Claude Design: Best Use Cases, Workflow, and Prompts
18 May 2026
Claude Design can help users turn rough notes, sketches, specs, and ideas into visual first drafts for brands, prototypes, decks, and campaigns.
OpenAI Launches GPT-Realtime-2 for Live Voice AI and New Voice API Models
7 May 2026
OpenAI has launched three new voice API models for live audio agents, real-time translation and streaming transcription, with GPT-Realtime-2 adding larger context, adjustable reasoning effort, tool transparency and stronger recovery behaviour.
OpenAI Releases ChatGPT Images 2.0 With Visual Reasoning
21 April 2026
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.0 on April 21, adding reasoning before generation, multilingual text, real-time information, broader aspect ratios, and up to eight images from one prompt.
Anthropic Launches Claude Design as It Expands Into AI Design and Prototyping
17 April 2026
Anthropic launched Claude Design, a research preview tool for paid Claude users that turns prompts into prototypes, visual assets, and handoff-ready outputs.
OpenAI Shuts Down Sora Video Generator as Priorities Shift
24 March 2026
OpenAI is closing the Sora video generator after a brief expansion into a stand-alone AI video app, ending the consumer product while continuing related research.
Google Launches Nano Banana 2 With Faster AI Image Generation
26 February 2026
Google released Nano Banana 2, also called Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, expanding AI image generation with real-time web search grounding and structured visual outputs.
Google Acquires ProducerAI as Lyria 3 Music Rolls Out in Gemini
24 February 2026
ProducerAI joins Google Labs as Google expands Lyria 3 music creation in Gemini, starting with 30-second tracks and SynthID watermarking.
ByteDance to Add Safeguards to Seedance 2.0 After Hollywood Copyright Backlash
16 February 2026
ByteDance introduces Safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following legal threats from Disney and Paramount and warnings from the Motion Picture Association and SAG-AFTRA.
ByteDance Expands AI Video With Seedance 2.0 Amid Backlash
12 February 2026
ByteDance released Seedance 2.0 in February 2026, enabling multimodal AI video generation with audio. Hollywood groups including the Motion Picture Association and SAG-AFTRA condemned the model over copyright concerns.
