▶️ Meta just dropped LLaMA 4—basically the iPhone of AI, but with more brainpower and fewer existential crises. “Maverick” is the standout model, built for everything from coding to poetry. Meta claims it’s outpacing OpenAI, but let’s be honest—“better” depends on the benchmark and how much digital protein powder it had.
Microsoft just dropped an AI-generated Quake II demo, powered by its Muse model. Think of it as your favorite ‘90s shooter, but now with AI hallucinations. The project’s part of their Copilot for Gaming push, and while it looks cool, it plays like a fever dream. Objects blink in and out of existence, enemies are blurry, and sometimes the game forgets what was there a second ago—basically, it’s Quake II if it had short-term memory loss.
Futurist Peter Diamandis suggests that if you can hang tight for the next decade, science might just have the aging thing figured out. He believes we’re on the brink of “longevity escape velocity,” where medical advancements could extend life faster than the years are ticking by.
Google just rolled out Gemini 2.5 Flash—a new AI model that’s all about speed, efficiency, and making your current AI assistant look like it’s stuck on dial-up. It’s optimized for real-time tasks like customer support, fast document scans, and probably judging your typing speed.
Amazon has unveiled Nova Sonic, a generative AI voice model designed to process and generate natural-sounding speech. This model aims to enhance conversational AI applications, offering real-time speech processing with reduced latency. Amazon claims that Nova Sonic is approximately 80% more cost-efficient than OpenAI’s GPT-4o.
Google just dropped Ironwood, its latest AI chip—and it’s juiced up like it’s training for the AI Olympics. This beast isn’t for show; it’s made to run AI models fast, like “blink and it’s done” fast. With gobs of memory and data speeds that would make your Wi-Fi cry, Ironwood is ready to crunch everything from search rankings to recommendations that finally get you.
Samsung just gave its home robot Ballie a serious IQ boost by adding Google’s Gemini AI assistant. Ballie’s not just a rolling smart speaker anymore—it’s now a projector-packing, Gemini-powered life coach on wheels. It can analyze your outfit, suggest sleep tips, and probably judge your Netflix history if it had emotions.
