Anthropic has launched Claude for Education
2 April 2025
Anthropic debuts Claude for Education, an AI tool tailored for colleges, offering critical thinking support, administrative automation, and full-campus partnerships.
AI-Powered Filmmaking: Staircase Studios Produces $500K Movie That Looks Like $20M
2 April 2025
Hollywood’s adoption of artificial intelligence in filmmaking presents both groundbreaking opportunities and significant challenges, as the industry seeks to balance innovation with artistic integrity.
OpenAI Secures Historic $40 Billion Investment at $300 Billion Valuation
31 March 2025
OpenAI’s $40 billion SoftBank-led funding round values the company at $300 billion, with $18 billion earmarked for the Stargate AI data center project. The deal follows governance turmoil, including Altman’s 2023 ouster and safety team departures.
Runway Released Gen-4 Video Generation Model
31 March 2025
Runway’s Gen-4 AI model introduces consistent character and object generation, world physics simulation, and cinematic scene control—raising industry standards.
Alibaba Launches Multimodal AI Qwen2.5-Omni-7B Model
27 March 2025
Alibaba introduced Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, a multimodal AI capable of processing text, images, audio, and video efficiently on smartphones and laptops, outperforming Google’s Gemini model in benchmarks.
Ideogram 3.0 Launch: Stunning Realism and Creative Power Unleashed
26 March 2025
Ideogram 3.0 outpaces leading AI models, offering superior realism, text precision, and extensive style customization, becoming indispensable for creative professionals.
Meta Faces Backlash for AI-Generated Instagram Comments
25 March 2025
Meta’s AI-generated Instagram comments and engineered “diverse” profiles have drawn criticism for prioritizing metrics over authenticity, with users comparing the initiatives to dystopian fiction.
Google Launches Gemini 2.5 Pro with Enhanced Reasoning and Multimodal Capabilities
25 March 2025
Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro introduces advanced reasoning and multimodal processing, achieving top scores in coding, mathematics, and science benchmarks, and supporting a 1 million token context window.
GPT-4o Image Generator Achieves Startling Realism Amid High Demand, Technical Strain, and Legal Concerns
25 March 2025
OpenAI’s GPT-4o image generation feature produces hyper-realistic visuals and sparks viral trends, but massive demand causes GPU constraints, delays for free users, and cultural controversy.