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Meta has released new smart glasses without Ray-Ban branding, but its CTO Andrew Bosworth argues that privacy concerns will be resolved through 'social learning' rather than new safeguards. Critics note Meta has not adde…
ByteDance unveiled Seedance 2.5 at its Beijing conference, a video generation model that produces 30-second native 4K clips from up to 50 multimodal reference inputs. The company skipped four version numbers to signal a …
In a head-to-head comparison of AI image generation models, Juggernaut Flux Lightning scored 23.0 to Bagel's 16.7 across three tasks, winning for better adherence to prompt specifics and scene structure. The tests includ…
Meta launched Meta Glasses on June 23, 2026, a $299 AI smart glasses line made with EssilorLuxottica but sold without the Ray-Ban or Oakley name, signaling the company's belief that smart glasses no longer need a legacy …
Google is rolling out a major update to Google Home, enhancing the app, Gemini voice commands, and camera features. The update includes faster performance for timers and media controls, improved accidental activation fil…
A developer released an AI-powered aimbot and ESP tool for Valorant, claiming it uses machine learning and screen capture to avoid detection by Riot Games' Vanguard anti-cheat system. The tool employs a Transformer-based…
Mozilla AI has expanded its encoderfile project to support image classification, allowing vision models to run as standalone executables without Python or serving infrastructure. The update includes preprocessing via Lua…
Meta launched its own $299 smart glasses, the Adventurer and Fury, undercutting its Ray-Ban lineup ahead of Apple's expected 2027 debut. The glasses, manufactured by EssilorLuxottica, feature a 12-megapixel camera, 3K vi…
Mistral AI released OCR 4, a document extraction model with bounding boxes, block classification, and confidence scores, supporting 170 languages and self-hosted deployment. Independent annotators preferred it over leadi…
Meta launched new smart glasses starting at $299, dropping the Ray-Ban and Oakley branding while maintaining the same features. The glasses include a Kylie Jenner collaboration model at $399. Meta leads the smart glasses…
Meta, in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, launched Meta Glasses, a new line of AI-powered smart glasses starting at $299. The glasses feature Meta AI with Muse Spark, hands-free photo and video capture, and over 8 hour…
The robotics industry's shift from physical AI 1.0 to 2.0 requires a new focus on physical state recovery to bridge the gap between sensor data and real-world conditions, as high-level reasoning alone cannot compensate f…
ByteDance unveiled Seedance 2.5, an AI video model capable of generating single clips up to 30 seconds long with scene changes and tempo shifts, at its Volcano Engine FORCE conference. The model, launching in early July,…
Baidu released Unlimited-OCR, a one-shot long-horizon parsing model that extends DeepSeek-OCR, on June 22, 2026. The open-source model supports single-image and multi-page PDF parsing with configurable image sizes and is…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup relies on thousands of data workers in India, Cambodia, the Philippines, and other countries to power AI tools like sensor-fitted balls, real-time tracking, and AI-assisted offside calls. These wo…
A developer built a GPU display backend for Emacs, creating Metal and OpenGL drivers that offload text rendering from the CPU to the GPU, enabling video playback and animated cursor effects without modifying Emacs's core…
ValkaAI, a Prague-based startup founded in 2026, has raised €12 million in pre-seed funding led by Rockaway Ventures to develop real-time interactive synthetic video technology and lifelike AI personas for entertainment,…
ByteDance confirmed Seedance 2.5, its next AI video generation model, for an early July launch with native 30-second single-shot video output, 50 full-modal reference materials, and enhanced controllability for video gen…
University of Michigan researchers released AFUN, a new affordance model that predicts both where a robot should touch an object and how it should move after contact, aiming to bridge robot perception and action. The mod…
Developer Simon Willison ported the Moebius 0.2B image inpainting model to run in a browser using WebGPU, bypassing the original requirement for PyTorch and NVIDIA CUDA. The project, completed with assistance from Claude…