Google released a new version of its world generator Genie 3, OpenAI is betting on scientists, and Elon Musk is definitively turning Tesla into a robotics company, sacrificing premium cars.
AI & Agents
Google unveiled Genie 3
DeepMind announced the third generation of its Genie model. This is no longer just video generation but a full-fledged engine: the neural network creates playable 3D worlds with physics and logic from a text prompt, supporting 60 FPS in real time. The accompanying video shows it brilliantly. I'm thrilled!
OpenAI Prism for science
The company launched its Prism platform — a specialized environment for researchers. The tool integrates search across closed databases, LaTeX support, and data visualization, allowing you to assemble scientific paper drafts in a single window.
Chinese Kimi k2.5
Moonshot AI rolled out the updated Kimi k2.5 model. The key feature is managing a "swarm" of sub-agents for coding: one writes tests, another fixes bugs, a third documents. In HumanEval benchmarks, the model even outperforms Claude 4.5 Sonnet.
Siri + Gemini: confirmed
Bloomberg reports the deal is done: in iOS 19.3, coming in February, Siri will officially start using Google Gemini's backend for complex queries.
Hardware & Robots
Tesla kills Model S and X
On an investor call, Elon Musk confirmed the discontinuation of Model S and Model X. The Fremont factory is entirely switching to assembling Optimus Gen 3 humanoids, demand for which exceeded expectations.
Microsoft Maia 200 chip
Microsoft revealed the specs of its new Maia 200 chip. The accelerator targets heavy model inference (like GPT-5.2) and promises a 40% reduction in per-token cost compared to Nvidia solutions.
Figure Helix autonomy
Figure AI published a demo of the Helix 02 system. The robot performs 20 household tasks (from watering flowers to sorting laundry) in sequence without a single error or teleoperation.
Market
Amazon: minus 16,000 employees
Andy Jassy announced a restructuring. The company is laying off 16,000 people from retail and HR departments to redirect the freed-up $4 billion toward developing AI data centers.