Category: AI Tools
Hands-on coverage of the AI tools people actually use, from coding assistants to image and video generators.
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MiniMax Open-Sources H3, Its Flagship Multimodal Video Model
MiniMax open-sourced H3 on August 3, 2026, a unified video generation model that produces 2K clips with native stereo audio from mixed text, image, video, and audio references.
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Google’s Lyria 3.5 Takes Aim at Suno as Labels Debate AI Music’s Chart Eligibility
Google launched Lyria 3.5 inside Flow Music on July 29, 2026, promising more natural vocals, as major labels work toward rules on whether AI-generated music can chart.
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OpenAI Is Shutting Down Sora: What’s Already Gone and What’s Left
OpenAI discontinued the Sora consumer app in April 2026 and will shut down the Sora API on September 24, 2026, abandoning a reported $1 billion Disney partnership along the way.
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Meta’s New Muse Image Generator Launched With a Privacy Feature It Had to Pull Days Later
Meta launched Muse Image on July 7, 2026, then reversed a default-on Instagram @-mention remixing feature after user backlash over consent.
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Microsoft’s In-House Coding Model Becomes GitHub Copilot’s Default This Month
Microsoft’s in-house coding model, reported as Project Polaris, replaces GPT-4 Turbo as GitHub Copilot’s default engine starting August 2026.
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Google Cancels Its AI Studio Mobile App, Folds It Into Gemini
Despite 800,000+ preorders, Google scrapped its standalone AI Studio mobile app and is folding app-building tools directly into Gemini instead.