Roblox launches revolutionary 4D generation technology that transforms text prompts into fully functional game objects like drivable cars, with early testing showing players created 160,000 objects and experienced 64% longer play sessions.
Google releases Project Genie, an experimental AI prototype that transforms text and image prompts into interactive virtual worlds and game-like environments, featuring real-time exploration, world creation, and editing capabilities as the tech giant advances toward artificial general intelligence.
Google releases Project Genie AI world model to U.S. subscribers, enabling users to create interactive virtual environments through text and images, explore real-time generated worlds, and remix existing creations, though current limitations include 60-second generation caps and control issues.
Roblox's new AI age verification system catastrophically backfires as it misidentifies children as adults and vice versa, leading to verified accounts of 9-year-olds selling for $4 on eBay while users easily fool the system with fake faces and drawings, causing chat activity to plummet 50% and developers to demand reversal of the disastrous update.
Razer unveils Project AVA, a revolutionary 3D holographic AI desk companion featuring a 5.5-inch avatar powered by xAI's Grok engine that learns from users, serves as organizer and gaming advisor, and becomes available for $20 reservation with 2026 US release planned.
Developer Rodrigo Delduca successfully creates a functional NES emulator using AI-generated Lua scripts that runs Donkey Kong in web browsers, though the groundbreaking AI-coded system performs 40 times slower than traditional emulators.
Google DeepMind releases SIMA 2, a Gemini-powered AI agent that learns to navigate 3D video games like No Man's Sky through trial and error, potentially paving the way for real-world robotics applications despite current limitations with complex tasks and memory.
Google DeepMind unveils SIMA 2, a groundbreaking AI gaming companion powered by Gemini that evolves from following simple instructions to reasoning, conversing, and self-improving through trial-and-error in 3D virtual worlds, demonstrating unprecedented adaptability across unseen games while understanding sketches, emojis, and multiple languages.
World Labs launches Marble AI platform that transforms text prompts, photos, and videos into persistent, downloadable 3D environments for gaming and VR industries, offering subscription plans from free to $95/month with unique AI-native editing tools that separate spatial structure from visual style.
World Labs unveils Marble AI, a groundbreaking commercial platform that transforms simple text prompts and photos into complete, downloadable 3D virtual worlds, with pricing starting free and reaching $95 monthly for premium features.