Tag: Generative AI
AI
Google DeepMind’s Genie 4 Builds Worlds You Can Talk To, and Robots Can Train In
Google DeepMind's Genie 4 world model generates explorable, photorealistic scenes in real time with sound and talking characters, and lets users steer them by typing. It's in research preview, with Google AI Ultra and Gemini API access coming.
Japan
KDDI and ELYZA Launch ELYZA Robotics With $190M for Physical AI
KDDI and ELYZA have launched ELYZA Robotics, a physical-AI company backed by ¥30 billion (about $190 million) in R&D through fiscal 2030. The goal: more than 1,000 robots working at real job sites, starting with Lawson and other KDDI group companies.
AI
OpenAI Launches GPT-6.1 Terra: Astra-Level Agent Scores at a Tenth of the Price
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra is a fast, cheaper model for everyday computer work at $1/$5 per million tokens. OpenAI says it matches GPT-6 Astra on Agents' Last Exam at one-tenth the price per token and runs over 3x faster.
AI
Grok Imagine’s Odyssey Episode 1 Is Out: Seven Minutes of AI Homer, and the Year-End Movie Clock Is Ticking
Grok Imagine has released the first episode of its AI-made Odyssey series, a 7-minute, 12-second film made with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker. It's the first installment of the full-length adaptation Elon Musk promised by the end of 2026, and reviewers say the usual AI-video tells are still there.
Japan
Shigeru Miyamoto Gets Japan’s Order of Culture, and Has the Best Take Yet on AI and Making Things
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto is the first person from video games to receive Japan's Order of Culture. At his Kyoto press conference he split creative work into "making" and "doing the work," and said AI will push everyone to think about what making really means.
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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
Tesla
Tesla Is ‘Officially Coming’ to Vietnam, and Its First Five Job Ads Include One Very Busy Charging Hire
Tesla's Asia Pacific recruiter says the company is "officially coming to Vietnam" and has posted five local jobs: sales, service, HR, purchasing and a charging developer expected to juggle 20-plus sites. No launch date, models or prices yet.
Stock Watch
Stock Watch: Enphase Craters 16%, Tesla Slips Off $407, Tokyo Chips Keep Climbing
Enphase plunged 16.03% after its miss and soft guide hit the regular session, Tesla gave back 0.80% to $404.22, and Renesas led Tokyo with a 7.47% jump as the Nikkei added 686 points.
EV Industry
China’s NEV Retail Sales Fall 13% in Oct. 1-25 as Factories Keep Shipping
CPCA data shows China's NEV retail sales at 753,000 for Oct. 1-25, down 13% year over year, while wholesale rose 3% to 1.008 million. Overall car retail fell 26%, keeping the NEV share at 65.7%, and inventory pressure is building.
Energy
Xpeng’s Iron Humanoid Gets Its Solid-State Batteries Before It Gets a Production Start
Xpeng VP Gu Jie says solid-state batteries designed for the Iron humanoid robot have entered small-batch production, while Iron itself is still pre-SOP. Mass production is targeted for the end of 2026, with Xpeng stores first in 2027.