Foundation, a San Francisco startup, says it is talking with Trump officials about armed humanoid robots as China ramps up its own machines.

Google debuts Nano Banana 2, a faster Gemini Flash Image model with sharper generation, clearer text, and rollout across Gemini, Search, APIs, and Vertex.

Google previews a Gemini beta that can complete multi-step actions in rideshare, grocery, and food apps on Pixel 10 and Galaxy S26, with live oversight.

Anthropic retired Claude Opus 3, but is keeping it available for paid claude.ai subscribers and offering API access by request as it formalizes a model retirement process.

Discord ended a limited UK Persona age-check test and delayed broader age verification to late 2026 after backlash over privacy and trust concerns.