AI Models & Tools

Make, revise and share a game with Google Playground

Google's experimental Playground turns text prompts into playable browser games. This guide covers access, revisions, testing, sharing and export, then examines the platform's gaming implications.

Common Sense Media tests the limits of ChatGPT’s teen safety alerts

Newly linked teen test accounts received no parental alerts during scripted crisis conversations, the Youth AI Safety Institute reports. OpenAI disputes the test timing.

Find the spoken moment before editing a video

Arcmira's n8n workflow returns up to three timestamped transcript passages. Editors still need to check the source, speaker, cut and reuse rights.

Claude for Google Workspace: edit open files with approval

Claude for Google Workspace is in public beta for paid plans. This documentation-based guide covers editing an open Google file, approval controls, setup and limits.

OpenAI's math repository: manuscripts, versions and Lean proofs

OpenAI's collection contains 722 manuscripts in 372 families. A close look at one Lean proof configuration shows how to inspect versions, scope and checking requirements.

Continues From unit distances to Navier-Stokes: AI mathematics reaches a new phase

EmbeddingGemma 2: a local search prototype across text and media

Google's EmbeddingGemma 2 brings text, image, video and audio embeddings into one local retrieval model. This documentation-based guide maps the setup and evaluation decisions.

Mistral Large 4 API guide: a first request and its token cost

How to call Mistral Large 4 in Public Preview, read its response and calculate a sample token charge from official rates.

Runway's Eleven v4 speech API: request shape and October pricing

Runway's Eleven v4 speech API accepts scripts up to 2,500 characters. This documentation-based guide explains the request, task result, account setup and October 12 price change.

Japan’s humanoid data factory and national AI model program have different jobs

J-HRTI opened a humanoid data facility with 35 robots in August. Japan’s separate ¥387.3 billion FY2026 model program funds research, with no documented grant to the facility.

Google outlines October Gemini model access changes by plan

Google's October 2026 Gemini Apps notice lists Flash-Lite for personal users without a plan, Flash too for AI Plus, and Pro for AI Pro and Ultra after each account's change takes effect.

Runway’s Praxis-1 tests a video-trained route to robot control

Runway says Praxis-1 applies video pretraining to robot control. Its placement-error comparison offers a limited signal while public weights and fuller evaluation details remain pending.

AstaBrief turns retrieved research excerpts into a cited report

Ai2's open AstaBrief model writes cited reports from a research question and retrieved excerpts. Here is the documented workflow and how to check its claims.

FLUX 3 Image: a guide to layout boxes and targeted edits

Use FLUX 3 Image layout boxes and reference images for composition or targeted edits. A documentation-based guide to coordinates, retrieval, prices and limits.

Signal65's Snapdragon X2 Elite comparison shows gains with limits

A Qualcomm-commissioned Signal65 report compares three retail 14-inch laptops. The Snapdragon system leads selected CPU and AI tests; the Intel laptop wins graphics and sustained Office runtime.

Microsoft’s MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming: the live transcription path and its limits

Microsoft's new streaming transcription model returns provisional and final text as audio arrives. Its preview API also leaves turn detection and finalization to the client.

How to use Gemini Live Guided Vision to read a small label

Google's Guided Vision can describe what an Android camera sees. Follow the documented steps to enable it and ask about a small label, with its safety limits in view.

Tavus Griffin: what its one-minute video-call result shows

In Tavus-run one-minute calls, 26 of 54 people believed Griffin-Lite was a person. The study, NVIDIA benchmark and limited preview answer different questions.

Shopify Canvas: build and preview a theme before publishing

Create or duplicate a Shopify theme in Canvas, review it while unpublished and check early-access requirements, publishing controls and launch limits.