ByteDance launches Depth Anything 3, a groundbreaking AI model that transforms any visual input into accurate 3D geometry using a single transformer backbone, dramatically outperforming previous models across depth estimation and 3D generation tasks while offering open-source access with multiple variants and interactive tools.
Amazon trials revolutionary AI smart glasses for delivery drivers that provide hands-free package scanning, turn-by-turn navigation, and hazard detection through computer vision technology displayed directly in their field of view.
DeepSeek unveils groundbreaking OCR model using vision-text compression technology that slashes AI processing costs by 95% while achieving 97% accuracy, potentially revolutionizing operations across finance, science, and medical industries.
DeepSeek-AI launches DeepSeek-OCR, a groundbreaking optical character recognition model that dynamically adjusts resolution from 512×512 to 1280×1280 pixels and converts documents directly to markdown format while parsing figures and locating specific text within images.
Apple acquires computer vision startup Prompt AI and its 11-person team after the company shuts down its Seemour security camera app, beating out competitors xAI and Neuralink to secure UC Berkeley AI researchers for likely integration into HomeKit smart home technology.
Google unveils AI-powered conversational image search that lets shoppers describe products in natural language like 'barrel jeans that aren't too baggy' and upload reference photos to find similar items, rolling out to US users this week with Gemini 2.5's advanced visual recognition technology.
Hugging Face releases Smol2Operator, an open-source system that transforms a basic 2.2B vision model into a powerful GUI coding agent capable of understanding and interacting with mobile, desktop, and web interfaces through innovative two-phase training.
Google launches Search Live nationwide, enabling users to have voice conversations with AI while sharing real-time camera feeds for instant visual assistance with travel, hobbies, troubleshooting, education, and entertainment needs.
Google expands its AI-powered Search to five new languages - Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese - enabling users to ask complex queries and explore the web more deeply using advanced language understanding capabilities.
Groundbreaking open-source vision-language models GLM-4.5V and GLM-4.1V-Thinking revolutionize multimodal reasoning, achieving state-of-the-art performance on 42 benchmarks and outperforming larger models through Thinking Mode and Chain-of-Thought reasoning.