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Today in brief.
Midjourney ships edit model, tile, and realtime preview
Midjourney drops a how-to for its new edit model (consistent characters), refreshes --tile and selective inpainting, and previews real-time models on alpha.
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🤖 AI
Perplexity Computer goes local on AMD plus Fast Search
Perplexity ships Portable Computer for Windows on AMD Ryzen AI Max, and launches Photon Fast Search in the Search API at sub-250ms p95, built with a small team plus hundreds of agents.
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🔬 Science
NVIDIA and DeepMind open 2,800 viral protein structures
NVIDIA, Google DeepMind, EMBL-EBI and partners release AI-predicted protein complex structures for 2,800+ viruses so outbreak prep starts from open data, not a blank page.
1 source 1:35 AM
🤖 AI
Odyssey ships Agora-2 multiplayer world model
Odyssey's Agora-2 lets up to 20 humans and agents share one simulated world in real time, and the multiplayer research preview is live to try today.
3 sources
🔬 Science
Google Suncatcher puts ML infrastructure in orbit
Google's Project Suncatcher aims to run ML compute in space; Verge and Ars say the first orbital data-center test launches October 1.
🎬 Media
Gemini gets a Live Avatar and can call businesses
Google gives Gemini 3.8 Live a face via Live Avatar, and starts letting Gemini place real phone calls to businesses so you do not sit on hold.
🔬 Science
PrismML puts tiny LLMs on Qualcomm smart glasses
PrismML is bringing its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses, another bet that on-device models are how AI leaves the phone.
🏛️ Policy
Gen Alpha's insult is "that's so AI" as tutors shut down
The Guardian says Gen Alpha's biggest insult is calling something "so AI," while an Australian tutoring company tells parents to save their money and use AI instead.
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