June 3, 2026
Sellers on TikTok and other platforms are using AI-generated personas depicting Black women in emotional distress to market mass-produced dropshipped goods. The fake influencers are designed to exploit sympathy and identity, presenting factory items as handmade products from real small-business owners. The trend raises questions about platform enforcement and the harm done to actual Black creators.
A short film produced by Darren Aronofsky and starring Chris Rock and Paul Rudd used Google's Veo video generation model to animate the layered glass sculptures of artist Dustin Yellin. The project, titled 'Goodnight Lamby,' premiered at Cannes in the Classics section. It represents one of the more high-profile uses of generative video in a festival-circuit film context.
Microsoft is preparing a set of new in-house AI models under the MAI brand for its Build 2026 developer conference. The lineup includes an image model, a transcription model, and a multilingual voice model. The announcements would mark a continued push by Microsoft to develop proprietary AI capabilities alongside its existing partnerships.
Glass Imaging's GlassAI neural image signal processing technology has found a prominent home in the new Honor 600 smartphone, marking a significant step for the startup after years of development. The integration focuses on improving zoom photography, an area where smartphone cameras have historically struggled with noise and detail loss.
