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.

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.

Perplexity Computer launches with 19 specialized AI models working in parallel to build apps, dashboards, research, and more from a single prompt.

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

Unitree’s As2 robot dog hits 5 m/s and carries up to 65 kg standing, with IP54-rated Pro and Edu models plus optional Jetson Orin NX.

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

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

Kyoto University debuted “Buddharoid,” an AI-powered robot monk that answers questions about Buddhism, raising big questions for temples.