Microsoft unveiled MAI-Image-2, a new AI model that achieved third place on the Arena.ai text-to-image generation leaderboard. PCWorld reports that the model excels at creating photorealistic images ...

VS Code 1.112 agents can now read image files from disk. The image carousel can open generated or selected images in chat. My PoC used three leaderboard screenshots to summarize model trade-offs.

BRUSSELS, March 18 (Reuters) - Key EU lawmakers, who are influential in shaping changes to Europe's ‌AI Act, on Wednesday backed a ban on AI ‌apps which create unauthorised sexually explicit images ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Google (GOOG)(GOOGL) is rolling out Nano Banana 2, an updated version of the artificial intelligence-powered image generation tool it first launched in August 2025. Nano Banana 2 is powered by the ...

Google rolled out Nano Banana 2 on Thursday, an update to its viral AI image generator. The newest model will have increased speed, enhanced text renderings and follow instructions more precisely. The ...

Seedance 2.0 can take camera movement, visual effects, and motion into account. Seedance 2.0 can take camera movement, visual effects, and motion into account. is a news writer who covers the ...

An exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam reminds us that photography has always had a complicated relationship with the truth. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam On the cover of a German ...

Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some ...

xAI blocks all users from editing images of 'real people in revealing clothing' California officials demand answers from xAI after its Grok chatbot generated sexualized pictures of women, minors ...

Americans' views on Trump soured significantly with regard to his stewardship over the economy and the cost of living, as gasoline prices have surged. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson ...

Indonesia and Malaysia temporarily blocked X's chatbot, Grok, over the weekend after it made scores of fake images publicly sexualizing mostly women and, in some instances, children late last year.