncology-Specific AI
Triomics raised a $22M Series B led by Battery Ventures. Its oncology LLM reads thousand-page records for trial matching, pre-charting, and registry abstraction.
READ POST ↗Meta's App Subscriptions Go Global, Paid Meta AI Comes Next
Meta launched Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Plus subscriptions globally and will test Meta One AI plans at $7.99 and $19.99, with free Meta AI facing usage limits.
READ POST ↗Stable Audio 3.0: Open-Weight Models, Six-Minute Songs
Stability AI ships Stable Audio 3.0 — four models, three open-weight, 6:20 tracks, 2-minute on-device music, all trained on licensed data while Suno and Udio fight in court.
READ POST ↗Googlebook: Google's Gemini-Native Laptops Explained
Google's Googlebook: laptops designed around Gemini with an AI Magic Pointer, arriving this fall from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo — effectively the Chromebook's successor.
READ POST ↗Google Health Coach: Gemini Coaching and the End of Fitbit
Google's Gemini-powered Health Coach goes global May 19 at $9.99/month, free for AI Pro and Ultra subs, as the Fitbit app becomes Google Health and Fitbit Air ships same day.
READ POST ↗Spotify's Verified Badge Takes On the AI Music Flood
Spotify is rolling out a 'Verified by Spotify' badge to separate human artists from AI-generated acts, as Deezer reports 44% of daily uploads are now AI-made.
READ POST ↗Qwen3.5-Omni: Alibaba's Omnimodal Model Speaks 36 Languages
Alibaba's Qwen3.5-Omni handles text, image, audio and video in one native pipeline with real-time speech out: 256K context, 113 recognition languages, three variants led by Plus.
READ POST ↗Google Lyria 3 Pro: AI Music Moves From Clips to Full Tracks
Google DeepMind's Lyria 3 Pro generates full three-minute songs with verse-chorus structure, rolling into Gemini, Vids, Vertex AI, and ProducerAI with SynthID watermarking.
READ POST ↗Xiaomi MiMo-V2: Trillion-Parameter Models, $8.7B AI Push
Xiaomi launched MiMo-V2-Pro (1T+ params, 42B active, 1M context) plus Omni and TTS models, and pledged $8.7B over three years. It had topped OpenRouter as anonymous 'Hunter Alpha'.
READ POST ↗MIT Wave-Former: Seeing Through Walls With Wi-Fi and AI
MIT's Wave-Former pairs millimeter-wave signals with generative shape completion to rebuild fully occluded 3D objects at nearly 20% higher accuracy. CVPR 2026 paper; companion RISE extends to rooms.
READ POST ↗Britannica Sues OpenAI Over Training on 100,000 Articles
Britannica and Merriam-Webster sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court, alleging nearly 100,000 articles were copied for training and that GPT-4 outputs near-verbatim passages on demand.
READ POST ↗PixVerse Raises $300M Series C as an AI Video Unicorn
On March 12, 2026, Alibaba-backed PixVerse closed a $300M Series C led by CDH Investments at a $1B+ valuation — Asia's largest AI video round — and opened a global office in Singapore.
READ POST ↗Supreme Court Won't Hear Thaler: AI Art Stays Unprotected
The US Supreme Court declined to hear Thaler v. Perlmutter on March 2, 2026, cementing the rule that AI-generated art without human authorship cannot be copyrighted in the US.
READ POST ↗Nano Banana 2 Arrives: Pro-tier Image Generation at Flash-tier Speed
Google launched Nano Banana 2 on Feb 26, 2026: Pro-tier image generation at Flash-tier speed, in preview in the Gemini API, alongside Lyria 3 music generation and Deep Think for Ultra users.
READ POST ↗World Labs Raises $1 Billion to Scale Spatial Intelligence
World Labs, Fei-Fei Li's spatial intelligence startup, raised $1B on Feb 18, 2026 from NVIDIA, AMD, Autodesk and Fidelity at a reported $5B valuation, to scale world models and its Marble 3D product.
READ POST ↗WordPress.com Builds Its AI Assistant Into the Editor
On February 17, 2026, Automattic shipped a native AI assistant into WordPress.com: plain-language layout edits, rewrites, and Nano Banana image generation, included with Business and Commerce plans.
READ POST ↗UNESCO: Generative AI to Cut Creator Revenues 24% by 2028
UNESCO's 2026 Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity report projects genAI outputs will cut music creator revenues 24% and audiovisual incomes 21% by 2028; digital is already 35% of creator income.
READ POST ↗Seedance 2.0: ByteDance's Unified Audio-Video Model Ships
ByteDance's Seed team launched Seedance 2.0 on Feb 12, 2026: one architecture turns text, images, audio, and video references into 15-second multi-shot video with synced stereo sound. China first.
READ POST ↗Waymo's World Model: Genie 3 Powers Driving Simulation
Waymo's World Model, built on Google DeepMind's Genie 3, generates camera and lidar data for hyper-realistic driving simulation — re-simulating routes and testing rare events at scale.
READ POST ↗ElevenLabs Raises $500M at $11B: Voice AI Goes Enterprise
ElevenLabs raised $500M at an $11B valuation led by Sequoia, with $330M+ ARR, three commercial platforms, and open IPO ambitions. What the round says about voice AI's enterprise turn.
READ POST ↗Project Genie: Google's World Model Rattles Gaming Stocks
Google opened Project Genie to AI Ultra users on Jan. 29 — the first public product built on Genie 3, turning prompts into playable 3D worlds in real time. Unity plunged nearly 24% the next day.
READ POST ↗Cohere and Hanwha Bring Generative AI Into Shipbuilding
On January 26, 2026, Hanwha Ocean, Hanwha Systems, and Cohere signed a tripartite MOU in Toronto to build enterprise LLMs and multimodal models for submarine design, production, and operations.
READ POST ↗Meta: AI Video Generation Tools Hit $10 Billion Run-Rate
Meta's January 28, 2026 report: video generation tools at a $10B run-rate growing nearly 3x faster than ads overall, GEM's 3.5% ad click lift, and $2B in WhatsApp paid messaging.
READ POST ↗YouTube CEO Makes AI Slop and Deepfakes a 2026 Priority
Neal Mohan's 2026 letter names AI slop reduction and deepfake detection as YouTube's top priorities — while teasing likeness Shorts and AI games. Tightening and expanding AI at once.
READ POST ↗Chai Discovery: From OpenAI's Offices to an Eli Lilly Deal
Founded in 2024 in OpenAI's offices, Chai Discovery closed a $130M Series B at a $1.3B valuation and landed Eli Lilly's TuneLab and argenx for AI antibody design — now the clinical clock is running.
READ POST ↗Apple's Gemini Deal: Rebuilding Siri on a Rival's Model
Apple and Google confirmed a multi-year deal on January 12, 2026: Apple Foundation Models built on Gemini, a revamped Siri later this year, and a reported $1B-a-year license. What it changes.
READ POST ↗Meta Compute: Zuckerberg's Gigawatt Infrastructure Bet
Zuckerberg announced Meta Compute on January 12, 2026: a top-level initiative to build tens of gigawatts of AI infrastructure this decade, led by Janardhan, Gross, and Powell McCormick.
READ POST ↗Zhipu AI Lists in Hong Kong: China's First Pure-Play LLM IPO
Zhipu AI (2513.HK) debuted in Hong Kong on Jan 8, 2026 as China's first listed pure-play LLM maker, raising HK$4.35B at a valuation near HK$51B and closing up 13.2% on day one.
READ POST ↗Samsung Unveils AI Companions for TV, Home, Health at CES
Before CES 2026, Samsung's The First Look unveiled 'Your Companion to AI Living': Vision AI Companion on TVs, SmartThings past 430M users, Gemini-powered Family Hub, and a push into health.
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2025
9 ARTICLESJudge rules AI training on books is fair use
On June 23, 2025, Judge Alsup ruled in Bartz v. Anthropic that training LLMs on legally acquired books is fair use — a first — but a trial over Anthropic's pirated-book library proceeds.
READ POST ↗iyO trademark fight forces OpenAI to scrub io promo
On June 22, 2025, OpenAI pulled the promo video and post for its $6.5 billion io deal after a court order in startup iyO's trademark complaint; the deal itself is unaffected.
READ POST ↗Meta held talks for Perplexity, Thinking Machines and SSI
CNBC and The Verge, June 20, 2025: Meta discussed buying Perplexity before its Scale AI deal and tried to buy Safe Superintelligence at $32 billion, then moved to hire its CEO Daniel Gross.
READ POST ↗Midjourney launches V1, its first AI video model
Midjourney shipped V1, its first video model, on June 18, 2025: image-to-video clips up to about 21 seconds, priced at roughly eight times image generations. How it works, and what it costs.
READ POST ↗OpenAI and Mattel partner on AI-powered toys and apps
On June 12, 2025, OpenAI and Mattel announced a collaboration on AI-powered fan experiences and ChatGPT Enterprise for Mattel staff, with a first product due later in 2025 and no IP licensing.
READ POST ↗Meta readies superintelligence lab; Scale CEO Wang to join
Reports on June 10, 2025 said Meta plans an AI lab focused on superintelligence, with Scale CEO Alexandr Wang joining to help lead it, as Zuckerberg personally courted about 50 researchers.
READ POST ↗Big Three labels in licensing talks with Suno and Udio
Bloomberg reported June 1, 2025 that Universal, Warner, and Sony were in licensing talks with Suno and Udio, seeking fees plus small equity, potentially settling the 2024 copyright suits.
READ POST ↗Meta aims for fully AI-run ad campaigns by end of 2026
Per a June 2, 2025 WSJ report, Meta aims for complete AI-built ads from just a product image and budget by end of 2026. Key numbers and the agency stock reaction.
READ POST ↗Veo 3 opens to Gemini Pro users, AI Ultra in 73 countries
On May 30, 2025, Google opened Veo 3 trials to Gemini AI Pro subscribers and took the AI Ultra plan to 73 countries, days after users generated millions of videos with the audio-capable model.
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