Google's Genie 4 builds worlds you can walk into and talk to, but only testers can try it
Google Genie 4 makes 3D worlds you can explore, with sound and characters who talk back. What is new, its limits, and when you can try it.
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Block's Dessa voice model laughs and sighs like a person, which is both its promise and its risk
Block's Dessa voice model learned to talk from human speech alone and runs on a MacBook Pro. What it does, who can try it, and the voice scam worry.
Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro gives up some hacking skill before its open release
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.1 Pro is in Kimi's apps and API now, with open weights promised by 4 November and hacking data removed from training.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash update ships open weights and a web search API for agents
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash gets a 17 October update with MIT open weights, unchanged API prices and a new search API for AI agents. Here is what changes.
Abu Dhabi launches TAMM Global to take its AI government app to the world
Abu Dhabi's new TAMM Global will license its AI government services app, used by 4.7 million people, to other countries. Here is what we know so far.
China proposes export curbs on 40 AI, solar and biotech technologies
China AI export controls: a draft list of 40 AI, solar and biotech technologies, 14 banned and 26 needing a licence. App and API access is not affected.
Dubai's free GenDubAI guide asks parents to learn AI alongside their kids
Dubai's new GenDubAI is a free AI guide for parents of children aged 8 to 15, in Arabic and English, built around short family moments at home.
Meta's Muse Spark Open puts a big AI model on two Mac desktops, for those who can afford them
Meta released Muse Spark Open, an 816B open-weight AI model that runs on two Mac Studios. Here is who can use it, what it costs and the licence limits.