Vannarot Roeung
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Gemini Generates PDFs, Excel, Slides Direct From Chat
Google's Gemini app can now create PDFs, Microsoft Word, Excel, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, LaTeX and more directly inside the chat. Available globally to all Gemini users starting April 29, 2026.
IBM Granite 4.1: Dense LLMs Walk Back the MoE Bet
IBM released Granite 4.1 on April 29, 2026 with dense decoder-only 3B, 8B, and 30B Apache 2.0 LLMs that walk back the Granite 4.0 MoE bet. The 8B dense beats the 32B-A9B MoE on most benchmarks. 128K production context, 512K extension.
Mistral Medium 3.5: 128B Open Weights, Cloud Vibe Agents
Mistral shipped Medium 3.5 as a 128B dense multimodal model under modified MIT, with cloud Vibe agents and Le Chat Work mode on day one.
Mistral Workflows: Durable Orchestration for AI Agents
Mistral launched Workflows in public preview on April 28, 2026. Built on Temporal durable execution, the platform brings replay-able workflows, HITL approval gates, and audit trails to AI orchestration.
Claude's Official Blender Connector: Setup and Workflow
Anthropic's official Claude Blender connector shipped April 28, 2026. Drag-and-drop install, Free-tier eligible, scene-graph aware. The verified setup, the four workflows Anthropic has demoed, and the limits to know.
Picsart GenAI CLI Makes Creative AI Agent-Callable
Picsart's GenAI CLI bundles 130+ image, video, and audio models with native MCP support, turning creative generation into an agent-callable surface.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni: Open Multimodal Video Model
NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 Nano Omni on April 28: a 30B open-weight model that handles text, image, video, and audio in one architecture, with joint audio-visual reasoning and multi-hour context.
Anthropic Launches Claude for Creative Work Connectors
Anthropic launches Claude for Creative Work, a connector suite that wires Claude into Adobe, Blender, Ableton, Autodesk Fusion, Splice, and more.
ComfyStudio: ComfyOrg Opens LA VFX Residency in May
ComfyOrg announced ComfyStudio on April 28: a Los Angeles VFX and animation residency that pairs working artists with the ComfyUI team and releases every workflow open-source.
Poolside Releases Laguna M.1 and Open-Weight XS.2
Poolside released the first two models in its Laguna family on April 28: a 225B-parameter flagship called M.1 and an open-weight 33B model called XS.2 under Apache 2.0. Both are pitched at agentic, long-horizon coding work.
Google Launches Ask YouTube AI Conversational Search
Google launched Ask YouTube on April 28, 2026, a conversational search beta that replaces keyword queries with natural-language questions and returns a mix of videos, Shorts, and AI summaries.
Best AI 3D Model Generators 2026: Meshy, Tripo, Rodin Compared
Eight AI 3D model generators tested for game development, character art, and 3D printing in 2026. Comparison table, recommended workflows, and what is coming next.
AI Tools for Game Developers: 2026 Complete Guide
Best AI tools for game developers in 2026 across 3D assets, sprites, NPCs, voice, music, and code. Tested workflows for Unity, Unreal, and indie studios.
AI for VFX Artists: 2026 Complete Guide
Best AI tools for VFX artists in 2026 across rotoscoping, keying, color, generative shots, virtual production, and audio. Tested for working studios.
AI Video Generation 2026: The Complete Guide for Creators
The complete creator guide to AI video generation in 2026: leading commercial models, open-source self-host options, specialized tools, working pipelines, and the legal landscape.
AI Image Generation 2026: The Complete Guide for Creators
The complete creator guide to AI image generation in 2026: leading commercial models, open-source FLUX stack, ComfyUI workflows, brand-tuned generation, and the legal landscape.
ComfyUI 2026: The Definitive Workflow Guide for Creators
The complete creator guide to ComfyUI in 2026: setup, models, partner nodes, working workflows for image, video, audio, and 3D, the ecosystem, and managed-vs-self-host trade-offs.
AI Coding Tools 2026: Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code, and Beyond
The complete working developer guide to AI coding in 2026: Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, open-source agents, and the frontier models (Opus 4.7, GPT-5.5, DeepSeek V4, Kimi, Qwen) that power them.
Midjourney vs Flux vs DALL-E 2026: Which Image Generator Wins?
Midjourney V8.1 vs OpenAI GPT-Image-2 vs Black Forest Labs FLUX in 2026. Head-to-head comparison: aesthetic ceiling, text rendering, customization, pricing, and the right pick for working designers.
AI Music + Audio 2026: The Complete Producer Guide
The complete creator guide to AI music and audio in 2026: text-to-song platforms, voice cloning and TTS, browser DAWs, sample remix, podcast post, sound effects, and the legal landscape.
Open-Source AI Models 2026: The Creator Reference Guide
The complete creator reference to open-source AI in 2026: LLMs (DeepSeek V4, Kimi, Qwen), image (FLUX, Wan 2.7), video (Wan, Skywork, LTX), 3D (HY-World, TRELLIS), audio (Voicebox, OmniVoice, Darwin-TTS), all license-aware.
ComfyUI v0.20.1 Adds SUPIR, RIFE, FILM, and SAM 3.1
ComfyUI v0.20.1 lands April 27 with SUPIR upscaling, RIFE and FILM frame interpolation, SAM 3.1 segmentation, plus 4K Veo and Kling and GPT-Image-2 partner nodes.
Reallusion Headshot 3 Turns a Photo Into a Production-Ready 3D Character
Reallusion launched Headshot 3 for Character Creator 5 on April 27, 2026. AI-powered facial reconstruction from a single photo generates a fully rigged 3D digital double with 4K PBR textures.
GitHub Copilot Moves to Token-Based Billing in June
GitHub Copilot switches to usage-based token billing on June 1, 2026. Here is what the AI Credits model means for creators who code with Copilot and what to check before the transition.