Multimodal AI AI News & Updates
Google Deploys Veo 3 Video Generation AI Model to Global Gemini Users
Google has rolled out its Veo 3 video generation model to Gemini users in over 159 countries, allowing paid subscribers to create 8-second videos from text prompts. The service is limited to 3 videos per day for AI Pro p...
Google Launches Real-Time Voice Conversations with AI-Powered Search
Google has introduced Search Live, enabling back-and-forth voice conversations with its AI Mode search feature using a custom version of Gemini. Users can now engage in free-flowing voice dialogues with Google Search, re...
Google Integrates Project Astra's Real-Time Multimodal AI Across Search and Developer APIs
Google announced Project Astra will power new real-time, multimodal AI experiences across Search, Gemini, and developer tools through its Live API. The technology enables low-latency voice and visual interactions, with p...
Amazon Releases Nova Premier: High-Context AI Model with Mixed Benchmark Performance
Amazon has launched Nova Premier, its most capable AI model in the Nova family, which can process text, images, and videos with a context length of 1 million tokens. While it performs well on knowledge retrieval and visu...
OpenAI Releases Advanced AI Reasoning Models with Enhanced Visual and Coding Capabilities
OpenAI has launched o3 and o4-mini, new AI reasoning models designed to pause and think through questions before responding, with significant improvements in math, coding, reasoning, science, and visual understanding cap...
Google Plans to Combine Gemini Language Models with Veo Video Generation Capabilities
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis announced plans to eventually merge their Gemini AI models with Veo video-generating models to create more capable multimodal systems with better understanding of the physical world. Th...
Meta Launches Advanced Llama 4 AI Models with Multimodal Capabilities and Trillion-Parameter Variant
Meta has released its new Llama 4 family of AI models, including Scout, Maverick, and the unreleased Behemoth, featuring multimodal capabilities and more efficient mixture-of-experts architecture. The models boast improv...
Microsoft Enhances Copilot with Web Browsing, Action Capabilities, and Improved Memory
Microsoft has significantly upgraded its Copilot AI assistant with new capabilities including performing actions on websites, remembering user preferences, analyzing real-time video, and creating podcast-like content sum...
Elon Musk's xAI Acquires Hotshot to Accelerate Video Generation Capabilities
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has acquired Hotshot, a startup specializing in AI-powered video generation technologies similar to OpenAI's Sora. The acquisition positions xAI to integrate video generation capabilities int...
Baidu Unveils Ernie 4.5 and Ernie X1 Models with Multimodal Capabilities
Chinese tech giant Baidu has launched two new AI models - Ernie 4.5, featuring enhanced emotional intelligence for understanding memes and satire, and Ernie X1, a reasoning model claimed to match DeepSeek R1's performanc...