Gemini Live gets a visual presence
Google combines real-time dialogue with a generated avatar for enterprise use.
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Culture
Music, images, video, and new ways to create.
A multilingual model can still miss the culture
Cohere researchers trace how cultural diversity narrows through training data.
Gemini Omni starts with video and mixed inputs
Google brings several kinds of reference material into generation.
Runway expands closer to Japan’s creative industries
A planned Tokyo headquarters connects product development with a growing market.
Claude connects to the creative workflow
Anthropic brings connectors to tools creators already use.
Microsoft gives image generation a production-focused option
MAI-Image-2-Efficient targets speed, volume, and tighter cost control.
Nano Banana 2 speeds up the image-editing loop
Google combines its image-generation capabilities with a faster model family.
Veo turns reference images into video ingredients
The update adds more control over visual continuity and vertical output.