Runway has upgraded Gen-4.5 and introduced GWM-1, the company's first "General World Model."

Google presents its new search voice for "Search Live". Thanks to a new Gemini model for audio, the answers now sound more natural and fluent.

Google is integrating Gemini into Google Translate for better text translations and launching a beta for real-time voice translation through headphones.

OpenAI appears to be adopting the skills system Anthropic introduced in October. Support for these skills has surfaced in both the Codex CLI tool and ChatGPT.

AI is reshaping the media landscape, with some companies striking partnerships while others fight back against alleged copyright infringement—and some doing both.