JLab unveils two new stem-style ANC earbuds and its first open-ear model

Budget headphone makers JLab has unveiled three new sets of earbuds ranging in price from $37 to $119. The Go Pods ANC and JBuds Pods ANC will appeal to commuters and music lovers, both with stem-style closed-ear designs that offer reputable battery life and hybrid ANC. Sporty types will be more interested in the Epic … Read more

Midjourney’s new image generation model announced to take on OpenAI’s GPT-4o

Even though MidJourney set out to be one of the most promising image generation models in the early days of AI, it appears to have fallen behind more accessible, easy to use, and free tools such Gemini, ChatGPT, and Bing. Adding to its woes is the latest update to OpenAI’s GPT-4o model which allows exceptionally … Read more

OpenAI is ready to embrace an open weight AI model strategy

OpenAI is set to be the next open-source AI brand as CEO Sam Altman confirmed on X on Monday that the company will soon release an “open-weight’ model that users will be able to run independently.   “We are excited to release a powerful new open-weight language model with reasoning in the coming months,” Altman said … Read more

Google’s latest AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, is now available for all users

Last yesterday evening, Google announced that its latest Gemini 2.5 Pro model is now available to all users. The latest version of Gemini is available in an experimental state, and you can try it for yourself by going to Gemini.Google.com. For now, this model is only available via the web, although Google says it’s working … Read more

OpenAI’s latest model creates life like images and readable text, try it free

OpenAI has introduced its 4o model into ChatGPT to enable native image generation within the chatbot atmosphere. This upgrade makes it so you don’t have to use OpenAI’s Dall-E image generation model as a separate entity, though Dall-E remains available for those as a preference. The AI brand has also enabled its Sora AI video … Read more

Google launches Gemini 2.5 Pro, its ‘most intelligent AI model’ yet

Google In a blog post today, Google announced Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) for developers and Advanced subscribers, aiming to help you tackle increasingly complex problems. It’s the first in the family and set up to “think” before it speaks. Google says it’ll be available today in Google AI Studio (its developer platform) and for Advanced … Read more

It’s go time: Pre-orders for the SteamOS Legion Go S model are up

The first third-party gaming handheld to get SteamOS is now up for pre-order, with prices starting at $550. The Legion Go S was a big hit at CES thanks to its new OS option, giving users the freedom to choose between Windows and SteamOS (the Linux-based operating system that powers the Steam Deck.) The battle … Read more

OpenAI releases a new AI model, but it’s eye-wateringly expensive

OpenAI has released its latest model, o1-pro, an updated version of its reasoning model o1 — but it’s not going to come cheap. “It uses more compute than o1 to provide consistently better responses,” OpenAI said in its announcement. The company went on to say it offered new features including: “Supports vision, function calling, Structured … Read more

Nvidia’s new model brings humanoid robotics a step closer to reality

Nvidia has unveiled a new model which could form the foundation of future humanoid robotics projects, representing a step forward toward a reality of generalist robots. The Nvidia Isaac Groot N1 model is open source and fully customizable for various robotics uses, inspired by the way that humans think. It consists of two systems, one … Read more

You can now unlock your Audi with your iPhone, but you’ll need to have one specific model

Apple first introduced support for digital car keys back in 2022 and a number of car brands already offer the feature on some of their models, including BMW, BYD, Lotus, Mercedes-Benz and the Hyundai Group. Audi has been missing from that list for the last couple of years though, until now.  The German car manufacturer … Read more

I was struck by OpenAI’s new model — for all the wrong reasons

Table of Contents Table of Contents Is the story “good”? Is there a use for creative writing AI models? Sam Altman has shared a snippet from a new OpenAI model trained for creative writing. He says it’s the first time he’s been “struck” by something AI has written but the comments section is a total … Read more

OpenAI launches GPT 4.5 AI model with deeper knowledge and emotions

OpenAI has just introduced its latest AI model, dubbed GPT 4.5, which the company claims is its largest and best model yet. This is not a reasoning model, a faculty which is limited to the O-series models. Despite that, GPT 4.5 is touted to be a more natural conversationalist with a higher emotional quotient and … Read more

Anthropic’s new Claude model offers both real-time and long-pondered responses

Anthropic OpenAI’s o3 and DeepSeek’s R1 models have some new competition. Anthropic announced Monday the release of its new “hybrid reasoning” model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Existing reasoning models like o3, R1, and Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking are designed to break down complex problems into smaller tasks, then deduce and verify their answers before responding, … Read more