In a world where computers have terabytes of storage and processors with billions of transistors, a maker named KenDesigns has done something amazing: run a neural network on the original 1984 Macintosh, a machine so old it predates the internet.
Xiaomanyc, a language enthusiast based in New York, decided to try something new during a recent video session. He launched ChatGPT and started a casual conversation in English, Chinese, Spanish and French. The AI responded quickly, offering to help with phrases and suggestions. Then came the unexpected, which turned a language lesson into something much more fun.
Mortal Kombat’s pixelated warriors have been kicking and punching their way through arcades and living rooms since the early ‘90s, but their low-res sprites haven’t aged as well as their fatalities. Digital artist Kane has run these iconic characters through a gauntlet of AI tools to create a vision of what a modern HD remaster could be.
Mount Fuji, Japan’s 12,300ft stratovolcano, has been dormant for almost three centuries and is a popular backdrop for photos as well as cultural worship. But on August 26, 2025, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Japan’s Cabinet Office issued a chilling reminder of its fury. They released AI-generated videos showing a catastrophic eruption and plunging Tokyo’s 37 million people into an ash-choked hell.
One photo can now become a moving story thanks to Google Vids’ new feature. This tool uses the Veo 3 model to turn static images into 8 second video clips with motion and audio. Integrated into Google’s Workspace suite, Vids is for businesses but also opens up to consumers with a free version.
Google has just released Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, a new image editing and generation tool woven into the Gemini app. Known as the cryptic “nano banana” during testing, this model has already impressed early users, topping leaderboards and setting the bar high for what AI can do with visuals.
Elon Musk’s xAI has opened up the Grok 2.5 model to developers, researchers and curious tinkerers worldwide. He announced that the source code and model weights for Grok 2.5, the company’s 2024 AI, are now available on Hugging Face. And even more interesting, Grok 3, which was released earlier this year, will follow the same open source path in about 6 months.
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Is a big tech company behind Nano Banana, the new AI image editor? This showed up on a benchmarking site and is already making waves because you can edit images with just a few words.
The PLAUD Note AI Voice Recorder is a credit-card-sized device does more than just record sound – it transcribes, summarizes and organizes your recordings with AI.