Google is making it easier to build and use personal Android apps created with AI, without having to make them available to everyone on the Play Store.
Gemini 4 Argon is now available for paying subscribers and businesses.

After months sitting on the sidelines of the frontier AI race, Google has finally launched its long-awaited Gemini 4 Argon model, claiming it can compete with the best the industry has to offer. Google says Argon delivers “frontier reasoning and improved performance across complex workflows,” while cutting down on hedging, repetition, and the cliches that […]

Epic Games plans to use AI to generate code and art for an unannounced Disney game, which is now delayed from its original March release window, according to a report from Bloomberg. The project’s developers have been given an “AI-first” mandate directing them to use tools like Anthropic’s Claude more to finish the game. According […]
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, developer of Fortnite, has said that his company is all in on AI workflow from code writing to art.
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When Nvidia originally showed off DLSS 5 earlier this year, the technology immediately got branded as gen AI for video games. To gamers, Nvidia had lost the plot. I personally couldn’t get over how faces were transformed using DLSS 5. The 15-year-old student from Hogwarts Legacy suddenly looked much older, and Grace from Resident Evil […]
The new X Subscription combines X’s paid features with AI tools like Grok and Cursor, offering plans ranging from $8 to $200 per month.
American Express is introducing a new framework designed to ensure AI agents only make purchases their users have authorized, potentially preventing costly mistakes and disputes as AI-powered shopping grows.