ComfyUI v0.28.0 Adds 3D and Splat Export
ComfyUI shipped version 0.28.0 on July 15, 2026 with native 3D and Gaussian splat export, new text nodes, SeedVR2 upscaling, and more open-model support.
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Figma Console MCP: Your Design System as an API
Figma Console MCP is a free, MIT-licensed Model Context Protocol server with 112 tools that turns your Figma design system into a live, writable API for AI agents.
Google Open-Sources Noto 3D Emoji as OBJ Files
For World Emoji Day, Google rebuilt all 3,977 Noto emoji as true 3D models and released them as raw .OBJ files anyone can open in Blender. Here is what shipped and how creators can use it.
Google Vids Adds AI Avatars and Gemini Omni Video
Google is turning Google Vids into an AI video studio with two new features: Gemini Omni text-to-video and Personal Avatars from a single selfie and voice sample.
LM Studio Bionic: AI Agent for Open Models
LM Studio Bionic is a new standalone AI agent for open models, with voice input, code editing, and document analysis that run locally or on secure cloud.
NotebookLM Is Now Gemini Notebook: What Changed
Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and added native code execution. Here is what actually changed and what stayed the same.
How to Make Animated Infographics in Synthesia
Step-by-step workflow for turning a prompt or sketch into a branded animated infographic in Synthesia, using Motion Graphics and the new SyRen model.
Anthropic's Playbook for AI Code Migrations at Scale
Anthropic published its playbook for large-scale code migrations with Claude Code, the process behind rewriting Bun from Zig to Rust in under two weeks.
GPT-5.6 Codex Deleted User Files: How to Stay Safe
OpenAI confirmed that GPT-5.6 Codex, its flagship coding model, deleted files from users home directories in a handful of documented cases. If you run Codex in your build workflow, the fix is about permissions, and you can apply it today.
Hugging Face Breach: An AI Agent Attacked the AI Hub
Hugging Face disclosed a July 2026 breach carried out by an autonomous AI agent that ran 17,000+ actions from a single malicious dataset. Here is what was hit, what was safe, and how to secure your account.
Kimi K3: World's First Open 3T-Class AI Model
Moonshot AI has officially launched Kimi K3, the world's first open 3T-class model: a 2.8T-parameter MoE with a 1M-token context window and open weights arriving July 27.
Brainless: Agent UIs as Copy-Paste Shadcn Components
Ben Swerdlow's Brainless rebuilds Claude Code, Codex, and Grok interfaces as MIT-licensed shadcn components you install with one CLI command.
xAI Open-Sources Grok Build: Local AI Coding Agent
xAI open-sourced Grok Build, its Rust terminal coding agent, on July 15, 2026 under Apache 2.0. You can now compile it locally, point it at any model, and run with no cloud caps.
Claude Memory Leak and the Agent Lethal Trifecta
A Claude web fetch flaw leaked a user's memory data to an attacker with no malware and no clicks. Here is how the lethal trifecta works and how to defend the agents you build.
Suno Hack Exposes Its AI Music Training Data
A hacker leaked Suno's training data manifests, revealing 2 million scraped YouTube clips plus Deezer, Genius and Pond5 catalogs, weeks before a July copyright ruling.
Trellis2.c: Local Image-to-3D With No Python
trellis2.c runs Microsoft's TRELLIS.2 image-to-3D model natively on CUDA or Vulkan with no Python, chaining four models into a full local pipeline from photo to rigged 3D asset.
Avatoon: 3D Avatar Lip-Sync in React Three Fiber
Avatoon is an open-source React Three Fiber component that drops a talking, lip-synced 3D avatar into any web or React Native app. Version 1.10.0 shipped July 15, 2026 under an MIT license.
Figmaboy: A Local-First Figma Clone With Codex Built In
Figmaboy is an open-source, local-first Figma clone with OpenAI's Codex CLI built directly into the canvas. Instead of generating flat images, its MCP server lets Codex inspect and edit real frames, layers, and components in your live document.
Lemonade 11.0: AMD's Local AI Server Adds TTS and 3D
AMD's Lemonade 11.0 turns its local AI server into a full multimodal stack, adding text-to-speech and 3D generation alongside LLMs and image gen.
OpenAI Codex Now Encrypts Agent-to-Agent Instructions
OpenAI's Codex now encrypts the instructions its AI agents pass to one another, removing readable delegation text from local audit logs. Here is what changed and how developers can keep an audit trail.
Real-Time AI Video Editing 2026: Lucy vs Aleph vs Local
Edit a video already playing? Decart Lucy 2.5. Refining a finished clip? Runway Aleph 2.0. A brand new shot? Seedance 2.5. No per-use cost? An open model in Velorn. Live-feed editing is now a third pillar of AI video.
Google Images Turns 25: Nano Banana Comes to Search
Google Images turned 25 on July 14, 2026, and Google rebuilt it around generative AI: Nano Banana image generation inside Search plus a personalized desktop gallery.
Juggler: A Visual Workbench for AI Coding Agents
Juggler is a new open-source coding agent from JUCE creator Julian Storer that replaces the terminal with a visual, branching workbench for AI coding sessions.
audio.cpp 0.3 Adds Supertonic 3 and 4 Local TTS Models
audio.cpp 0.3 adds Supertonic 3, IndexTTS2, Irodori-TTS, and MOSS-TTS to one C++/ggml engine, running local text-to-speech and voice cloning with no Python and no cloud fees.