Apple is becoming more developer-friendly with AI updates at WWDC, including App Intents API enhancements in visionOS 2. New features like TabletopKit and spatial computing advancements offer a better user experience and collaboration tools. Improved gaming with AirPods and Smart Stack on WatchOS provide more personalized experiences. Major tech companies are also focusing on enhancing AI skills for developers globally.

Runway launched Gen-3 Alpha, boasting highly realistic, detailed 10-second video clips created in 90 seconds. Available soon for paid users, free access unspecified. Collaboration with entertainment media for custom versions.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released open-source code language model DeepSeek Coder V2, surpassing closed-source models in performance. The model supports 338 programming languages, has a context window of 128K, and excels in coding, math tasks, and language understanding. Available under MIT license.

Adobe offers free access to AI-generated image creation in PDFs through Firefly feature. Users can edit and create images using generative AI model. Acrobat also introduces new AI features for document analysis and content creation.

Google introduces "Listen to this page" feature in Chrome for Android, allowing playback control for reading web page content. Customize voice and language, supports multiple languages. Also available in Chrome desktop version. Safari on iPhone has similar feature "Listen to Page".

The rise of AI has led to a 21% decrease in demand for digital freelancers in writing and coding fields. Copywriters are now transitioning to editing roles to humanize content. Some find the repetitive editing work tedious, while others see AI as a valuable tool for enhancing their writing profession.

McDonald's ends 2-year AI partnership with IBM for drive-thru ordering in 100 restaurants due to malfunctions. Will explore voice ordering solutions further, possibly partnering with Google in the future.

Oracle APEX updates include an AI assistant to streamline app development. The tool generates SQL code based on natural language commands, reducing developer workload. APEX integrates with Oracle AI for advanced search and reduces the need for manual coding. The update is available now for Oracle customers.

Spotify launches its Creative Lab to offer tailor-made ads and testing generative AI ads. New AI tool "Quick Audio" allows brands to create scripts quickly. Brands collaborate with Creative Lab for video, audio, and interactive ad formats.

At Apple's developer conference, the OpenAI collaboration was announced to integrate ChatGPT into Siri, enhancing the voice assistant. Despite no monetary transaction, Apple values promoting OpenAI's tech. Musk criticized the partnership, threatening to ban Apple devices if OpenAI is integrated at the OS level.

Artifact is ending, but its architecture will live on in the new Yahoo News app. It offers AI-driven news recommendations, "Key Takeaways" for article summaries, and features to customize news content. Yahoo saved Artifact from extinction and incorporated its features into the app.

A new benchmark, LiveBench, aims to simplify evaluating large language models (LLMs) for question-answering. Sponsored by Abacus.AI, it addresses pollution and accuracy issues in LLM evaluation. LiveBench provides tasks that help prevent LLMs from "cheating" during evaluation.

Transformer-based language models offer powerful NLP applications. Top AI companies introduce LMaaS to access LLMs through APIs. Magnus system optimizes batch processing in LMaaS, improving throughput and reducing response time significantly.

NVIDIA launches Nemotron-4 340B series under Open Model License. Models show high efficiency, surpassing benchmarks like Llama-3 70B. Synthetic data generation for training smaller AI models is a key application. Pipeline for generating synthetic data will be made publicly available. Models excel in various tasks and rank well on benchmarks, demonstrating strong performance.

Google is rolling out a new feature "Listen to this page" in Chrome for Android, allowing users to have web pages read aloud with playback controls and custom voice/language options. The feature is also being tested on desktop Chrome and is similar to Safari's "Listen to Page" feature on iPhone.

Picsart, in partnership with Getty Images, launches an AI image generator trained on authorized stock content to ensure copyright protection. Similar to Adobe's Firefly AI, Picsart's tool aims to provide paying users with commercially secure image generation capabilities. Getty Images has a history of successful AI collaborations, but convincing creatives to switch from Adobe may pose a challenge.

iOS 18 will enhance Siri with natural language updates and accessibility features, offering a more fluent experience. Users can expect better text input options and improved product understanding. New wake word options and ChatGPT integration are also coming. The upgrades aim to make Siri more useful, potentially changing the digital assistant landscape.

OpenAI, a leading AI company, plans to transition to a for-profit entity and reduce non-profit board control. It aims to establish a for-profit welfare company for future IPO opportunities. OpenAI also expands lobbying department to address regulatory challenges and partners with Apple to enhance AI capabilities.

Stability AI launches a smaller yet powerful version of Stable Diffusion 3 for image generation, running on GPUs with only 5GB VRAM. Despite fewer parameters, it maintains high quality, layout, and resource efficiency.

Google announced ChromeOS will be built on Android stack to accelerate AI features. Technology stack updates may bring more AI capabilities to Chromebooks, but not consumer-ready in the short term. Chromebook Plus users can already experience Gemini feature on home screen.