OpenAI launches a TikTok-style app powered by Sora 2 technology that generates AI-created videos in a vertical feed format, complete with swipe navigation, recommendation algorithms, and social features like liking, commenting, and remixing content.
German AI image generation startup Black Forest Labs pursues $300 million funding round targeting a $4 billion valuation, quadrupling from its previous $1 billion worth as explosive demand for AI image-editing systems attracts massive investor interest.
Hollywood talent agencies consider signing AI-generated actor Tilly Norwood from studio Xicoia, sparking fierce backlash from prominent actors like Melissa Barrera who threaten boycotts against agencies representing digital performers as the entertainment industry grapples with artificial intelligence's growing presence in film, TV, and gaming.
Tencent launches HunyuanImage-3.0, the world's largest open-source AI image generator with 80 billion parameters and revolutionary autoregressive architecture, featuring 64 experts in a Mixture of Experts design that delivers superior text-to-image generation with advanced world-knowledge reasoning capabilities.
Meta unveils 'Vibes,' an AI-powered video platform delivering endless streams of music video-style clips featuring pets and landscapes, but users slam it as an 'infinite slop machine' that prioritizes technical polish over meaningful storytelling in Zuckerberg's quest to create an MTV-like scrolling experience.
Meta launches Vibes, an AI-powered video platform within its Meta AI app that enables users to create, remix, and share short-form AI-generated videos with personalized recommendations and cross-posting capabilities to Instagram and Facebook.
Meta launches 'Vibes,' a TikTok-style video feed featuring exclusively AI-generated content where users can create and remix artificial videos, but faces immediate backlash as users denounce the platform as unwanted 'AI slop' that contradicts Meta's previous commitment to authentic content.
Nvidia open-sources Audio2Face, a groundbreaking AI tool that automatically generates realistic facial animations and lip movements for 3D avatars using only voice audio input, giving developers free access to create lifelike digital characters for games, apps, and livestreams.
Revolutionary AI talent studio Xicoia launches hyperreal digital celebrities like Tilly Norwood who interact with fans in real-time across social media, with plans to create over 40 synthetic stars for an interconnected universe spanning film, TV, and brand campaigns.
Google Labs launches Mixboard, an experimental AI-powered visual brainstorming tool in public beta across the U.S., enabling users to generate and edit images from text prompts using the new Nano Banana model for creative projects ranging from home decor to product development.